Add Chen Notation for Visio (ERD for System Analysis and Design)

When drawing ERD on MS Visio, you might find that the default ERD shapes provided in Visio is not enough to draw an ERD that shows the relationship, cardinality, and entity attributes.

To solve this, we just have to download and install external 3rd party shapes.

Visio® Stencil Installation Instructions 

To properly install and use a Visio® stencil:

1. Download the stencil, saving with a .vss extension.
   
   Download Chen's ER-D Stencil from the following site:
   http://data.bangtech.com/datamodel/visio_chen_erd.htm

 or from visio cafe:

http://www.visiocafe.com/various.htm


2. Open Microsoft Office® Visio® 2007 document (may be a blank document, or template file).
    
3. Click the File menu.
   
4. Click Shapes.
   
5. Click Open Stencil…
   
6. Find and select the .vss file on your computer and click Open.
   
7. The stencil shapes should now appear on the left side of the workspace.

Enjoy! :)