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Diagramming Software?
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azhrei_fje
First Post
Nope.
If you were using Linux, I could recommend Umbrello or Dia or even Inkscape. But I have no idea if those have been ported to Windows. (Some of the Qt-based programs will be portable simply because the Qt library has been ported, so maybe in the future...)
If you were using Linux, I could recommend Umbrello or Dia or even Inkscape. But I have no idea if those have been ported to Windows. (Some of the Qt-based programs will be portable simply because the Qt library has been ported, so maybe in the future...)
Merkuri
Explorer
I have done the same research. There is nothing that really does what Visio does for free.
You can download a "trial" 30 or 60 day copy of Visio from M$ directly.
Inkscape is a vector program (where you get to create all of your own shapes and such before you begin you diagram) and Dia seems to get worse with every release. Both of these are available for Windows.
Mac and Linux are supposed to have very nice alternatives, but none of the better ones are ported to Windows.
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Oh, it you are doing DB diagrams, you can download DB Designer 4 or MySQL Workbench. Either one of those will do a passable job at an ERD.
You can also download Toad for you specified DB and use its data modeler and have it reverse engineer the table structures.
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You can download a "trial" 30 or 60 day copy of Visio from M$ directly.
Inkscape is a vector program (where you get to create all of your own shapes and such before you begin you diagram) and Dia seems to get worse with every release. Both of these are available for Windows.
Mac and Linux are supposed to have very nice alternatives, but none of the better ones are ported to Windows.
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Oh, it you are doing DB diagrams, you can download DB Designer 4 or MySQL Workbench. Either one of those will do a passable job at an ERD.
You can also download Toad for you specified DB and use its data modeler and have it reverse engineer the table structures.
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XCorvis
First Post
Well, a non-upgrade version of Visio Standard 2007 costs about $250, so I think it's perfectly reasonable to ask around for free alternatives first.drothgery said:
That said, you can probably pick up Visio 2003 for a lot cheaper, like $100. Make sure you find one with a full license, not just visio "media" (ie the CD without the serial number).
Sheesh ! If your willing to pay a few dollars then you can use ViewingDale as an online RPG VT, full mapper and diagram editor. I do all my software diagrams on it and have a whole collection of boxes busses, arrows, lines and circles etc.
If you want, as a bit of goodwill, I could make these shapes into free demo type icons and you could use the free trial download from the web page. You can save the diagrams, zoom into them etc but the demo download does not allow the high res screen saves so you would have to do a screen capture with the print screen button to get the image.
If you want, as a bit of goodwill, I could make these shapes into free demo type icons and you could use the free trial download from the web page. You can save the diagrams, zoom into them etc but the demo download does not allow the high res screen saves so you would have to do a screen capture with the print screen button to get the image.
ZombieButch
First Post
OpenOffice Draw has flowcharting built right in. It's a package deal, though; you have to get the whole OpenOffice suite.
