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aidan.f

MS Visio and alternatives.
« on: 28 October, 2021, 09:08:58 am »
I occasionally need to produce diagrams and plans for personal use.
Familiar with MS Visio UI so a brief browse.  Appears to indicate cost will be ££'s plus multiple other MS dependencies. Wondering about similar alternatives.
Any suggestions please?
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mrcharly-YHT

Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #1 on: 28 October, 2021, 09:12:36 am »
Inkscape
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aidan.f

Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #2 on: 28 October, 2021, 09:18:38 am »
Yes, could give Inkscape another go. I cannot remember exactly why but adid find it difficult to use.
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ian

Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #3 on: 28 October, 2021, 09:25:51 am »
It does have an unpleasant UI. Affinity Designer is a more substantial and better piece of software (at a modest price).

However, if just want to diagram, maybe something like LucidChart? It has a free option with a limited number of docs.
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lissotriton

Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #4 on: 28 October, 2021, 09:49:27 am »
LibreOffice Draw is kind of like Visio. Quite useful for simple diagrams etc.
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Zipperhead

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Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #5 on: 28 October, 2021, 01:15:58 pm »
diagrams.net draw.io as was.
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Afasoas

Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #6 on: 28 October, 2021, 04:55:08 pm »
Quote from: Zipperhead on 28 October, 2021, 01:15:58 pm
diagrams.net draw.io as was.

+1; You will need the desktop version: https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/releases/tag/v15.4.0

Inkscape is more of a vector graphics tool, and I think it's brilliant for that.
I would hate to use it for anything more than a very basic floor plan though.
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FifeingEejit

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Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #7 on: 28 October, 2021, 07:24:18 pm »
Quote from: Zipperhead on 28 October, 2021, 01:15:58 pm
diagrams.net draw.io as was.

have used draw.io a fair bit due it being in our JIRA build... I've been using Evolous Pencil a bit more recently but not sure if that meets the required use case
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quixoticgeek

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Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #8 on: 28 October, 2021, 08:36:11 pm »

Draw.io or what ever it goes by this week.

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TheLurker

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Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #9 on: 28 October, 2021, 08:51:12 pm »
For simple diagramming Inkscape is probably a bit too much like hard work.
If you want programming type diags then, if it's still available, StarUML. 
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sizbut

Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #10 on: 28 October, 2021, 09:44:08 pm »
Dig around ebay and the likes. My copy of Visio is Visio 2003. Its moved from PC to PC over the years, uses a serial number printed on a label on the disk, does everything I need and so far Microsoft haven't killed it.

Yes, tried Inkscape and the open source contribution model it uses does show in a dogs dinner of a UI.
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Kim

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Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #11 on: 28 October, 2021, 10:00:06 pm »
Corel Xara (and whatever the Acron program that it was based on was) would have been good for this sort of thing.  Most of the features seem to have made it into Inkscape, along with enough other stuff that puts it in the powerful-but-clunky-UI category previously occupied by GIMP.
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aidan.f

Re: MS Visio and alternatives.
« Reply #12 on: 29 October, 2021, 04:22:22 pm »
Oooh.. back after a few days, lots to try...
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Most of the features seem to have made it into Inkscape, along with enough other stuff that puts it in the powerful-but-clunky-UI category previously occupied by GIMP.
I can use GIMP!
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