Aside from Visio, what tools would you recommend for making some visually appealing charts and diagrams?
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I have been using OmniGraffle, but it is only available for Mac OS X and the iPad. It is somewhat similar to Microsoft Visio, and the professional version of OmniGraffle can both import and export Visio files created using Visio's XML export function. Users can also create their own stencils - groups of shapes - and share them. |
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It's also available for Windows and Mac OS X (As far as I know). |
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I use OpenOffice/LibreOffice Draw because it's general/flexible. (I've tried specialised apps but never got on with any of them.) |
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Gliffy online - free version available (with ads, watermarks and so on), paid version ($5 per month, decent discounts for 5 users or more, for instance 25 people is $60 per month) offers more functionality, more storage better sharing, no ads, no gliffy logos on your diagrams and so on. Plug-ins available for Confluence and Jira too. |
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For graphics that you "program", there is also Matplotlib (all platforms) and NodeBox (Mac OS X). |
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Especially for software diagrams and UML my favorite is the Enterprise Architect from http://www.sparxsystems.com/ |
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A graph editor, with interesting auto-layout feature. I use it to document the architecture of my project. |
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