What diagramming software do you use?

10-10-2006 4:25 PM

wcook

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What diagramming software have you used, and what have you used it for? Based on your experiences, would you recommend it to other nonprofits? For what types of projects?

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10-11-2006 12:00 PM

kevinpeterson

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What type of diagramming?

In the school district environments I've worked in, I've used MS Visio and Rational Rose in the past. I've never been overly fond of RR, but it may be a matter of personal taste (I believe Visio is cheaper, it depends on what type of diagramming/modeling you are doing).

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10-11-2006 2:42 PM

amitry

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Check out Gliffy.com, it allows you to create and share diagrams online.

Andrew Mitry
anchorite.org

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10-11-2006 8:56 PM

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A really good Mac-only app I use for website site maps and other types of diagramming is OmniGraffle. There's also a site with free stencils: Graffletopia. The ability to generate diagrams quickly from an outline is my favourite feature.

I used Dia a year and a half ago. It was ok, but still buggy. I also used OpenOffice Draw for a while, which worked out ok.

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10-12-2006 9:21 AM

tsfbeth

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I've been using VISIO since version 1 (last 7-10 years) and before Microsoft bought it. I also like inspirsation and mindmanager - which are less diagram tools and more visual thinking tools.

I even used visio to mindmap a meeting in realtime using an LCD.

I've also used the graphs feature in excel/powerpoint when in a pinch.

I have a few more resources mentioned in the visual thinking section of my blog:
http://beth.typepad.com/beths_blog/visual_thinking/index.html

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10-13-2006 12:23 PM

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The key software I use in this area and recommend is OmniGraffle. Basic version is free with many versions of Mac OSX and OmniGraffle Professional ver 4 http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/ it will also do mindmapping.

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10-17-2006 5:09 PM

NWOCFoundation

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A good diagramming software that is realtive inexpensive is Inspiration. http://www.inspiration.com
It is available on both Macintosh and Windows systems.

NovaMind Mind Mapping 3.2.0 for both platforms is also good. http://www.nova-mind.com/

ConceptDraw MindMap for MacOS 4.5 http://www.csodessa.com/ is also very good and easy to use.

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10-18-2006 6:12 AM

CLRAdmin

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We used LanFlow from Pacestar Software for our network diagramming. It was around $70 which was much cheaper than Visio at the time.

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