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Software for Making Company Diagrams?

Posted by Cliff on from the vectorized-documentation dept.

gaudenz asks: "We have a network with Linux, Solaris, Mac and Windows and need a software to paint simple diagrams, such as used in deployment. The actual requirements are simple: The tool must export to postscript, support fonts, boxes with multiple lines of text, and connections between these boxes. We found Visio with VMWare to be the best solution, JGraphpad 5 looks promising, too. Since diagrams are a common thing in development companies I was hoping others have made a comparison, too, and may come up with some other ideas to solve this problem."

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  1. xfig by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.xfig.org/

  2. Closest to Visio at the moment.. by rusty0101 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    under Linux is Dia.

    I am not claiming it is a great app. I happen to think it needs a lot of work. However for a quick drawing, to do flow chart type work, you should find it viable.

    Good luck.

    -Rusty

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  3. Kivio Works for me by Kick+the+Donkey · · Score: 5, Informative

    I use Kivio. Works well. And is relativly feature rich. I believe is supports most of what you're looking for.

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  4. Dia by irenetheno · · Score: 4, Informative
    I switched to Linux as my primary desktop a few months ago (chose Fedora Core 2).

    Recently, I was creating an OpenOffice.org document and needed a couple of diagrams.. After
    searching through the menu for a few moments, I came across Dia.

    Dia fits all of the listed requirements from what I can tell. Its interface and features are very
    similar to Visio IMO.. In addition, It loads much much faster than Visio.

    I created two mini-network diagrams quite easily on my first use. I exported those to PNG
    (EPS is available in a couple of formats) and inserted/scaled them into my document.

    Overall, I was quite impressed.