Software to draw diagrams

[serjsk8]

Hello everybody.
I would like to know which software you use to draw diagrams.
Whether it's network infrastructure diagrams or something else.
I use the Drawio software graphics/drawio/.

And what do you use? Are there any good alternatives?

 

[SirDice]

I've used graphics/dia in the past. It worked quite nicely. Haven't used it in a while though, so I'm not sure what the current state is.

 

[3301]

PlantUML can be found in graphics/plantuml

 

[Maturin]

for quickly doing simple diagrams I use libreoffice impress or draw.

for more detailed or precise sketches I use xfig
it looks as old as it is, and needs a bit to get used to it,
but it's vector drawing, and very good to do clean, precise, true to scale, high quality things with lines, circles, boxes, arrows, and text.
it comes with some libraries for diagrams, charts, and other symbols; figures can be exported to all standard formats, including GIF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, EPS, LaTeX, etc.
examples I did with xfig (it can color.)

 

[NapoleonWils0n]

graphviz

Graphviz

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graphviz.org

also works with emacs org babel

Dot Source Code Blocks in Org Mode

orgmode.org

 

[kpedersen]

+1 for dia.
It hasn't been touched for a while which is good, it hasn't been broken by bad ideas and bloatware.

For a more powerful (and ironically, also lighter) alternative, Visio Technical 4 in Windows 3.1 on DosBox is very servicable.

 

[Phishfry]

DrawIO looks nice but I prefer Dia.

 

[serjsk8]

Thank you so much for your advice.
Dia is also a good software.
I remembered why I switched from Dia to graphics/drawio.
The Drawio file can be opened and edited online.
Many people in other departments use Windows and can edit diagrams online.

 

[kpedersen]

The Drawio file can be opened and edited online.
Many people in other departments use Windows and can edit diagrams online.

At least until the server goes down or changes to an unrealistic subscription model

As a note, Dia for Windows actually tends to be a little crashy; instead I highly recommend the "Portable Apps" distribution.

 

[serjsk8]

At least until the server goes down

For this reason, I always prefer to work offline. Maybe it's an old style...

 

[Phishfry]

The nice thing about diagraming things is you can forsee future problems and use a different approach.

For example on my mgmt0 Managment Interface on Cisco Nexus is using DHCP.
What if my firewall goes down. I need to change that to static IP on another subnet. A real managment interface.

I highly recommend the "Portable Apps" distribution.

I was just cleaning out an old laptop I kept XP on when I noticed my Win32app folder. I have portable versions of some of my Win2K favorites.
Photoshop7 fires right up. Amazing and nice. Sorry to see my last XP install go. Eudora folder back to my early days.

 

[rbranco]

Diagrams as Code is cool:

Examples · Diagrams

Here are some more examples.

diagrams.mingrammer.com

 

[Phishfry]

Indeed there is a tool in ports tree that shows every dependency of a port. Very useful.

Solved Post in thread 'How can I visually view a ports dependencies?'

Jun 15, 2019

I found two tools that look promising. I started with ports-mgmt/portgraph

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