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Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 10:33:03 +0200
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On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Matthew Seaman <
m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:

> On 09/08/14 08:06, Gregory Orange wrote:
> > On 08/09/14 14:09, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> >> Unfortunately it seems
> >> there is no really top class free and open alternative to Visio.
> >
> > I've heard a few people call Inkscape a Visio-killer. I've never used
> > Visio, but have been happy with Inkscape for all of my uses.
>
> Inkscape is cool and I have used it to draw network diagrams in the
> past, but you can it isn't really intended for that purpose.  It is
> pretty close though.
>


devel/visualparadigm is oriented to UML-like diagrams, but it comes with
Visual_Paradigm_Shape_Editor that is a tool to draw diagrams "to express
domain specific ideas".

Might be worth a look.

Cheers.


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>         Cheers,
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>         Matthew
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