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Date:      Sat, 21 Dec 2002 15:39:04 -0500
From:      Mike Jeays <mj001@rogers.com>
To:        David Schultz <dschultz@uclink.Berkeley.EDU>
Cc:        Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Drawing diagrams a-la-Visio
Message-ID:  <3E04D168.6030405@rogers.com>
References:  <20021221163420.GD31504@raggedclown.net> <20021221202217.GA4851@HAL9000.homeunix.com>

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David Schultz wrote:

>Thus spake Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net>:
>  
>
>>I am looking for an application that will allow diagrams to be drawn
>>(such as network topologies) similar to the Windows program Visio (I
>>think that is what it is called). One that has some pre-defined
>>shapes/lines etc suitable for technical use. Does anyone have any
>>suggestions ... ?
>>    
>>
>
>I can't think of a direct comparison any closer than xfig, and
>xfig isn't as featureful as Visio.  However, if you just want a
>nice looking graph of network connections, and you're happy
>letting the computer arrange the nodes (for the most part), try
>graphviz.
>
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Two other options are Kivio, part of the KDE office suite, and Draw,
which is part of OpenOffice.  Both claim to provide similar
functionality to Visio.



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