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Best tool for Software System Diagramming [closed]

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Over the years, I have tried many times to find a good, easy to use, cross platform tool for some basic software system diagramming. The UML tools I have tried seemed to get in my way more than help. So far, the solution I keep returning to is Visio, which is both Windows-only and expensive. Although its far from ideal, it does provide some basic building block and allows things like grid placement and zooming. I wanted to see if there is a great tool out there that I'm just missing that fits at least some of the criteria mentioned.

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AdamC Avatar asked Sep 24 '08 17:09

AdamC


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Graphviz FTW!

What could be more hardcore than writing a text file to convert into a diagram etc...

GUI, we don't need no stinkin' GUI!

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Simon Peverett Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 22:09

Simon Peverett


You could try DIA, though it is a bit basic it will keep out of your way when doing pure diagrams.

http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/

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Raymond Dubisky Avatar answered Sep 28 '22 21:09

Raymond Dubisky