Flow-charting software?

[Anton Erasmus]

On 2 Dec 2005 01:26:32 -0800, "Telenochek" <interpasha@hotmail.com>
wrote:

I think Microsoft Visio is pretty good.
I had a bit of trouble with it when starting, but now that I have my
"Favorites" shapes all organized, its a breeze.

I don't know how good Visio is for large and complicated flowcharts,
but for simple flowcharts its really good and fast. I stopped using
paper and pensil, because an error causes you to redraw the flowchart
which wastes time.

In addition it has the usual Microsoft look to it and can export/import
in many standard formats.

If you want something like Visio, rather use SmartDraw.
http://www.smartdraw.com
It can do everything that visio can do (Even load/save visio format),
and is a hell of a lot cheaper than Visio. The full version with all
libraries goes for US$99.

Regards
Anton Erasmus

[Guy Macon]

Anton Erasmus wrote:

If you want something like Visio, rather use SmartDraw.
http://www.smartdraw.com
It can do everything that visio can do (Even load/save visio format),
and is a hell of a lot cheaper than Visio. The full version with all
libraries goes for US$99.

Can it be set up to snap symbols and lines to a grid?

--
Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com/>

[Anton Erasmus]

On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:46:02 +0000, Guy Macon
<http://www.guymacon.com/> wrote:

Anton Erasmus wrote:

If you want something like Visio, rather use SmartDraw.
http://www.smartdraw.com
It can do everything that visio can do (Even load/save visio format),
and is a hell of a lot cheaper than Visio. The full version with all
libraries goes for US$99.

Can it be set up to snap symbols and lines to a grid?

Yes,
And the grid is not slightly different every time one reloads the
document after the app had been exited and restarted -- the way
it happens in Visio. You can download a fully functional demo to
evaluate before you buy.

Regards
Anton Erasmus