Re: Technical illustrations

From: Gaja Krishna Vaidyanatha <gajav_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:36:23 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <1322580983.33635.YahooMailNeo_at_web83604.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

Hello everyone,
Like Cary, I have the same constraints of what is supported and works well on the Mac. A viable option (replacement for Visio) on the Mac is a tool called OmniGraffle. The Professional edition allows you to import Visio diagrams and edit them as needed. The tool is very intuitive and has worked really well for me. Although it may not have the depth in the "visual widget" library, it is something that I have come to like and use very much.

 
Cheers,

Gaja

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 From: Cary Millsap <cary.millsap_at_method-r.com> To: development_at_the-playground.de
Cc: "oracle-l_at_freelists.org" <oracle-l_at_freelists.org> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 9:22 PM
Subject: Re: Technical illustrations  

I've used just about everything including Powerpoint and Keynote, Visio, Google SketchUp, and Concept Draw Pro.
I have used Visio for more drawings than any other tool, over many years. The only reason I stopped using it is that I've stopped using Microsoft Windows. I tried to replace Visio with Concept Draw Pro (since Visio is not available for the Mac), but I grew too frustrated with Concept Draw Pro's limitations and idiosyncrasies (like its nagging upgrade center) to mess with it anymore.

By far my favorite is Adobe Illustrator, but Ai is expensive and the learning curve really is difficult. But you can do anything—and I mean * anything—*with it, in any resolution you want.

Cary Millsap
Method R Corporation
http://method-r.com

On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Martin Bach <development_at_the-playground.de>wrote:

> Good evening,
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> and thanks for all suggestions. I'll try them and see which one suits me
> best.
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