Software Architecture Diagram Tool For Mac
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I'm looking for a tool to help me draw architecture diagrams in 'napkin' style (not sure what else to call it). I've seen a few blog posts and presentations with diagrams like this:
Any ideas what kind of software I can use to create these diagrams? Originally I thought they might be hand-drawn in Illustrator or something but I've seen a few of them all in very similar style, so I'm assuming it's actually a specific tool, but am happy to be corrected.
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From the style of the drawing, it looks as though the software whose output you have seen might perhaps be Balsamiq?
(Even if the output is not actually from Balsamiq itself, it might be a suitable tool to do what you need: 'Balsamiq Mockups is a rapid wireframing tool [...]. It reproduces the experience of sketching on a whiteboard, but using a computer.')
Nicolas Raoul♦yEd Graph Editor can be pretty quick when you get used to it.
- The speed comes from the automatic arrangements (optional) of objects and custom/non-custom shapes and clip-artish objects.
- It is powerful (scalable), so when your napkin diagram grows, it won't suffer.
- It is free and runs on Linux/Win/Mac.
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