On October 16, 2009
Create Visio-like Structured Diagrams for Free
Around the office, I’m generally known as the Visio Guy. I like to visualize processes and procedures, so I tend to create a lot of drawings. And while everyone tends to assume I am working in Visio, the truth is that I find that program too expensive and a bit too complicated. That’s why I love tracking down simpler, free-er alternatives. Like Dia for Windows. Dia is a free structured drawing program that looks and acts a lot like Visio, but it’s smaller, simpler, and snappier. For a free alternative, Dia is surprisingly complete. There are few things you won’t be able to draw with Dia thanks to its three dozen sets of drawing elementals, ranging from basic geometric shapes…
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