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Graphviz is fantastic. I'm pretty sure you can still read your .dot files into OmniGraffle (for when you need to add a lot of color and annotations). I also th
by bleair 9y ago
Graphviz is fantastic. I'm pretty sure you can still read your .dot files into OmniGraffle (for when you need to add a lot of color and annotations).
I also think its power comes from being to be turned into a callable library useful in several other languages (python). Also I can't imagine using a service that hosts my private data in order to build a layout... but maybe that's just me.
Two other alternatives:
The best one for network-bounce / sequence diagrams.. great for when you need to explain all the bounces in your mulit-tiered web app
https://www.websequencediagrams.com/ https://www.websequencediagrams.com/
and
http://sverweij.github.io/mscgen_js/ http://sverweij.github.io/mscgen_js/
- donatj 9y agoI believe you need the pro version of OmniGraffle to open them.
- riffraff 9y agoI don't think so, the sites seem to indicate free can also open dot files[0], I do believe there is a limit on the number of elements though. IIRC I did some graphs for my bachelor thesis (10+ years ago) with graphviz, and then basically just passed them through OmniGraffle to make them beautiful. [0] https://support.omnigroup.com/doc-assets//OmniGraffle-Mac/OmniGraffle-Mac-v7.0.0.1/en/EPUB/xhtml/0301_import.xhtml https://support.omnigroup.com/doc-assets//OmniGraffle-Mac/Om...
- cher14 9y agoPLUG: Another alternative might be Breakdown Notes. It let's you upload graphviz xdot files so you can change colors, layout and text . https://www.breakdown-notes.com/blog/graphviz https://www.breakdown-notes.com/blog/graphviz