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Yes but figma wasn't made for diagrams either. Both are vector design tools, not diagramming tools, that's why I am asking: if figma was okay then why not Inksc
by rice7th 3y ago
Yes but figma wasn't made for diagrams either. Both are vector design tools, not diagramming tools, that's why I am asking: if figma was okay then why not Inkscape?
- nine_k 3y agoDoes Inkscape have arrow routing? Or arrow attachment, at the very least? Last time I checked (yesterday), I could not find that. Am I missing anything?
- aldonius 3y agoDid you find the Connector tool? (hotkey O). It's by no means a full replacement for the sorts of tools you'd get in Draw.io but it's not nothing. It lets you create a two-node SVG path with a bit of extra metadata. One or both nodes connect to a special node at the centre of a shape. Inkscape automatically makes that be a straight line trimmed to the edges of the shape(s. You can move the shapes and have the line move too. If you move the path itself it turns back into a regular path. The path is just a straight line as mentioned and there's certainly no routing logic.
- rice7th 3y agoMy point is: does figma have it? No! Figma has not a single option for diagram drawing; at least Inkscape is trying to. I am just confused about why he chose figma for this specific use case
- nine_k 3y agoMy guess: it runs in the browser, and it's familiar / already invested in. I may prefer something like excalidraw as a quick diagramming tool, but if you already have a hammer which is paid for, has SSO and access control set up, etc, many things take the shape of a nail.
- zacharycohn 3y agoFigjam, part of figma, is.
- rice7th 3y agoYes but for figjam you need to buy it separately IIRC