Visio workalike?

[Alan Gauld]

As a recent Windoze convert I'm looking for something like Visio for the Mac.

Since the Mac is most famous for graphics work I assume some kind of VIsio workalike exists but none of the magazine adverts/reviews indicate such a beast exists.

Visio, for those who don't know it, is a drawing tool in which the main shapes are drpped on as icons(like clip art) and the lines connecting shapes stick to the shapes such that if you move them around the lines move too. - Saves an awful lot of work when drawing technical diagrams like software designs, electrical schematics etc.

Does anyone know what thhe Mac equivalent is? (I do know about the OpenSource Kisio and DIA projects which should work on Darwin under XonX, but I'm looking for native MacOS ideally)

 

[socheesome]

It depends which kind of graphics have you to manage or create.

I think for creative grafics:
Macromedia Freehand;
Adobe Illustrator

For generic vectorial design:
AppleWorks (entry level);
CorelDraw 10;
ConceptDraw (similar to Visio);

If you have to do applicatio modelling (UML):
Together 6.0

This is My personal list. Any suggestion is well accepted.

 

[benpoole]

Check out Omni Graffle:

http://www.omnigroup.com

 

[Alan Gauld]

Thanks folks. Concept draw looks like it would work but is expensive, Omni Graffle looks ideal and is the right price too!

Now if only my iBook would arrive!