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  • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

    What flowhcarting programs do people here like to use?

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    Vikram A Punathambekar
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    Visio

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    • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

      What flowhcarting programs do people here like to use?

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      peterchen
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      I've tried a few, unhappy with all, least unhappy with Visio. SImply because it's powerful beyond one specific idea of flowcharts, and has a "microsofty feel" - not exactly the way I'd want it, but fairly easy to use.

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      • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

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        Dalek Dave
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        Visio, but I too have one of them there plastic hand-drawn stencilly things.

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        • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

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          Xmen Real
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          because we've alot of papers

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          • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

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            phannon86
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            Chalk up another for Visio

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            • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

              What flowhcarting programs do people here like to use?

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              Russ T
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              Richard Andrew x64 wrote:

              What flowhcarting programs do people here like to use?

              Either Visio or EDGE Diagrammer (from a company called Pacestar Software). Both work well enough; Visio has way more features but is expensive if you're not an MSDN subscriber; EDGE is cheaper and produces far smaller file sizes, but it only does flowcharts. We've been happy with both products.

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              • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

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                cplas
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                I really like the open source DIA, updated recently http://live.gnome.org/Dia[^]

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                • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

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                  NormDroid
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                  Headware it's free and easy to use.

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                  • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                    What flowhcarting programs do people here like to use?

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                    Hans Dietrich
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                    RFFlow - basic and inexpensive: http://www.rff.com/

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                    • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

                      What flowhcarting programs do people here like to use?

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                      Stuart Dootson
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                      I don't use flowcharts - I use UML sequence diagrams instead. We use ARTiSAN Studio[^] for SysML/UML modelling, which is pretty much the best UML tool I've used.

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                      • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

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                        Adriaan Davel
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                        Visio mostly, but be patient the learning curve is an interesting one... Once you've gotten used to (and have submitted) to Visio's quirks it works quite well (try to learn the work arounds a quick as possible). Most irritating thing about visio is finding the right stencil, and with the wrong stencil things go really bad (things are hidden and if you find them they behave weirdly on the wrong stencil) Used Enterprise Architect as well, very nice UML tool

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                          I really like the open source DIA, updated recently http://live.gnome.org/Dia[^]

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                          Henry Minute
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                          Add 1 for DIA.

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                          • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

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                            Michael Haines
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                            Why? Flow charts are pretty much only useful to the person that created them, and that's even suspect. The problem is keeping everything at the same level while still trying to keep it on the page - and without criss-crossing (nearly impossible). Discourage their use by anyone around you, and your life will be soooooo much better!

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                            • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

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                              whiteboard

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                                I really like the open source DIA, updated recently http://live.gnome.org/Dia[^]

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                                Lost User
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                                Not pronounced 'dire', I hope?

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                                • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

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                                  Yusubov E
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                                  I also have used MS Visio product years ago. Flowcharts actually helps to see the bird view on the process that is going to be automated.

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                                    Netblue
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                                    +1 Whiteboard. Then digital camera pic. If I need to include it in my documentation, then I will redraw in Visio, but only for pieces that ABSOLUTELY NEED to be modeled to be understood. Flowcharts are useful in some scenarios, never for all.

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                                      I really like the open source DIA, updated recently http://live.gnome.org/Dia[^]

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                                      Battlehammer
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                                      Thanks for the link, I'll give it a try. I used to use Visio at my last job but this place won't spend any money so I have to use (gulp) Paint. The worst tool for flow diagrams ever.

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                                      • Richard Andrew x64R Richard Andrew x64

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                                        dwieneke
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                                        The best flow charting tool I have used is AllClear."[^]"> You write a flow chart script and the tool figures out how to design and draw the flowchart. It usually manages not to do "crossovers" and will connect multipage charts. You can crank out flow charts in no time at all. Since you have the script that created the flow chart you can use it as a document for people who don't do flowcharts. It's not free, not cheap, but then nothing that is any good is. It can reverse engineer the script if the flow chart is modified.

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                                        • _ _Damian S_

                                          Those cool little plastic stencil template thingies that you can draw the charts by hand with!!

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                                          _Damian S_ wrote:

                                          I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!!

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