Searching Freeware/OpenSource Alternative to MS Visio

[Guest]

Hello,

I want to make a small Network-Diagram, but don´t want to get MS Visio
only for this small picture.

Does anybody know a good open-source or freeware alternative?


Bye,

Martin

 

[Mel]

Hello,

I want to make a small Network-Diagram, but don´t want to get MS Visio
only for this small picture.

Does anybody know a good open-source or freeware alternative?

Network Notepad is a Freeware program for creating interactive Network
Diagrams:
- Runs on Microsoft Windows 9x, NT, 2K, XP
- Point-and-Click Telnet / Browse / User-definable Network Management
- Simple Drag and Drop interface
- Open, Text Based File Format
- Printing
- Linked Diagrams
- Flow Charts

http://www.networknotepad.com/index.htm

 

[Gordon Darling]

Hello,

I want to make a small Network-Diagram, but don´t want to get MS Visio
only for this small picture.

Does anybody know a good open-source or freeware alternative?

http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia

"Dia is a Visio-like tool released under the Gnu Public License (GPL). It
was written using the GTK+ (GIMP tool kit), and it is an easy-to-use,
inexpensive way to create professional-looking diagrams, from workflows
and network maps to UML diagrams and circuits. Dia's author, Alexander
Larsson, says he feels that Dia is ready for active use, and it's obvious
to me that this is a mature product. I encountered no problems while using
it.

Using Dia
Once you get over the standard GTK menus - which means you
should be prepared to right-click to access menus you would normally find
listed along the top of your window and double-click on items to see a
properties menu - you'll find that Dia is full-featured and fairly easy
to use. It's available for a number of platforms, including Windows, IRIX,
Debian, and Linux."

Regards
Gordon

 

[cookingout]

Network Notepad is a Freeware program for creating interactive Network
Diagrams:
- Runs on Microsoft Windows 9x, NT, 2K, XP
- Point-and-Click Telnet / Browse / User-definable Network Management
- Simple Drag and Drop interface
- Open, Text Based File Format
- Printing
- Linked Diagrams
- Flow Charts

http://www.networknotepad.com/index.htm

- Cookingout Wrote:

- Have you used DIA? It runs on Linux and Windows, see Windows link below:
- http://dia-installer.sourceforge.net/

- The Open Office Suite also has a great drawing program included,

but might > - be more than you want to install for only the drawing
package. Found at:

 

[Mike Dee]

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but might > - be more than you want to install for only the drawing
package. Found at:

Useful info, but having to decypher a "User-Agent: G2/0.2" post makes
hard work of it, see mangled mess above.

G2/0.2 makes OE look good :-(

 

[M.L.]

I want to make a small Network-Diagram, but don´t want to get MS Visio
only for this small picture.

Does anybody know a good open-source or freeware alternative?

Meesoft Diagram Designer http://meesoft.logicnet.dk

 

[Diablo]

or try this one...
http://www.networknotepad.com/download.html


Make sure you also download the icon collections of computers and network
devices for use with the program - there are flowchart icons also for using
Network Notepad for doing flowcharts. They're all available on the download
page.

Network Notepad is a Freeware program for creating interactive network
diagrams.Runs on Microsoft Windows 9x, NT, 2K, XP.
Point-and-Click Telnet/ Browse/ User-definable Network Management.
Simple Drag and Drop interface.
Open, Text Based File Format.
Printing.
Linked Diagrams.
Flow Charts.