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Either you’ve never heard of Microsoft Visio, or you use it all the time. For those not in the know, Visio is a structured drawing application, originally acquired by Microsoft in 2000, that subsequently became part of the Office family of products. It’s a very powerful and flexible app, usable for many different purposes, but its main function is to help users draw flowcharts, control diagrams, layouts, and other structured graphical ways of presenting information. Visio is terrific for creating organization charts, workflow charts, and many other kinds of graphics. The app lets users quickly create complex and professional-looking flowcharts, and integrates smoothly into PowerPoint or other Office documents for easy sharing. If you need a diagram made quickly, chances are you’ll be using Visio to make your chart.
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However, because Visio is part of the Office suite, it’s an expensive program if you don’t already have access to it. You either have to buy Office 2019, or sign up for Microsoft’s Office 365 subscription service to use the product, or subscribe to a standalone Visio Online subscription for $5/user/month, or to the offline version for $15/user/month. In addition, there is no version of Visio for Mac OS X, so Mac users are locked out of the platform. Visio is a great application, and if you have access to it, you probably don’t need any alternatives. However, if you don’t have access to it, or if you just want to try something different, there are a number of alternatives to try out on your PC. Visio alternatives are a dime a dozen online, but not every application is created equally. Here’s our picks for the best Visio alternatives in 2019.
Anyone have any ideas on where to get a really nice collection of visio shapes, e.g for the following purposes:
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- network diagrams
- shapes to show solution deployments
- any other fancy looking diagrams for software development?
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Pavel Hruby has some nice stencils for UML and SysML on his site. I use the UML stencils all the time, because they are a lot easier to use than the ones provided by visio.
There is a nice bunch of visio shapes for gui mockups here.
(1)http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6297CF81-C071-4BEA-BD9D-FDE692536E5A&displaylang=f&displaylang=en
The above URL now redirects to:
The above URLS (at the time of writing) take me to a page titled:
'Software and Database Shapes for Microsoft Visio'
Below is another option. Some are 'for pay'.
Download App Microsoft Visio
(2)http://www.visiocafe.com/microsoft.htm
Download Visionapp
