[Ti] Visio-equivalent for OS X?

[George Reis]

Tarik Bilgin wrote on 3/3/03 5:45 AM:

> 
> On Monday, March 3, 2003, at 01:32  pm, Christian Leue wrote:

>> Slightly off-topic, but... almost the only reason I still start Vitual
>> PC on my TiBook is to process and generate Visio VSD files. Does
>> anyone here know of an alternativ which might run natively on OS X? I
>> looked at ConceptDraw, but was not impressed.
> 
> There is one clear winner in this field imho (on any platform) and we
> are very lucky to have it from OMNIGroup!
> 
> !OMNIGraffle!
> 
> Once you use this product (imho) you will never want to run (or pay the
> exorbitant license for) Visio again.

When I read this, I was very excited. Going to Omni's web site, I assumed
that the description and sample images were incomplete, based on this
recommendation. Then, I found a copy of the full application on my G4, and
played with it a bit. This is not a replacement for Visio, and I don't
imagine that Omni considers it to be.

Visio comes with templates filled with tons of walls, doors, windows, sinks,
toilets, pipes, sprinklers, conduit, desks, chairs, etc., etc. Any project
can be set up to a specific scale. Any object placed can be set to a
specific size within that scale. Omni Graffle has a handful of shapes, and
the ability to scale or have common architectural, landscape or civil
engineering objects didn't seem to be there. Is it hidden, or did I simply
misunderstand the strong statement made by the person recommending this?
And, more importantly, what really is a good OSX substitute for Visio -
especially that can import and export Visio files?

George
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