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[Jonathan Hendler]

If you are on a Mac - I recommend OmniGraffle. More fun than Visio IMO.


Aaron Deutsch wrote:
> Awesome, thanks for the info!  I've used MM Freehand before which was
> ok but still felt like there should be an easier way. I'll give visio
> a try again. (Haven't used it in years).
>
>
>  
> On 8/13/06, *P Yurt* <pyurt at yahoo.com <mailto:pyurt at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     If you're using MSWord/Photoshop you will *love* Visio. Word and
>     Photoshop are not vector drawing tools, Visio is and vector makes
>     all the difference.
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>     Vector drawing tools let you adjust, move, group and manipulate
>     drawing "objects". Every element in a vector drawing program is
>     separate and can be selected and adjusted.  You can group select
>     lines, boxes, text etc., to move or make group them into other
>     "objects" for further manipulation. You can make a selection of
>     lines thicker, dashed, rounded etc.
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>      
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>     To get started I suggest it could be helpful to try and find a
>     template. if you can find something close to what you want it's a
>     good starting place. From the template make yourself a "personal
>     template" (maybe a basic drawing) to work from. Then I use my
>     "personal template" as I go forward.  Once I have all my objects
>     it's easy sailing.
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>      
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>     I've used Visio for years to draw and visualize complex concepts
>     and it does a great job allowing me to draw almost any type of
>     flowchart, block diagram, site map, map, object space etc.
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>      
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>     Visio can incorporate bitmap graphics and embed them into
>     documents, if needed. Large projects with many pages are
>     supported. I have projects which an excess of 30 pages of detailed
>     complex drawings. Be careful though as Visio does slow down if you
>     make your projects too big. It does require a powerful machine.
>
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>     There are other vector drawing tools such as Dia (Linux) and Draw
>     (Corel). I assume you are talking windoz with Word and Photoshop.
>     I tried to migrate to Dia but could not get my files converted
>     satisfactorily. Years ago I used "Draw" which was acquired by
>     Corel and then it was renamed. I liked Draw as it also was a
>     vector drawing application with support for bitmaps. Draw must be
>     out there somewhere in a later incarnation with a new name? Anyone?  
>
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>     I bet you can use Adobe Illustrator and achieve the same goals.
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>     Good luck and happy drawing…
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>     paul (at) 2.0websites [dot] com <mailto:paul at 2.0websites.com>  
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>     Paul Yurt, Publisher 
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>     <mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org>] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Deutsch
>     *Sent:* Friday, August 11, 2006 1:21 PM
>     *To:* NYPHP List
>     *Subject:* [nycphp-talk] [off topic] IA/website modeling
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>      
>
>     What applications does everyone use for modeling a website? I'm
>     looking to just do information architecture type webpage
>     workflows. I have tried word/photoshop but looking for something
>     better if any.
>
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