====== [hemmerling] Diagrams & Graph Visualization ======
Related pages: 
  *[[bprocess.html|Business Processes & Business Process Modeling]].
  *[[infographics.html|Data Visualisation with Infographics]].
  *[[iengineering.html|Industrial Engineering]].
  *[[prototype.html|Rapid Software Application and GUI Prototyping]].
  *[[vrml.html|Virtual Reality & Graphics]].
===== Free Graph Visualization and Manipulation Software =====
  *The free [[http://www.aisee.com/|AbsInt aiSee]], [[http://www.absint.com/aisee/|AbsInt aiSee]] - "Graph Visualization".
  *The OpenSource [[http://www.dia-installer.de/|Dia Diagram Editor]], [[http://dia-installer.sourceforge.net/|SourceForge "Dia Diagram Editor"]], [[http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/dia-installer/|SourceForge "Dia Diagram Editor"]], [[http://live.gnome.org/Dia/|Gnome "Dia"]] in C for Windows, Linux, MacOSX.
    *"Scriptable via Python" :-).
    *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_%28software%29|EN.Wikipedia "Dia (software)"]], [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_%28Software%29|DE.Wikipedia "Dia (Software)"]].
    *User interface:
      *"F2" - Edit text labels.
  *The OpenSource [[http://gephi.org/|Gephi]] - "graph visualization and manipulation software".
  *[[http://www.libgd.org/|LibGD]].
    *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GD_Library|EN.Wikipedia "GD Library"]], [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/GD_Library|DE.Wikipedia "GD Library"]].
  *The OpenSource [[http://www.grafana.org/|Grafana]], [[http://www.github.com/grafana/|GitHub "grafana"]] for Win64 and Linux  - "Beautiful Metrics Dashboards, Data Visualization and Monitoring", "The tool for beautiful monitoring and metric analytics & dashboards for Graphite, InfluxDB & Prometheus & More".
  *Graphviz - free opensource graph visualization software.
    *[[http://www.graphviz.org/|graphviz.org]].
      *[[http://www.graphviz.org/gallery/|graphviz.org "Gallery"]] - Examples of different graph styles which can be generated, automatically.
    *[[http://www.4webmaster.de/wiki/Graphviz-Tutorial|4webmaster "Graphviz-Tutorial"]].
    *[[http://www.wikischool.de/wiki/WikiSchool:Graphviz|WikiSchool "Graphviz"]].
    *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphviz|EN.Wikipedia "Graphviz"]], [[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphviz|DE.Wikipedia "Graphviz"]].
  *The OpenSource plugin "Kibana". See [[bintelligence.html|Data Processing 5/5 - Business Intelligence, Data Mining]].
  *"Topological Query Lnguage" (TQL).
    *[[http://www.google.de/search?q=%22topological+query+language%22|Google "'topological query language'"]].
===== Free Diagram Software =====
  *The free [[http://www.arcway.com/downloads/software/|ARCWAY Cockpit Designer]] for Windows - "enthält die grafische Modellierungskomponente aus der ARCWAY Cockpit Reihe und ermöglicht somit das vollständige integrierte Modellieren von Ereignisgesteuerten Prozessketten, Fachlandkarten, Organigrammen, Anwendungslandkarten, UML-Klassen- und Sequenz-Diagrammen. Sie können die erstellten Pläne bequem in eigene Dokumente einfügen oder ein vollständiges Word-, oder HTML- Dokument mit allen Plänen und Beschreibungen erzeugen".
    *[[http://www.arcway.com/downloads/designer-download/designer-download-bestaetigung/|ARCWAY Cockpit Designer, Download-Bestätigung]].
    *[[http://www.arcway.com/downloads/professional-reader/professional-reader-confirm/|ARCWAY Cockpit Reader, Download-Bestätigung]].
    *[[http://www.arcway.com/downloads|ARCWAY Cockpit, Downloads]] - examples ( with "Lasten- und Pflichtenhefte", "Prozess- und IT-Dokumentation" ), PDF manual,..
  *The OpenSource [[http://live.gnome.org/Dia/|Gnome "Dia"]], [[http://projects.gnome.org/dia/|Gnome "Dia"]], [[http://dia-installer.de/|DIA-Installer.de]] for Windows & Linux - "A GTK+ based diagram creation program".
    *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_%28software%29|EN.Wikipedia "Dia (software)"]].
    *[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_flow_diagram|EN.Wikipedia "Process flow diagram"]].
    *"Dia 0.97" is the latest edition for W2k.
  *The free [[http://www.1888softwaredownloads.com/softwares/1888-quick-flow-chart-creator.html|1888 Quick Flow Charter]] for Windows. Requires Labview 7.1.1 runtime.
  *The free [[http://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.html|yEd Graph Editor]] in Java.
===== Tools for Database Application Design by Data Flow Diagrams ( DFD ) =====
==== Free Tools specially for Database Application Design by Data Flow Diagrams ( DFD ) ====
  *The free [[http://www.klassenkarte.de/?page_id=15|Klassenkarte "Orinoco"]] for WinXP with .NET 4.0 - "Bei Orinoco handelt es sich um ein Programm, mit dem man Datenflussdiagramme entsprechend dem Eingabe-Verarbeitung-Ausgabe- (EVA-) Prinzip modellieren und auswerten kann. Es besitzt viele vordefinierte Funktionen und ist für den Einsatz im Informatikunterricht konzipiert".
  *DE.Wikipedia suggests to use the free [[http://www.yworks.com/en/products_yed_about.html|yEd Graph Editor]] for DFD design too.
==== Commercial Tools specially for Database Application Design by Data Flow Diagrams ( DFD ) ====
  *The commercial graphics diagram software [[http://www.edrawsoft.com/|EdrawSoft "Edraw"]] for Windows.
    *[[http://www.edrawsoft.com/Data-Flow-Model-Diagram.php|EdrawSoft "Data Flow Model Diagram Software"]] - "Edraw is a very easy-to-use and intuitive database design tool and data flow model diagramming software which can save you hundreds hours of work".
==== Resources ====
  *Data Flow Diagrams ( DFD ) - See [[systemdesign.html|System Design]].
===== Commercial Diagram Software =====
==== Microsoft VISIO ====
  *[[http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio/|Microsoft VISIO]].
    *[[http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B277782|Microsoft Help and Support "Visio2000: Visio Edition Comparison: Standard, Technical, Professional, and Enterprise"]].
    *[[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301970/EN-US/|Microsoft Help and Support "Differences between Visio 2002 Standard, Visio 2002 Professional, Visio Enterprise Network Tools (VENT), and Visio Enterprise Architect (VEA)"]].
==== Some other commercial Diagram Software ====
  *The discontinued [[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004RRJQ/hemmerling-21|Actrix Technical 2000]] by [[http://www.autodesk.com/|Autodesk, Inc.]].
  *The OpenSource but commercial affordable [[http://www.draw2d.org/|Draw2D & Graphiti]] - "Create Visio like drawings, diagrams or workflow editor in JavaScript".
  *[[http://www.igrafx.com/|Corel iGrafx "iGrafx Flowcharter"]], [[http://www.igrafx.de/|Corel iGrafx Germany "iGrafx Flowcharter"]] ( formerly: Micrografx FlowCharter ).
  *[[http://www.conceptdraw.com/|ConceptDraw Pro 9]] - "Business Diagramming & Illustration".
  *[[http://www.edrawsoft.com/|Edraw Max]] - "Professional Diagram Solution. Ideal Tool to Create Flow Charts and Business Diagrams".
  *[[http://www.diagramstudio.com/|GadWin Systems, Inc. "Diagram Studio"]] - "Perfect Documents for your Business".
  *The discontinued "Paraben's Flow Charter" by [[http://www.paraben.com/|Paraben Corporation]], [[http://www.paraben-stick.com/|Paraben Corporation]].
    *[[http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.paraben.com/html/flow.html|Archive.org "Paraben's Flow Charter"]].
    *[[http://www.softpedia.com/get/Others/Finances-Business/Parabens-Flow-Charter.shtml|Softpedia "Paraben's Flow Charter 5.07"]].
  *[[http://www.rff.com/|RFFlow 5 Professional Flowcharting]].
  *[[http://www.smartdraw.com/|SmartDraw]] - "Communicate Visually".

===== Online Services =====
  *The free online service [[http://www.processon.com/|ProcessOn - Create diagrams online & Ream time collaboration]].
===== Resources =====
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