pavanpodila Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I think AD has fantastic potential to take over as my primary diagramming tool. It is still missing a few features, which I am sure have been requested already. I would like to list it down here for everyone to pitch in: Connectors on Shapes. Lines will snap to these connectors and stay connected as shapes are moved around Lines with various end-points (arrows, dots) Automatic layouts (force directed) for cleaner diagrams With the features above, AD can replace my need for tools like Visio, Omnigraffle etc. Please add this to your roadmap ;) pcote and G.M.1986 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcote Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 +1 for this! G.M.1986 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 This might be useful. On the other hand, there a A LOT of mindmapping/diagramming tools in the market. And features like autolayout are highly specialized. It is probable you could find a perfect tool AND have it export good enough PDF/SVG to finetune in AD. That said, I still am searching rapid mindmapping tool. In the early days of multimedia I used Inspiration which combined outlining and mindmapping in to single app. Nowadays it is lacking in some other features. But as many of us are recreating mindmaps for publications in AD or maybe using them as illustrations, features like connectors would be timesavers. G.M.1986 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_A_b Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 -- NORMAL -- This would be extremely useful. I use AD for producing scientific figures, so being able to draw diagrams with connectors and arrowheads would be fantastic. G.M.1986 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Jonen Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 YESSS! Take a look at yEd http://www.yworks.com. That's what I currently use for diagramming. I've tried a bunch of tools, but either they were too low on features or too involved to get something done quickly that also looked bearable. I often need to quickly swap stuff around in a hierarchy and export again. Often while on a call. Something that works a bit like yEd (just with easier, balanced in/out-forking) would be ace. Also remember how pretty the noodles in Shake looked? That was either a two-spline joint or auto-beziers. Something auto-pretty is always a plus. anon1 and G.M.1986 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.M.1986 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Absolutely agree with those features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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