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| + | ====== Draw.io ====== | ||
| + | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
| + | Draw.io is a free tool to support creation of various diagrams and figures. It supports collaboration and integrates well with Google Docs and other technologies. You can find more information about it [[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Motivation ===== | ||
| + | The main motivations and goals behind using draw.io are following: | ||
| + | * Express ideas, concepts, designs, processes or anything in a graphical representation | ||
| + | * A figure is very good mean to communicate or document a thing | ||
| + | * It makes the documentation more readable and understandable to it's readers | ||
| + | * It makes the creation of concept, design or architecture easier for the creator | ||
| + | * Make collaboration easy | ||
| + | * Creating new diagram/ | ||
| + | * Sharing the diagram with others | ||
| + | * Embedding the diagram in documents | ||
| + | * Unify on one tool to create diagrams | ||
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| + | ===== Installation and Tooling ===== | ||
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| + | The draw.io can be added to Google Drive using [[https:// | ||
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| + | ===== Example ===== | ||
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| + | The figure below depicts a basic diagram created using draw.io. It was exported using File -> Export as -> PNG and included to this wiki. | ||
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| + | ===== Tips for creating diagrams ===== | ||
| + | //These are just general recommendations how to create diagrams. Nothing is set in stone, but the diagrams should be easy to understand generally. More tips might come in future// | ||
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| + | * Try to make the diagram simple and easy to understand | ||
| + | * Diagram should generally cover one level of abstraction | ||
| + | * For complex topics do one high-level diagrams and then more diagrams for particular parts of the high-level one (this is common for architecture) | ||
| + | * Arrows should have the same semantics in one diagram (use different line style to distinguish different semantics or add a description to the line) | ||
| + | * Color the shapes to differentiate between e.g. more/less important things or different types of things | ||
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| + | ===== Sharing ===== | ||
| + | The diagrams can be shared using the same way as for other Google Docs. | ||
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| + | ===== Embedding/ | ||
| + | The diagram can be exported to various format using the //File -> Export as// Menu. | ||
| + | The diagram can be also embedded to a Google Doc using the draw.io add-on for Google Docs (needs to be installed first). | ||
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