Best software for drawing diagrams?

[Jonathan Busby]

(04-08-2019 03:47 PM)Maximilian Hohmann Wrote:  Hello!

(04-08-2019 03:10 PM)Jonathan Busby Wrote:  I need something in which one can fluidly and easily manipulate a combination of block diagrams, arrows, mathematical symbols, and other miscellaneous graphical constructs.

For this kind of stuff I normally use a presentation program (which would be Keynote on the Mac or iPad, otherwise

Well, I don't have a Mac, but the cost of buying one would be much greater than buying presentation software

Quote:Powerpoint or the equivalent in OpenOffice or libre office).

Well, I don't use Powerpoint and I've tried LibreOffice Impress but I found it to be clunky and not suited to what I want to draw.

Quote: It has very powerful tools for creating diagrams, annotations, symbols, free-hand drawing, etc. Furthermore the result can be exported in a number of different formats.

I really wish I had a Mac from the versatility of the software you describe above I have an iPhone X. I don't suppose Keynote runs on that?

Quote:But if you require truly scalable graphics in good quality (e.g. in ".svg" format) you will probaly find a dedicted program more useful. Like Adobe Illustrator or similar, but they tend to be quite expensive and require a lot of getting used to.

I think I'll have to use this solution, but I'll be using Inkscape, and, it's a real PITA to learn It's funny that I can easily navigate and do schematic capture in Xilinx's Vivado Design Suite, but Inkscape makes me want to pull my hair out I guess I'll just have to get used to it.

Quote:Regards
Max

NB:I made the diagram below with one hand - so to say - using Keynote while I was typing the text above with the other hand.

That's impressive to say the least! I really wish I had a Mac!

Regards,

Jonathan

EDIT : I also use Alibre Design Expert, and I've been using that since about 2013. Learning that was pretty straightforward as there was a set of tutorial videos that covered just about every aspect of the software. Plus, since it's CAD/CAM software, a lot of the concepts are intuitive and fall right out of one's understanding of one's design in the context of geometry.