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Flowchart generator

OrganichuOrganichu poopspeesRegistered User regular
edited December 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Achewood has flow charts!

Other people make them too on the internet I see, sometimes

Is there a generator?

Do people actually painstakingly make them by hand and make sure everything's perfectly aligned?

I want to make one

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I think people just make them

    it's not terribly difficult

    words in boxes and circles

    space them where you want them

    add lines

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    But they look so nice and exact

    Text all centered in the boxes

    Lines all aesthetically pleasing

    Goddamnit I can't believe I made a thread that loudly proclaims my laziness

    Thanks anyway

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    :/

    I don't know what to say

    lines are pretty easy to make, dude

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  • -Phil--Phil- Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I use Visio to make them at work... they are really nice

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  • Hamster_styleHamster_style Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    HURRRRRR

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+make+a+flowchart+in+word&l=1

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2009
    Hamster_style wrote: »
    HURRRRRR

    http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+make+a+flowchart+in+word&l=1

    Not only are you being an ass with a LMGTFY link, your setup there leads to an useless registration page, cowboy.

    re: OP, you can get Paint.NET . When you draw lines, if you hold shift the line will be forced to be straight up/down.

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  • Hamster_styleHamster_style Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Guess the mileage varies. For me it's actually a very informative page on microsoft's help website that describes exactly how to do flowcharts in word or powerpoint. I guess I'm automatically logged in or something.

    This one: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/ha010552661033.aspx

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    works for me

    but yes LMGTFY is a dick move

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  • KronusKronus Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Raneados wrote: »
    works for me

    but yes LMGTFY is a dick move
    Ditto.

    I've always just used a bit of MSPaint and patience to make flow charts. I guess it can be a pain in the butt, but it's a 3 step process of typing words, drawing box around them with the box tool, connecting said boxes with lines. I guess you just don't have the chops.

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Well thanks guys.

    I just figured for the super elaborate ones maybe there was some application or something.

    I appreciate the help.

    *opens Photoshop*

    *sighs*

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  • CervetusCervetus Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I think this thread demands a flowchart on how to make a flowchart.

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  • SzechuanosaurusSzechuanosaurus Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2009
    Photoshop is probably not the best tool in your box for this job.

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  • CorvusCorvus . VancouverRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Visio is great for flowcharts. Power Point also has a flow chart generator, but it is not as good as visio's. Open Office surely has a free similar thing.

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Cervetus wrote: »
    I think this thread demands a flowchart on how to make a flowchart.

    firstflowchart.jpg

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  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I still need practice

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I use Meesoft's Diagram Designer. It's a very fine piece of freeware that is easy to use and has served all my flowcharting needs.

    http://logicnet.dk/meesoft/DiagramDesigner/

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  • oncelingonceling Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    We used Lombardi at work, it does all the lining up and crap that I hate doing by hand. It was also cloud based so I could do it wherever, it was web software really.

    But Visio is fine, you'd just want to select everything and align, frequently. To keep the text centered I'd usually create a nice perfect box, then copy and paste it for all the others. I would group before changing sizes so I didn't mess it up while adjusting scales.

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  • wakkawawakkawa Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    There are really flowchart programs?

    hhhuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrr

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  • SwashbucklerXXSwashbucklerXX Swashbucklin' Canuck Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I bought some flowcharting software for my Master's thesis (I'd gotten funding and needed flowcharts, so why not?). It's called Edraw. I don't think I'd buy software just for goofing around with flowcharts, though. Also, if you have a good way to get cheap Microsoft products, Visio is awesome for flowcharts and so much more.

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  • MKRMKR Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Graphics tablet and an old IBM flowchart template from the '90s.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Powerpoint/Keynote do a pretty good job of streamlining the process. Once you get the shortcut keys down you can go pretty quick.

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  • HaukyHauky Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Dia.

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  • mullymully Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Even Microsoft Word has a simple Flowchart creator in it.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited December 2009
    Hauky wrote: »
    Dia.

    Used that for UML charts way back in the bronze age. Decent enough.

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  • kryoptickryoptic Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Hauky wrote: »
    Dia.

    Used this in school, but I don't remember what I used it for. Has lots of predefined shapes and symbols, works well.

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  • ueanuean Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Anything but Visio and you're spending too much time.

    Seriously, why even bother with a paint program? Download a trial and get going.

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  • HypatiaHypatia Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    If you have a Mac, Omnigraffle is pretty easy to use and has a lot of functionality when it comes to making charts

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