Telecommunications network drafting software
Hello folks, Would you care to share some pointers to drafting software which you use to draw up architectural drafts (for telecoms networks, including cable operators' networks) ? I've found Visio to be a bit weak in this respect, even after adding third party stencils. One product I'm exploring is ConceptDraw's "diagram" product, but I'd like to hear about anything you can share with me. Cheers, Etienne -- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
For physical plant (fiber) design, analysis and inventory, Vetro is really useful. On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 2:37 PM Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG < nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
Hello folks,
Would you care to share some pointers to drafting software which you use to draw up architectural drafts (for telecoms networks, including cable operators' networks) ?
I've found Visio to be a bit weak in this respect, even after adding third party stencils.
One product I'm exploring is ConceptDraw's "diagram" product, but I'd like to hear about anything you can share with me.
Cheers,
Etienne
-- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
-- Fletcher Kittredge GWI 207-602-1134 www.gwi.net
TikZ ? mh ________________________________ De : Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Envoyé : mercredi 1 septembre 2021 20:30 À : NANOG Objet : Telecommunications network drafting software Hello folks, Would you care to share some pointers to drafting software which you use to draw up architectural drafts (for telecoms networks, including cable operators' networks) ? I've found Visio to be a bit weak in this respect, even after adding third party stencils. One product I'm exploring is ConceptDraw's "diagram" product, but I'd like to hear about anything you can share with me. Cheers, Etienne -- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
I’ve found PowerPoint amazingly versatile for network design. It’s primary advantage over dedicated tools like Visio is that you can mix in photos, talking points, and migration checklists. Plus everyone can read and edit PowerPoint. You can use the stencils and icons from many graphics libraries. No, it won’t redraw lines as you drag objects (at least not well), but I find the other advantages persuasive. -mel via cell On Sep 1, 2021, at 12:13 PM, Michael Hallgren <mh@xalto.net> wrote: TikZ ? mh ________________________________ De : Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Envoyé : mercredi 1 septembre 2021 20:30 À : NANOG Objet : Telecommunications network drafting software Hello folks, Would you care to share some pointers to drafting software which you use to draw up architectural drafts (for telecoms networks, including cable operators' networks) ? I've found Visio to be a bit weak in this respect, even after adding third party stencils. One product I'm exploring is ConceptDraw's "diagram" product, but I'd like to hear about anything you can share with me. Cheers, Etienne -- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
For logical diagrams of networks, on MacOS, I recommend Omnigraffle. On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 2:36 PM Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG < nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
Hello folks,
Would you care to share some pointers to drafting software which you use to draw up architectural drafts (for telecoms networks, including cable operators' networks) ?
I've found Visio to be a bit weak in this respect, even after adding third party stencils.
One product I'm exploring is ConceptDraw's "diagram" product, but I'd like to hear about anything you can share with me.
Cheers,
Etienne
-- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
Subject: Re: Telecommunications network drafting software Date: Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 03:26:08PM -0400 Quoting Eric Kuhnke (eric.kuhnke@gmail.com):
For logical diagrams of networks, on MacOS, I recommend Omnigraffle.
OmniGraffle is what Visio would be if Visio was cool, looked good and didn't hate its users. Only drawback -- to some -- is that it's OS X only. -- Måns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina MN-1334-RIPE SA0XLR +46 705 989668 ... I think I'd better go back to my DESK and toy with a few common MISAPPREHENSIONS ...
Folks, thanks for the pointers; much appreciated. OmniGraffle seems to have some traction. Perhaps I haven't done Visio justice, as I've received a few pointers that way too. What I can add to my original post is that to date, I've found that the stencils with the broadest scope are those from Cisco. The Cisco stencils include product genre as well as product-specific icons. The others I have, like the ones from APC and IBM, are almost wholly product-oriented. Cheers, Etienne On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 8:26 AM Måns Nilsson <mansaxel@besserwisser.org> wrote:
Subject: Re: Telecommunications network drafting software Date: Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 03:26:08PM -0400 Quoting Eric Kuhnke (eric.kuhnke@gmail.com):
For logical diagrams of networks, on MacOS, I recommend Omnigraffle.
OmniGraffle is what Visio would be if Visio was cool, looked good and didn't hate its users. Only drawback -- to some -- is that it's OS X only.
-- Måns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina MN-1334-RIPE SA0XLR +46 705 989668 ... I think I'd better go back to my DESK and toy with a few common MISAPPREHENSIONS ...
-- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
On Sep 2, 2021, at 9:14 AM, Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> wrote: OmniGraffle seems to have some traction.
Yep, that’s what I’ve always used. If I need to really clean something up, I save it out of Omnigraffle as a PDF, and clean it up in Illustrator. -Bill
You might find the info here useful https://networkdiagram101.com John On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 14:37 Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG < nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
Hello folks,
Would you care to share some pointers to drafting software which you use to draw up architectural drafts (for telecoms networks, including cable operators' networks) ?
I've found Visio to be a bit weak in this respect, even after adding third party stencils.
One product I'm exploring is ConceptDraw's "diagram" product, but I'd like to hear about anything you can share with me.
Cheers,
Etienne
-- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
I'm quite happy with draw.io On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 5:11 PM John Mason <john.mason.jr@gmail.com> wrote:
You might find the info here useful
John
On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 14:37 Etienne-Victor Depasquale via NANOG < nanog@nanog.org> wrote:
Hello folks,
Would you care to share some pointers to drafting software which you use to draw up architectural drafts (for telecoms networks, including cable operators' networks) ?
I've found Visio to be a bit weak in this respect, even after adding third party stencils.
One product I'm exploring is ConceptDraw's "diagram" product, but I'd like to hear about anything you can share with me.
Cheers,
Etienne
-- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
-- Amreesh Phokeer
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