There was no steep struggling learning curve – LucidChart is a delight to work with. I could however, disable snap-to-grid and snap-to-guide for objects, which is not possible in PowerPoint.
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The nudging might be possible if I took the time to make the grid size smaller, since the keyboard movement is a snap-to-grid that I couldn’t find how to toggle off. With the exception of a ‘Format Painter’ feature to quickly copy formatting of like objects, ( which may still be possible, I just didn’t find it) and being able to nudge movement of an object using keyboard directional arrows, it was drawing as usual. Or I could import the Azure SVG icon I needed (Read here for sources of Azure SVG Icons) put the found SVG icon(s) into an icon library or just use immediately.Īll the drawing features I’m used to working with in PowerPoint, are present – along with many more drawing features. For any missing Azure icons in LucidChart, I could use LucidChart search to see if the icon was in a different category. Read the LucidChart product details to discover how much more!Īs you can see from the pic above, I had no problems replicating Tim Warner’s Azure IaaS diagram. It certainly does everything I need it to – with only a few ‘wants’, which may just be settings I didn’t discover how to change or implement And it will do SO MUCH MORE than I will ever use for doing Azure/cloud architectural diagrams. LucidChart is a full-featured, simple to use, online drawing program. Review – Fabulous Online Alternative to Visio! The extensive list of the most recently released (2019) Azure Icon List is preloaded into LucidChart.LucidChart offers a one-week free trial for the Single User account or a 2-week trial for the more expensive Team version.Replicating a detailed drawing like this helps to discover the platform’s functionality, ease of use, as well as the other review details outlined here. This is Tim Warner’s Visio drawing done in LucidChart.
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It would be awesome to have some sort of training manual to refer to help those new to process mapping understand the various symbols but considering how cost effective it is, that's really a non-issue.LucidChart is another online drawing platform in our series on reviewing various web apps as alternatives to Visio and PowerPoint, for creating Azure Architectural Diagrams. As in the other online drawing programs that we’ve been reviewing, Tim Warner’s Azure IaaS drawing was used as the vehicle to test the ease of use, the pre-loaded current Azure Icon Set and other features noted here. It took a little bit to understand how to work the tools and formatting but once you get the hang of it, the software is pretty easy to use. There are other software out there that accomplish this function but Lucidchart is really cost effective for educational institutions and meet the need very well. I love how easy it is to create flow charts, workflows, and diagrams in various formats. In the past, I have used another well known software that is basically an industry standard for process improvement so I wasn't sure if this would meet my needs in terms of mapping out our processes but it has far exceeded my expectations.
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