wireframe plugin for Adobe Illustrator?
19 Jun 2007 - 3:43pm
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Wendy Fischer
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I'm using Visio right now, but I really like using Illustrator to do wireframes and flows, I don't know why, I just do.
----- Original Message ----
From: Jeffrey Gimzek <jeff at jdgimzek.com>
To: erpdesigner <erpdesigner at yahoo.com>
Cc: discuss at ixdg.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 2:01:49 PM
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] wireframe plugin for Adobe Illustrator?
On Jun 19, 2007, at 1:43 PM, erpdesigner wrote:
> I'm wondering if there is a flowcharting/wireframing plugin for
> Illustrator? Something that makes the arrows and shapes connect more
> dynamic (features like snap, grid) like Visio or Omnigraffle?
That would be a HOT plug-in.
never heard of one though.
i thought using illustrator for IA work was passe... what i wish is
that the little arrows worked better in omnigraffle. things always
seem to break after i close and reopen the file.
Also take a look at MindManger 7 by Mindjet. very cool app. for quick
IA work.
jd
On Jun 19, 2007, at 1:43 PM, erpdesigner wrote:
> I'm wondering if there is a flowcharting/wireframing plugin for
> Illustrator? Something that makes the arrows and shapes connect more
> dynamic (features like snap, grid) like Visio or Omnigraffle?
>
That would be a HOT plug-in.
never heard of one though.
i thought using illustrator for IA work was passe... what i wish is
that the little arrows worked better in omnigraffle. things always
seem to break after i close and reopen the file.
Also take a look at MindManger 7 by Mindjet. very cool app. for quick
IA work.
jd
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Jeffrey D. Gimzek
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Almost off topic but fairly relevant as I had your feeling but reacted
in the opposite direction :P
I used Illustrator to create sketchy shapes for Visio. You can
download the Visio shapes template from here:
http://www.guuui.com/issues/02_07.php
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Cool article, cool template.
Think we can talk them - or someone with both VisioPro and
OmniGrafflePro - into creating an Omni version ?
jd
On Jun 19, 2007, at 2:55 PM, Niklas Wolkert wrote:
> Almost off topic but fairly relevant as I had your feeling but reacted
> in the opposite direction :P
>
> I used Illustrator to create sketchy shapes for Visio. You can
> download the Visio shapes template from here:
> http://www.guuui.com/issues/02_07.php.
--
Jeffrey D. Gimzek
Digital Experience Designer
www.jdgimzek.com
thundercougarfalconbird.blogspot.com
Hi,
This doesnt specifically address the query actually,
but here is another software similar to MindManager 7
that Jeffrey suggested.
http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/
Thanks & Regards
Manish Pillewar
Sr. UXD
Bangalore
On Jun 19, 2007, at 1:43 PM, erpdesigner wrote:
> I'm wondering if there is a flowcharting/wireframing
plugin for
> Illustrator? Something that makes the arrows and
shapes connect more
> dynamic (features like snap, grid) like Visio or
Omnigraffle?
>
That would be a HOT plug-in.
never heard of one though.
i thought using illustrator for IA work was passe...
what i wish is
that the little arrows worked better in omnigraffle.
things always
seem to break after i close and reopen the file.
Also take a look at MindManger 7 by Mindjet. very cool
app. for quick
IA work.
jd
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On Jun 19, 2007, at 4:43 PM, erpdesigner wrote:
> I'm wondering if there is a flowcharting/wireframing plugin for
> Illustrator? Something that makes the arrows and shapes connect more
> dynamic (features like snap, grid) like Visio or Omnigraffle?
No plug-in that i know of, however, Inkscape has a handy connector tool.
Download and try Inkscape (you will need X11 for Mac OS X (available
on your Mac OS X Install DVD)). The drawing metaphors are different
than Illustrator, but I've found them to be internally consistent.
You can export to Illustrator if you wish through SVG, and render to
a number of different raster formats. As with all things, YMMV.
http://www.inkscape.org/
have a day.yad
jdpf
On Jun 19, 2007, at 4:43 PM, erpdesigner wrote:
> I'm wondering if there is a flowcharting/wireframing plugin for
> Illustrator? Something that makes the arrows and shapes connect more
> dynamic (features like snap, grid) like Visio or Omnigraffle?
Freehand has this capability, but since Adobe is dropping development...
Jack
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