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I imagine someone will step forward soon with exactly what you're
looking for; in the meantime, the thought occurred to me that some
Google searches around the terms "visual grammar" and "visual
vocabulary", plus those for whatever domain you're trying to
represent, might yield some interesting results.
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 12:31 PM, Kari Gulbrandsen
<kkgulbrandsen -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am finding myself in the position of having to draw a number of different
> kinds of flow charts -- showing process flow, inputs and outputs,
> relationships, cycles, and so on.
>
> I am spending way too much time thinking about how I want to draw it, and
> just getting hung up on -- and I either just end up writing the description
> or drawing something that doesn't really represent what I want.
>
> Does anybody have any good reference materials that would give me a giant
> step forward? That would give me some examples or guidelines on what
> information to use and what to cut?
>
> I know how to use Visio and Smart Art to actually draw them, it's
> deciding what is the best way to represent the ideas that I am being given.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> kari.
>
>
>
> --
> Kari Kristine Gulbrandsen
> Reflective Editing | Enlightening Sciences
>http://ladykchronicles.blogspot.com/
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