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A diagram is a two-dimensional geometric symbolic representation of information according to some visualization technique.

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Color Change of One Element in a Mermaid Sequence Diagram?

I'm using Mermaid to create a sequence diagram in Markdown. I'd like to highlight some of the participants and to gray some of the arrows. How can that be done?
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Are ASCII diagrams worth my time?

Are ASCII diagrams within source code worth the time they take to create? I could create a bitmap diagram much faster, but images are much more difficult to in line in a source file (until VS2010). For the record, I'm not talking about decorative…
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Is it possible to draw diagrams in R?

I was wondering if there is any package in R that could use x, y coordinates and shape sizes to draw something like this: I have the coordinates of vehicles' front centers and their sizes (length and width). Edit This is what the original data set…
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SSMS crashes when try to modify database diagram (v18.2)

When I try to modify a database diagram created before the application restart and crashes when trying to access. It happen only when I save the diagram and close the application. When I try to reopen it throws me an error then restart the SSMS. I'm…
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How to show asynchronous operations on UML Activity diagram

I am about to draw/document for some client-server connection establishing code to better understand it. There are several operations that are done asynchronously in separate threads (connecting threads, data receiving threads, etc). Should I show…
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Javascript Diagram Library

I'm looking for a good JavaScript Diagram library for a project, can be commercial. Mandatory Requirements: Highlight connected lines and components when clicking a component (or hovering) Ability to switch the image of a component (to represent…
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Some tips for more effective white-boarding?

I am occasionally called upon impromptu to white-board (non-virtually) data flows, architecture diagrams etc., for both a technical and non-technical audience. Unfortunately my drawing skills (and print legibility) are terrible. How can I become…
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Direction of the association arrow in UML class diagrams

On this webpage which shows how to draw a class diagram, why is the arrow for association pointing from order to customer, and not from customer to order? UML Tutorial - Class Diagrams
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UML Diagram to Model API

I need to create a diagram to document a RESTFul API that build, which UML diagram should I use? Thanks in advance,
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Automatically generating a diagram of function calls in MATLAB

Anybody knows of a tool that can be used to automatically build diagrams of function calls in MATLAB? E.g. For a given function, the tool would recursively go through function calls and build a 2D graph where nodes would represent functions and…
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Neo4j - is it possible to visualise a simple overview of my database?

I've got my graph database, populated with nodes, relationships, properties etc. I'd like to see an overview of how the whole database is connected, each relationship to each node, properties of a node etc. I don't mean view each individual node,…
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Text based UML Diagram Generators

Which generator tools do you know that are able to generate UML (and perhaps other) diagrams out of text (simple ASCII) based input? I know about http://plantuml-depend.sourceforge.net/screenshot/screenshot.html I'm looking for something…
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Generate an E-R Diagram by reverse-engineering a database

Note: Originally this question was asked for PostgreSQL, however, the answer applies to almost any database which has a JDBC driver that can detect foreign-key associations. Querying PostgreSQL data dictionary for foreign-keys and relationship…
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Recommendation for a good entity relationship diagram building tool for occasional usage?

Freeware is a plus. Could you also describe with one sentence why it should be good enough for occasional usage? Edit: You might check this cool link , providing more info about entity relationship diagrams and tools Edit: For the chosen answer…
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How to make multiple sequence diagrams in single page

I wonder if there is any way to make a plantuml two sequence diagram in single page side by side. I want to keep the same actor names in both diagram. Currently if I do something like below, it automatically combined into single sequence…
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