Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain text

Re:Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain... by zzzeek on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @06:29PM (#14608508)

I want the opposite. Draw a block diagram on paper, scan it, and get a super swank omnigraffle-style diagram from it (or a top-notch ASCII art diagram).

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Re:Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain... by teleclimber on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @07:44PM (#14609005)

I use the DrawExpress app for exactly that. It's brilliant.

http://www.drawexpress.com/

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Re:Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain... by jonahx on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @09:04PM (#14609373)

Fantastic idea. I'd love a web-based version I could use on the laptop.

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Re:Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain... by thirdsun on Thursday June 22, 2017 @01:15AM (#14610254)

This looks great. I can't say the same about their website which feels like a mess and really doesn't sell what otherwise seems like a very useful app.

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Re:Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain... by msravi on Thursday June 22, 2017 @01:41AM (#14610308)

Just bought this now, after watching the video and trying out the "lite" version on Android. It really is brilliant.

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Re:Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain... by ozzmotik on Thursday June 22, 2017 @02:46AM (#14610516)

wow that was actually really cool just watching the demo; if I weren't currently in debt to the app store I'd totally try it

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Re:Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain... by Mandatum on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @09:28PM (#14609477)

Came here wanting this, found it in the comments. OP, it's cool and all - but I'm never going to manually type out box diagrams. I don't write e-zines or NFO's for warez releases.

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Re:Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain... by kav2k on Thursday June 22, 2017 @03:47AM (#14610752)

Can combo it with http://asciiflow.com/

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Re:Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain... by jamiethompson on Thursday June 22, 2017 @02:39AM (#14610492)

This is what I came here to say. It's easy to draw freehand. It's painfully slow to draw with ASCII.

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Re:Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain... by kchr on Thursday June 22, 2017 @08:22AM (#14611695)

You might wanna take a look at PlantUML or similar

http://plantuml.com

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Re:Show HN: ShakyDraw – Hand-drawn block diagrams from plain... by sankha93 on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @10:25PM (#14609700)

While going the other way is not possible directly, but you can use something like asciiflow.com to make a ASCII diagram easily and paste it in ShakyDraw.

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