for what it's worth -- One of our groups uses DocIt (www.imap.textron.com) with Visio. It allows them to link their Visio diagram objects directly to the cable mgmt database. They used Aperture for awhile but dumped it for DocIt. Though they claim it was a $ thing, I suspect they found they bought too big a solution for their needs. I'm fairly sure a single user, unlimited outlet version of DocIt is <$1000.

kj

At 02:16 PM 11/20/2002 -0800, you wrote:
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>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wednesday, November 20, 2002 >>>
Once upon a time I used NetViz
It was amazing in that it let you create "dig down"
projects that could be saved as HTML with image maps.
So you could link them directly into your documentation
pages.  You could also put "pop-up" text boxes into the
images.

It was specifically designed for doing network diagrams and
had a wide array of CAD-CAM quality objects such as servers,
routers, racks, cabinets, and such.  So you could even get
down to the PCI cards on the back of a server and each
network interface they connected too.

On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 10:59, Matthew Reed wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> Use whatever works for you - in the early days I used Windows PAINT to draw
> networks because it was free and could do better boxes, circles, fills and
> lines FASTER than I could do them freehand.
>
> WUG maps are very handy.   AND you are correct - having the two maps
> together can save time when you need to publish something quickly.
>
> Visio is like Paint, only with nitrous oxide and leather seating.  I use it
> for many diagrams.
>
> Good luck.
>
> > I use WUG to diagram my network layout.  I even use it to map out the
> > location of equipment (i.e.. PC, printers). That way I have both
> monitoring
> > and a physical map tied together.  When I change one they are both
> updated.
> > Drawing the floor plan was the only hard part.
> >
> > I need to update my wiring maps.  There has been a lot of changes
> > (additions)  lately.  Right now our maps are by hand in a note book.  This
> > makes them hard to read and difficult to get out to the people that need
> > them.  So
> >
> > So how are others mapping their wire?  I don't think WUG should be used
> for
> > this, but short of Visio I don't have any ideas.
> >
> > Thanks for any input, and sorry for a slight off topic.
> >
> > Jeff Cook
> > IT Technician
> > Whatcom Educational Credit Union
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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