OmniGraffle is like a nice-to-use Visio. I have one layer of 'People', with all the people objects, then another of 'Met' that links them based on how they met, yet another called 'CurrRels' for current relationships, etc. I can selectively turn off layers, so for instance, I can say "show me all the paths through which people met each *other*, then overlay the primary path through which *I* met them, now add in the layer of who knows who directly".
The really cool bit is that OG has an 'auto-layout' feature, so I can turn on some layers, auto-layout, and it'll make a nice graph. Then I can turn off some of those, turn on others, re-layout, and again, a nice graph.
I tried it with all layers on, and my dear GOD was it nasty.
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OmniGraffle is like a nice-to-use Visio. I have one layer of 'People', with all the people objects, then another of 'Met' that links them based on how they met, yet another called 'CurrRels' for current relationships, etc. I can selectively turn off layers, so for instance, I can say "show me all the paths through which people met each *other*, then overlay the primary path through which *I* met them, now add in the layer of who knows who directly".
The really cool bit is that OG has an 'auto-layout' feature, so I can turn on some layers, auto-layout, and it'll make a nice graph. Then I can turn off some of those, turn on others, re-layout, and again, a nice graph.
I tried it with all layers on, and my dear GOD was it nasty.