Flowchart-ish tool

[Bill Davidsen]

Bill Davidsen wrote:
> I am trying to create a visual aid for some complex relationships (not 
> software, sorry). It would seem that some flowchart, or similar 
> software, might assist. I need to show the relationships between items 
> and groups of items, and I really don't want to do it by hand.
> 
> Ideally I would identify a group of items as a group, so they could be 
> place near one another or marked with the same color, or similar. Then I 
> want to describe the relationship between them, (ex: 'depends on', or 
> 'funds') and the relationship might look different from each end. Simple 
> example A and B, from A B has relation 'child' while from B A has 
> relation 'parent'. That term 'properties' seems to be used in some 
> things I found, but I haven't gotten a solution.
> 
> Does this ring a bell with anyone? Or even suggest a good manual tool, 
> neither xfig nor gimp is ideal.
> 
Thanks, all. I have some things to try.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
   "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked."  - from Slashdot