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7 More Common Mistakes in Architecture Diagrams A rundown of seven more common mistakes is system architecture diagrams and how to fix them

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Ilograph 2.0.1 is an exciting new release adds the ability to embed perspectives directly into other perspectives. This is especially handy for showing sub-processes in sequence diagrams. As a bonus, the zoom in and out effects are a lot of fun 😄

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Ilograph 1.9.9 (all environments) is a small maintenance release that fixes a rendering bug which occurred in specific situations.

Ilograph 1.9.8 (all environments) is a major new release that fixes a few bugs, adds new markdown options, and adds "via" relations. Via relations are excellent for showing relations between resources that occur through intermediate resource(s):

A major release is coming to Ilograph this week! The biggest change will be the addition of "via" relations, allowing you to specify relations that go through intermediate resources:

Coming soon to Ilograph: markdown will be expanded to add headers and lists. This is great for adding structured information to your resources and relation descriptions:

Ilograph's layouts are largely automated, but diagram authors do have some control over where resources appear. For instance, the top-to-bottom positioning of resources can be controlled by re-ordering their relations:

Here are the new scale overrides in action; editors can now adjust resource sizes on a per-perspective basis:

Ilograph 1.9.4 (all environments) adds a new "scale" override property for resources. Diagram editors can now apply a scaling factor to resources to make them smaller or larger:

Breaking up the master diagram Exploring how to break up a system architecture diagram

Breaking down large diagrams improves the mindset of the diagram viewer. It implicitly reassures them that it is OK not to understand everything simultaneously. They are not expected to “see” the entire system as if it contained some profound truth or deeper meaning

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7 Common Mistakes in Architecture Diagrams When creating a technical architecture diagram, your goal is to give understanding to your audience. You want to honestly inform viewers about your system …

Written in 2020, but still very relevant:

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Ilograph 1.9.1 (all environments) updates how resources are visualized when detail is turned down. Instead of showing all child resources, only the top-most abbreviated resources will be shown. The layout will also be more consistent with less wasted space:

An Ilograph diagram with the new "Add Description" link circled in red

Ilograph 1.8.9 (all environments) adds handy "Add Description" and "Add Subtitle" links to resources while in edit mode:

You have to admit, C4 makes great fodder for LinkedIn Brofluencers 😆

Ilograph 1.8.8 (all environments) is a small maintenance release that fixes a few edge-case bugs. See the release notes at www.ilograph.com/desktop/rele...

The details make the diagram

Hi everyone! By way of introduction, Ilograph is an interactive diagramming tool for system engineers who value rich, detailed visual documentation:

New article on AI and system architecture diagramming:

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