Need a tree diagrammer that's not OmniGraffle

michaelsanford · #1 October 4th, 2004, 05:53 PM

I need to make tree diagrams for historical linguistics and OmniGraffle 3 is far too expensive and far too featureful for my very basic needs.

Anyone have another suggestion ?

perfessor101 · #2 October 4th, 2004, 06:04 PM

If your needs are that simple then AppleWorks Draw would probably do the job.

Viro · #3 October 4th, 2004, 06:23 PM

OpenOffice Draw could work as well and that's free.

jjeff · #4 October 4th, 2004, 06:48 PM

Why not just use omnigraffle without registering? I haven't used it much but I don't think it does anything beyond poping up a window now and then if you don't register.

Gnomo · #5 October 4th, 2004, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by jjeff

I don't think it does anything beyond poping up a window now and then if you don't register.

Actually, It has a limited number of objects that you can put on the screen w/o registering. But you can always go to the Omnigroup web page and get a trial license that enables full function for 1 day...and you can always get a new one tomorrow.

Durbrow · #6 October 4th, 2004, 08:54 PM

It is too bad that OG is not an option because I believe there is a linguistics graffle that is free and available at the website. Do you know there is an educational discount?

michaelsanford · #7 October 5th, 2004, 09:20 AM

OmniGraffle would be great if it weren't so expensive and had 10 000 things I don't need.

Thanks for the suggestions, I ended up using a word processor.

PS There's a 20 object limit for non-registered users, which is not enough.

**fryke** · #8 October 5th, 2004, 11:17 AM

Did you CHECK for the academic pricing they mention somewhere? ... I haven't, just checked for the normal pricing...