Instaviz (diagram sketching, mindmapping, flowcharting, brai
Published by: Pixelglow Software
Current Version: 1.4 released 2008-12-06
Price: 9.99
Category: Business
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Instaviz is a graph visualization app. It is based on the open source software Graphviz, which is available for the Mac, Windows, and Linux. With Instaviz you can easily draw shapes such as circles, ovals, squares, and triangles, label each, and then connect them to one another. You can then export these to a number of different services, including MobileMe.
App Description
Instaviz is one of the best mindmapping apps that ive come across. Its dead simple to use and works quite well. 8/10 Editor's Pick, AppCraver.
The developers put their energy into making a powerful one. What is under the hood is pretty impressive. Whats on iPhone.
"I often wish for a tool that would let me sketch charts on my iPhone. Instaviz is exactly what the doctor ordered. TUAW, The Unofficial Apple Blog.
It does offer a pretty robust set of tools, and its all integrated fairly well into the iPhone, with great support for multi-touch. 148Apps.
On the iPhone my mindmapping app of choice is Instaviz. It is a powerful, yet easy to use app that cant help but impress. Gear Diary.
INSTAVIZ is diagram sketching for your iPhone.
When you were young, the grown-ups used to catch you doodling little circles and lines on the back of your exercise books or paper napkins, instead of paying attention to what they said. They didnt realize that you need to sketch things out, how they relate to other things, in order to get them into your head and other peoples heads.
Much later, you learnt the grown-up names for the sketch mindmap, concept map, semantic network, org chart, flowchart, social network, workflow diagram, genomic hierarchy, E-R diagram...
Instaviz is a whiteboard in your pocket. Throw away the exercise books and paper napkins, Instaviz will figure out the diagram for you. Brainstorm and conceptualize like you use pencil and paper, without a pesky interface getting in your way. Then with a couple of taps, share your diagrams with friends and colleagues through email and websites.
Tap on the Edit button and sketch out a rough shape. Instaviz magically transforms it into a neat ellipse, circle, rectangle, square, diamond or triangle.
Tap on the Edit button and sketch a link between two shapes. Instaviz quickly redraws the diagram with the most pleasing layout.
Scroll the diagram by dragging with one finger. Zoom in and out by pinching with two fingers.
To edit the label, color or style of a shape or link, tap on the Edit button, then double-tap on the shape or link.
To change the shape, tap on the Edit button, then sketch the new shape over the old one.
To delete a shape or link, tap on the Edit button, then tap on shape or link and shake the iPhone.
To export the diagram, tap on the Edit button, double-tap on the diagram background then choose Export Graph. You can export the diagram to box.net, iDisk (MobileMe) or any WebDAV server, in Graphviz DOT/GV, PDF, PNG and Visio VDX formats. You can also Preview the diagram to the Camera Roll or Saved Photos, or Email the diagram with attachments.
To import a new diagram, tap on the Import button at the main graphs list. You can import the diagram from box.net, iDisk (MobileMe) or any website, in the Graphviz DOT/GV format.
WATCH a video of Instaviz in action:
http://instaviz.com/video/1/
http://instaviz.com/video/2/
PRINT and EXPORT Instaviz diagrams with the FREE Mac and Windows application Instavue:
http://instaviz.com/instavue/
Instaviz uses Recog, a new shape recognition engine. Trained on over 2,500 sketches drawn by real users, Recog uses advanced fuzzy logic to recognize what you just sketched in a split second.
Instaviz uses Graphviz as its automated graph layout engine. The industry standard for automated graph layout, Graphviz represents over 18 years of research work at AT&T and won two Apple Design Awards in 2004.
These apps and websites now support opening their diagrams in Instaviz:
Nocsos myDBR http://mydbr.nocsos.com
Ideatree.us http://ideatree.us
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