SmartDraw is a visual processor used to create flowcharts, organization charts, mind maps, project charts, and other visuals. SmartDraw is built exclusively for Windows operating systems and works with Windows 7, Vista, XP, and 2000. Since version 7, it uses Microsoft’s Fluent User Interface in conjunction with automated panels specific to each type of diagram.

The latest stable release of SmartDraw is SmartDraw VP. It integrates with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Microsoft Office

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 and Microsoft Project

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; it can export diagrams to common image formats and PDF format.

File Format

The following file extensions are specific to SmartDraw:

• .SDR – “SmartDraw Documents,” a binary file format used for saving SmartDraw documents.
• .SDT – “Smart/Draw Templates,” a binary file format used for saving SmartDraw reusable document templates.
• .SDL – “SmartDraw Libraries,” a binary file format used for saving symbol libraries in SmartDraw.
• .SCZ - "SmartDraw Collections," a binary file format used for saving SmartDraw collections.

See also

• Visual Communication
  Visual communication
  Visual communication as the name suggests is communication through visual aid and is described as the conveyance of ideas and information in forms that can be read or looked upon...
  
  
• Mind Mapping
• Process Management
  Process management
  Process management is the ensemble of activities of planning and monitoring the performance of a process. The term usually refers to the management of business processes and manufacturing processes...
  
  
• Technical Drawing
  Technical drawing
  Technical drawing, also known as drafting or draughting, is the act and discipline of composing plans that visually communicate how something functions or has to be constructed.Drafting is the language of industry....
  
  
• Diagramming software
  Diagramming software
  Diagramming software is a computer program that is used to produce graphical diagrams. Diagrams are used in software and business to represent dataflows, workflows and software architecture.- Flowchart :* ARIS Express * Creately...
  
  
• List of UML tools
• List of concept mapping software