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Import an organizational chart from data

Create Your Organizational Chart Without Drawing at All

If you keep a list of employees in Excel^® or you can get one from where you manage employees— whether that's Workday^®, BambooHR^® or some other HR software—you can generate an organizational chart without any drawing at all.

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Turn Brainstorming into Action Plans

SmartDraw's mind maps can provide structure to your meeting with expandable sub-topics you can collaborate on in real time. Once you're ready to define action items, you can turn that visual into a project chart seamlessly.

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Visualize Your AWS Architecture Automatically

When you need to optimize your AWS set up for fault-tolerance, security, or cost, you'll need a visual. You could draw your AWS diagram by hand, but with SmartDraw you don't have to. You connect to your AWS account and generate a visual of your AWS set up automatically.

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Standardize Diagrams for Your Team

You can avoid inconsistent and unprofessional diagrams by using custom templates and themes for your team. Custom templates let everyone in your team start with the same template with the same set of approved symbols, branded color scheme and more.

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Visualize Your Azure Network Automatically

Do you need an Azure diagram to begin a new design and planning phase? Do you need to audit your architecture and include it in a report? SmartDraw makes it easy to import your Azure data and automatically generate a diagram of your Azure architecture. Collaborate with your team on new designs and plans.

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Transform Any Flowchart Into a Swimlane

You can convert any flowchart to a swimlane diagram by adding a pool with swimlanes. You can even change the orientation of your lanes on the fly without having to start over. The swimlanes automatically expand to make room for shapes as you add them. No manual drawing required.

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Add Jira Tickets to Any Workspace

You can add a Jira ticket into any workspace in SmartDraw. You can also push ideas and tickets generated during your brainstorming sessions back into Jira. SmartDraw works with the tools you already use and makes it easy for product teams to monitor project progress and collaborate on development.

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Collaborate Using Live Visuals, not Static Images in Teams

Get feedback and build consensus with diagrams created right inside Microsoft Teams. Instead of sharing a static image, your team can work together to edit and comment on visuals as you define technical plans and processes.

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Break Down Complexity with Sub-Charts

When you're trying to create an organizational chart for a large company, you probably won't be able to fit every position and employee on a single chart. It's best to separate your org chart into sections by department or divisions. Sub-charts make this easy.

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SmartDraw third party storage integrations

Control Your Own Data

If you already have a preferred file management solution where you've defined user permissions and sharing preferences, SmartDraw lets you save there so you don't have to recreate your work. SmartDraw can integrate seamlessly with your existing set up.

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Sync Azure DevOps with SmartDraw

SmartDraw makes it easy to add Azure DevOps work items to your workspace so your team can plan, prioritize, and make decisions about development using the most up-to-date information.

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Invite Your Team to Collaborate

SmartDraw makes it easy for teams to brainstorm, build, and refine ideas in real time. Simply invite your team to collaborate on any diagram.

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Conditional Formatting with Shape Data

Turn your diagrams into live dashboards by linking data to shapes and applying data rules that can change the formatting of shapes to highlight key information easily.

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Explore SmartDraw for Floor Plans

Manage Complex Diagrams with Layers

Do you need to add electrical information to a floor plan? Do you need a clean way to show options for a remodel? Want to brainstorm ideas for a new wireframe? Need to separate items on different sub nets for your AWS diagram? You can use layers to group and separate items so you can show and hide details as you need to.

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Add Information, Not Clutter with Shape Data

Need to add more information to your diagram, but don't want to end up with gigantic shapes with huge blocks of text? Shape data lets you enrich a shape with information and it's viewable as a tool tip. You can add cost, description, asset number, manufacturer, and so much more.

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Create Annotations for CAD Drawings

When you need to add information that shouldn't scale to a scaled drawing - such as information about the author, revisions, and scale used in a blueprint - SmartDraw's annotation layer makes it easy. You don't need to worry about adjusting size and position. Just enter the information you need to share your drawing.

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Flip Between Scales on the Fly

You don't have to redraw your entire floor plan just because a new client needs the same design but using the metric scale. SmartDraw lets you change the scale of your drawing at any time. You can flip between standard and metric scales at will. You can also define your own scale if it is not among the standard scales offered.

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Resize Items with Precision by Typing

When you need pinpoint accuracy, you can resize any object or wall by simply typing in the exact dimensions.

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Fine-Tune Door and Window Placements

Kickstart your next floor plan by importing a background image or PDF like an existing blueprint or site map. Match the scale and you can trace and make edits directly on top of your imported file while keeping it on a locked background layer.

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Measure with Confidence in SmartDraw

SmartDraw's visual guides and built-in measurement tools give you the clarity and precision you need to design like a pro. Draw quick references directly on your plan to double-check spacing and calculate square footage.

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Three Secrets to Working with Walls

Easily customize your floor plan with SmartDraw's powerful wall tools. You can separate walls to create open layouts before you take a sledgehammer to anything, curve wall segments for stylish designs, and adjust wall thickness to match your specs.

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Make Angled Layouts Smarter

Bring your unique floor plan ideas to life with angled walls. SmartDraw gives you the flexibility to draw and edit angled walls effortlessly.

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Add Corners and Alcoves Instantly

Need to add a nook or corner to your layout? With a single click, you can instantly add an alcove to your plan and then customize it.

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Kickstart Your Design with a Background Image or PDF

Kickstart your next floor plan project by importing a background image or PDF like an existing blueprint or site map. Match the scale and you can trace and make edits directly on top of your imported file while keeping it on a locked background layer.

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Bring Your Floor Plan to Life with Realistic Textures

SmartDraw includes a large collection of photo-realistic textures you can apply to floor plans and landscapes to help bring your designs to life.

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