What’s everyone using for there network diagrams/topologies? We currently use Microsoft VISO, which is great but requires a lot of manual input. I’m looking for something “smarter” or more automated without having to learn autoCAD.
Not sure this applies, but guys in MEP Engineering seem to have transitioned into Revit in a lot of cases. One company I know uses Bluebeam to some extent. You know my experience level, so certainly not definitive info. Cheers
EDIT: looks like learning curve for Revit is steeper than AutoCAD, so that’s not going to help. Bluebeam is easier to learn,but mostly meant for markups and working with teams to edit same documents at same time. Might work?
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Haven’t heard of Revit curve, might look into it! Sounds like it might be BIM, which is probably overkill for us DDC donkeys 
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Bluebeam Revu, is 100% the best PDF markup/editor without a doubt! I highly recommend it, but its bloody expensive!
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Two strikes…I’m still in the game though! Yeah, I have a guy who wants me to learn Bluebeam just for some check out punch lists. Make sure everything is completed at the end of the job. small company…I was amazed at how far reaching Bluebeam can be…seemed a bit of overkill for the job, but I guess if they have the money for it…If I hear of anything else I’ll try to report back. Cheers.
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I’m on team Visio, so no new suggestions here.
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Im team Visio too, but will offer up tha InkScape is a free alternative to Adope Illustrator or similar, if anyone is into that.
Booooo Visio boooooo. I find Visio is good on small jobs. On large projects it’s really slows you down… manually changing device ids etc every time something in the project shifts is painstaking!
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Gotta admit have predominantly used Visio 
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I guess I’m team Visio, only because this is what they want me to use…and my lack of knowledge about anything else to compare by.
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