Preparing a network is no easy task, which is why it makes perfect sense for network designers to use tools to get started. Creating a diagram makes it easier to get a fully functional network off of ...

In the previous article, I explained that if you want to build a detailed network diagram using Microsoft Visio, then one of the first things that you should do is to create an Excel spreadsheet ...

I've long been a fan of Gliffy, a fantastic online diagram tool that's like Microsoft Vizio in your browser, only free. Now comes Best4c, a similar Web-based tool, and I think I like it even better.

This example illustrates zoned network diagrams. The Widget Manufacturing project is used to illustrate some aspects of this feature. The data set DETAILS contains a variable phase, which identifies ...

This example illustrates the use of the TIMESCALE and ALIGN= options to draw time-scaled network diagrams. The Schedule data set WIDGUPD, produced by PROC CPM in the ...

Microsoft recently made some significant enhancements to its Visio add-in for Excel, enabling users to create Visio diagrams from within Excel. Here's how it works. Even though Visio is easily one of ...