A canvas that does the tedious parts for you

Four auto-layout algorithms

Hierarchical layout for systems with a clear direction of flow, circular for peer topologies, force-directed for exploring an unfamiliar structure, and orthogonal grid where regularity reads best. Applied to the whole page or to a selection.

• Hierarchical
• Circular
• Force-directed
• Orthogonal / grid

Precision when you want to place things yourself

Align, distribute, group, layer ordering, fit-to-content, zoom-to-selection and a minimap for large pages. Keyboard shortcuts for the operations you repeat, and find-and-replace across the model for the ones you would otherwise do by hand.

Templates, shape packs and freehand

The template gallery starts a diagram from a known pattern. Shape packs supply the notation for a given domain. Freehand and notes are there for the parts of a design conversation that are not yet formal — a page anchor links one page to another so a large model stays navigable.

What this covers in the product

Every capability below is part of this area of Yantra Studio.

• New page
• Note
• Text box
• Connector
• Freehand / Pencil
• Page Anchor
• Template gallery
• Shape packs
• Auto-layout
• Align
• Distribute
• Group / Ungroup
• Bring to front / Send to back
• Fit to content
• Zoom to selection
• Reset zoom
• Global search
• Find & Replace
• Undo / Redo
• Keyboard shortcuts

Questions

Related capabilities

• Show the diagram without handing over the model

  Share a diagram by link, present it to an audience, or embed it in another site — read-only, without giving anyone an account or edit rights.

• Start from what you already have

  Bring existing work in: Lucidchart .vsdx files, SQL DDL, CSV and Excel, live databases, OpenAPI specifications and Archify architecture models.

• The whiteboard stage, before the model exists

  A freeform whiteboard for the messy stage of a design, with voting sessions so a group can converge on what matters before anything is formalised.

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