SmartDraw
Web-based diagram collaboration tool
SmartDraw is a web-based tool for floor planning and other scaled drawings as well as traditional diagramming. SmartDraw can be used to create floor plans, evacuation plans, accident reconstruction diagrams, wiring diagrams, fire safety diagrams, crime scene diagrams, planograms and other layouts. It can also be used to create traditional diagrams like flowcharts, organization charts, mind maps, project charts and other diagrams.
01Integration and Add-Ons
SmartDraw lets users import existing floor plan PDFS or Google Maps images to be the foundation of their scaled drawing.
Users can also create custom libraries of symbols using their own product catalog and add propriety data.
Users can add diagrams to Microsoft Office products including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel and Google Workspace applications like Google Docs and Google Sheets.
SmartDraw lets users save files to SharePoint, OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and Box.
Users can also generate diagrams from data automatically through integrations with AWS, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Entra ID, GitHub, and more.
SmartDraw has apps for Atlassian's Confluence, Jira, and Trello.
02Product history
| Date | Name and version | Supported OS | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | SmartDraw 1.0 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 1995 | SmartDraw 2.0 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 1996 | SmartDraw 3.0 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 1999 | SmartDraw 4.0 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2000 | SmartDraw 5.0 | Microsoft Windows | English, Japanese, French, German |
| 2001 | SmartDraw 6.0 | Microsoft Windows | English, French, German |
| 2004 | SmartDraw 7.0 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2006 | SmartDraw 2007 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2007 | SmartDraw 2008 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2008 | SmartDraw 2009 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2009 | SmartDraw 2010 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2010 | SmartDraw VP | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2011 | SmartDraw 2012 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2012 | SmartDraw 2013 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2013 | SmartDraw 2014 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2014 | SmartDraw CI | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2016 | SmartDraw 2016 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2016 | SmartDraw Cloud | Microsoft Windows, Web client | English |
| 2017 | SmartDraw 2017 | Microsoft Windows | English |
| 2018 | SmartDraw | Microsoft Windows, Web client | More than 100 different languages: Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Urdu, Hindi, and more. |
| 2021 | SmartDraw | Web-based platform only (Mac and Windows) | English |
| 2025 | SmartDraw | Web-based platform with real-time collaboration | English |
03File 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.
Can import files from Visio and Lucidchart.
Sources and credits
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- Smartdraw-logo-icon.png by Emeseg, CC BY-SA 4.0
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