A few weeks ago I discussed drawing tools and reviewed SmartDraw 2010 Professional . At the time I wrote that the only significant problems I had with SmartDraw were that it was fussy about where it allowed you to install it, and that to import Visio diagrams, Visio had to be installed. I awarded SmartDraw a rating of 4.5 out of 5 but I hereby reduce that to a rating of 4.

The reason for this is, as with so many products, it's not until you really beat them up that you start to find the warts. In SmartDraw's case the warts are a few bugs that you don't discover until you start making complex diagrams.

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