Is there more beautiful database drawing software than visio?

Question

I want to know if you know other beautiful database drawing software other than visio.

Because i think visio is not delegant enough. So Can you give me some advice?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

I do not know Visio, but I have been using Dia for almost 10 years, and it's great. It's also free (as in speech).

Some people have compared Dia favorably to Visio.

Answer 2

Try www.magicdraw.com. It produces beautiful diagrams.

Answer 3

Oracle Designer is the best i have ever used. however, it does not come cheap...

Answer 4

SQL Server has built in functions to create graphs.

Saves you from creating a graph first and than the db schema.

Answer 5

MySql Workbench is a nice Designer and free. The only drawback I find is that it only produce scripts for mysql.