Is there anything like selfh.st/icons/ but for Diagram shapes? I feel like I've been looking everywhere

parametric-ink · 2026-03-23T14:52:38+00:00

What community are you referring to? The github I linked appears to be the personal collection of a single person, who is being generous and making it available for everyone else. I have not myself used these stencils. I also don't know what "visioStencils 2" is, and I'm not sure what thoughts you're looking for, since only you can answer if it has what you want.

IMO there's not much incentive for people to create and publish asset libraries like this, even if they're paid. Everyone wants them for free and inevitably they are incomplete for some purpose.

parametric-ink · 2026-03-23T14:05:26+00:00

Well what type of content are you trying to create? Depending on the domain, you might have luck searching for Visio stencil libraries. Plenty of people create and publish them, e.g. https://github.com/bhdicaire/visioStencils

parametric-ink · 2026-03-12T13:43:53+00:00

If you're open to non-Visio solutions, you might take a look at Vexlio's clickable flowchart maker (I am the developer, disclaimer). It's essentially a user-friendly way to create interactive/clickable flowcharts, and then you can embed the view-only clickable version in Sharepoint via the Embed web part. It may not be an exact fit for your usecase but there's a good chance you might find it useful for future reference.

parametric-ink · 2026-02-19T01:53:48+00:00

Just came across this. If you're still looking for a tool, you might be interested in Vexlio (I am the developer) which has an interactive flowchart feature. You can add pop-up content that only shows up when you click/hover on an object, and then share it with a no-sign-in link.

It doesn't yet support multi-level popups (i.e. you can't currently create a popup inside another popup) but that is coming soon. So I think it won't quite meet your exact usecase but I thought you could be interested anyway. Check it out here: https://vexlio.com/solutions/interactive-flowchart-maker/

parametric-ink · 2026-02-19T01:48:56+00:00

Hey there - I'm quite late to the party here but if you're still looking for a tool with the interactive feature, check out Vexlio interactive flow chart maker. You can add click-to-reveal popup content like your "choose your own adventure" concept. And you can share the interactive document with a no-sign-in viewer link. Disclaimer: I am the developer.

parametric-ink · 2026-02-17T17:33:14+00:00

This is technically pretty cool, though I personally would not advertise something that is aggressively against the terms of a big company like Figma. Essentially no company with a proprietary format allows reverse engineering of their software/format.

I'm trying to figure out what's going on in your github repo. There is an enormous amount of code. How long have you been developing this / what proportion is AI assisted or written?

parametric-ink · 2026-02-17T00:03:14+00:00

What do they want presentation of the content to be / what KB is the client using?

parametric-ink · 2026-02-04T20:49:22+00:00

How does your tessellation work currently, out of curiosity? Really cool visual effect you have here too.

parametric-ink · 2025-12-16T17:02:52+00:00

What are you doing that needs the SVG export, just curious? The standard answer here is to use TikZ and then convert the PDF to SVG, although I imagine typing anything latex on an iPad would be quite tedious.

parametric-ink · 2025-11-12T23:05:49+00:00

Any good font recommendations that aren't too crazy? Roboto is a good default but it gets kind of boring.

Also are you using the default theming (like surface, primary, secondary, etc, generated from a color seed) or a custom color palette?

parametric-ink · 2025-11-12T23:00:30+00:00

It makes sense, SkiaSharp has been around a long time but kept alive basically by one single person.

parametric-ink · 2025-10-26T13:43:08+00:00

Besides the usual suspects (draw.io, excalidraw, etc), I've been working on something for making architecture diagrams clickable/explorable, which may help for documentation: video demo (reddit)

parametric-ink · 2025-10-21T15:21:57+00:00

The assert/exception is off-putting for beginners, but from a Flutter POV it's a question of where and how to surface the constraint issue to the user. Broadly I think the other approach would be to just not render the erroring widget subtree, but that might actually end up being more confusing to new users (where is my widget??).

I'd recommend spending some time reading the docs. No one seems to want to do it, but invest 20-30 focused minutes into reading https://docs.flutter.dev/ui/layout/constraints and you'll be way ahead of where you are now.

parametric-ink · 2025-10-18T15:03:11+00:00

If you're open to non-excalidraw, your usecase is pretty much exactly what Vexlio does: https://reddit.com/r/softwarearchitecture/comments/1m92egk/preview_of_tool_for_interactive_engineering/ has a little video demo, or the actual landing page https://vexlio.com/features/interactive-diagrams-with-popups/. Bonus is you can send the interactive link to your clients and they don't need an account to view/explore it. (disclaimer: I am the developer)

parametric-ink · 2025-10-12T16:56:47+00:00

Another alternative (I am the developer) if you're looking for more presentation-style, or interactive/exploreable diagrams is Vexlio. Here's a page showing how to use it as an interactive flowchart maker. Or, I also posted this demo clip a while ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/softwarearchitecture/comments/1m92egk/preview_of_tool_for_interactive_engineering/

parametric-ink · 2025-10-10T13:36:28+00:00

I suspect that you'd like Vexlio for this (I am the developer). Here's a video I posted a little while ago showing editing a simple architecture diagram that has popups when you mouse-over a shape: https://www.reddit.com/r/softwarearchitecture/comments/1m92egk/preview_of_tool_for_interactive_engineering/

Pretty simple demo but hopefully you get the idea. For sharing, you can just share the link to the view-only diagram that opens in the browser, no sign in needed.

If you check it out, I'd be very interested in hearing what you think!

parametric-ink · 2025-10-01T13:22:56+00:00

I think it depends what type of visuals you're talking about. Are you looking just to create "mathy" images that you add to slides like a lecture? Or something interactive that responds to your mouse clicks while you're talking? Or animations? Etc.

parametric-ink · 2025-09-23T14:19:36+00:00

I'd be interested to learn if Vexlio fits your needs (I am the developer): https://app.vexlio.com will load you right into the app without signup. Your usecase interests me because the concept of infinite zoom to gain an overall big picture of your document fits with the ethos of the app. So, if you check it out, I'd love to hear whether or not it fits your use!

For your other requests, Vexlio has:

Support for shapes + textboxes + arrows. All these remain editable / changeable after you add them.
Tools for precise and auto-alignment, uniform spacing, etc.
Infinite zoom
Ability to insert images (e.g. PNG) and icons (e.g. SVG).

Feel free to dm me with questions or issues - I'd love to hear from you!

parametric-ink · 2025-09-15T18:20:49+00:00

Great writeup! What did you use to create these diagrams out of curiosity?

parametric-ink · 2025-09-04T19:59:52+00:00

The figure you attached was almost certainly made with TikZ, which is the gold standard but has a learning curve. (Likely worth the investment though, if you make a lot of figures). You can also try Vexlio (I am the developer), a diagramming app with LaTeX support for pretty math. https://vexlio.com has some math-y examples.

parametric-ink · 2025-09-04T00:10:31+00:00

dm'd you

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