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Diagram Maker: Create Stunning Diagrams with Ease

Confluence whiteboards offer an intuitive drag-and-drop interface for creating and sharing diagrams. You can collaborate, create, and share diagrams on any device, enhancing productivity and real-time teamwork. This makes mapping processes, defining concepts, and visualizing workflows easy. Flexible tools like shapes, connectors, and an infinite canvas help take projects from idea to execution.

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Seamlessly collaborate and visualize

With this powerful online tool, your team can turn their ideas into action as they diagram new flows, build long-term visions, and run project retrospectives in real-time. Team members can leave comments and feedback directly on the diagrams, facilitating better communication and collaboration.

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Allow for better cross-functional team collaboration on one integrated platform.

  • Connect workstreams and provide visibility with this project collaboration software.
  • Facilitate open exchange and transparency with an adaptable space for teams to think, plan, design, and build together. Gathering feedback through comments and notes enhances teamwork and communication.

  • Move seamlessly from idea to execution by running brainstorming plays or voting for your favorite concept. 

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Idea mapping

Map out workflows, value streams, and customer journeys in one workspace.

  • Allow your team to effortlessly organize their thoughts with sticky notes, smart connectors, and smart sections. The tool efficiently creates and manages complex diagrams, allowing users to visualize intricate processes and systems quickly. Then, convert your stickies into Jira issues with just a few clicks.
  • Quickly move elements around, draw lines connecting related ideas, and build on concepts together in real-time.
  • Develop evolving ideas on a flexible canvas that gives your team visibility into each project’s progress.
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Organize with ease

Visualization tools and templates

Utilize features to help you visualize processes, systems, and workflows. Incorporating various graphics, such as illustrations and icons, enhances the design and visual appeal of diagrams.

  • Use the pre-configured canvas with shapes, connectors, and examples to help get your team started quickly.
  • Embed images, documents, videos, and web links into your diagrams for additional context and information.
  • Access shapes such as lines, boxes, circles, arrows, and more specialized shapes for specific diagram types.

Choose from hundreds of templates

Whether diagramming, journey mapping, planning, or running retrospectives, whiteboards enable teams to turn brainstorms into reality with these Confluence templates. Different diagrams are available, each designed for specific purposes and functions.

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Flowchart

Streamline decision-making processes visually and enhance clarity and efficiency.

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Concept map

Visualize complex ideas and structure thoughts and relationships clearly with a concept map.

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Venn diagram

Aid collaboration and decision-making by visualizing areas of overlap and differences.

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Diagram maker: Frequently Asked Questions

What are diagrams?
  

Diagrams are powerful tools for visualizing nuanced topics and concepts. They can illustrate processes, systems, and relationships between different elements. With the help of diagram templates, users can create stunning diagrams that effectively communicate their ideas. 

There are various diagram types, each with its unique purpose and application. Using a diagram template allows users to save time and easily create professional-looking diagrams. Whether you’re mapping out a workflow, analyzing a problem, or illustrating a complex system, diagrams help you communicate your ideas effectively.
What is a diagram maker?
  

Whiteboards are powerful diagramming and visualization tools built right into Confluence. They are designed to effectively map out organizational structures with minimal manual input. They provide an infinite canvas to create diagrams, flowcharts, mind maps, wireframes, and more. Designed for ideation and collaboration, whiteboards make it easy for teams to bring ideas to life.
Who are diagram makers for?
  

Online diagram makers facilitate cross-collaboration across multiple teams. With Confluence, multiple people can work on a whiteboard, syncing all changes in real-time. You can see cursors and selections from other editors and chat with them right from the whiteboard.
What types of diagrams can you make in Confluence?
  

Confluence whiteboards allow you to create a variety of diagrams to represent information and processes visually. A variety of templates makes it easy to get started, such as:

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Can I import existing diagrams into Confluence?
  

Confluence allows you to import existing diagrams from various sources and edit them within the whiteboard editor. This can save a lot of time when you already have diagrams you want to reuse or build upon.

Whiteboards are also fully searchable and versioned within Confluence, so you have a complete history of their evolution. Confluence software also allows for seamless importing of existing diagrams.
Can I customize my diagrams?
  

Confluence whiteboards come with a library of useful shapes and offer diagramming stencils with shapes for software engineering, UI/UX design, business process modeling, and more. Your team can edit the diagrams as needed within the Confluence whiteboard editor. You can also move and resize shapes, change colors, and add or remove elements, among other actions.

Whiteboard templates also help teams with story maps, wireframes, flowcharts, and mind maps. This makes it easy to reuse existing diagrams and data models within Confluence for documentation and collaboration.

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