hi there,

maybe this is a silly question, considering the fact here a lot of 
real network analysis are made in everyday research, but a fellow 
asked me for a good resource and i couldn't get it :-(

he is looking for some simple drawing tool to get some "pure type" 
networks to show examples on a theoretical presentation. i told him 
to draw some false data to get it from netdraw for example, but he 
truly stated: i don't really need to get so deep to get a figure on 
a ppt :-)

maybe he's true, and as a result i cannot provide a simple answer 
for his question, but probably here could be the best place to look 
for help. so, which kind of tool do you usually use to get a simple 
diagram or figure on your presentations or papers? i'm just looking 
for something that gives me clear graphics, just the way inflow it 
does (http://www.orgnet.com/inflow3screen.gif), but for sure i 
cannot recommend to buy this kind of software just for this 
scenario. maybe a graphic tool instead something related to network 
analysis? any thoughts?

thank you very much in advance!

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Julio Meneses
Knowledge Society Program Ph D. Candidate.
Dept. Psychology and Educational Sciences.
The Open University of Catalonia
http://www.uoc.edu/

Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3 - UOC) Research Staff.
Project Internet Catalonia (PIC) - Schools on the Network Society 
http://www.uoc.edu/in3/pic/