Avoid at all cost. 2013 Smartdraw version. Of all the software packages I've used over the decades, this is the worst. Many bugs and deficiencies. I greatly regret having chosen this for software documenation as I now have to convert all my drawings to another drawing package. As for technical support....forget it.

Awful I am writing an essay for Uni and I drew a strategy map, using SmartDraw, took me 2 days, 2 days I don't really have, and when I reach the end, it has a stupid watermark, that makes it unusable for academic purposes. Awful experience, if it's going to have a watermark you have to tell us before we waste time on this. Will never ever use again and will not ever recomend it.

excellent product, easy to use I have used this product to create electric schematics for test boxes on aircraft equipment. design flow faultfinding diagrams for techs to be more effective in diagnosing faults. and even a plan view to submit to council so i could build a 3 bay garage so what can i say, excellent product, easy to use, lost of preformed templates that will also give you better ideas this program is affordable, recommend it for all types of users math, science, media, presentations, planning, ill stop now as i could go on and on.

Waste of time As echoed below, the trail is a complete waste of time. Can only export drawings with intrusive watermarks on them which block any content from being read. I will not be purchasing as I have no idea what the finished drawings will look like in a report.

Annoying and difficult with useless trial At first try, it seems like it will be useful and easy, with numerous initial layouts and tools. But, that's when the troubles begin. First off, it wouldn't create a new document. I opened a new page and suddenly it created a document when I clicked on the template. That was just the start of the bugs and totally bizarre behaviors. Every operation was much more difficult than it needed to be. Many times I couldn't find a way to do simple operations. When I finally had something that was close enough, it printed watermarks over the entire page saying how it was created with a trial version. After all the previous problems that completely convinced to never spend anything on this product.