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Visual mapping tool to map your OS11 and ODC Architecture

Hi everyone,

I created a canvas tool for mapping OS systems, flows and architecture.

I built this because I often need a lightweight visual tool when discussing architecture, planning changes, documenting solutions, or explaining how different parts of a system connect. And honestly, mostly because I got really frustrated doing this in PowerPoint :P

I found it working well for my own use cases, so I decided to open it up for the rest of the OutSystems community.

What can it do?

  • Map OutSystems 11 architecture using apps, modules, actors, and weak/strong references.
  • Go more specific by dragging OutSystems components like Server Actions, APIs, Timers, and more directly into your architecture map.
  • Validate the 3 OutSystems architecture rules while drawing, based on the OutSystems documentation.
  • Map ODC architecture according to the ODC documentation.
  • Combine OS11 and ODC in one canvas, giving you a better visual overview of your full application landscape.  

You can find it here: DrawFlow.app 

I’d love to hear your feedback :)


OS11 Example (please dont roast my architecture design skills)

ODC and tool Example:


2024-07-05 14-16-55
Daniël Kuhlmann
 
MVP

Mitchel,

Thank you for creating this app, it looks really promissing, will definitely try out all features to see if we can use it.

Regards,

Daniel

2023-10-30 13-39-57
Mitchell de Braal

Thanks Daniël,

I'd love to hear your feedback :)

2019-01-07 16-04-16
Siya
 
MVP

@Mitchell de Braal : Thank you for sharing it. It looks interesting.

One suggestion I would like to propose is adding a save locally/download option and an open from local file option, similar to draw.io. This would allow users to store project information locally instead of having to keep it on your servers.

2023-10-30 13-39-57
Mitchell de Braal

Thanks for the feedback @Siya !

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Jordi Gräffner

@Mitchell de Braal Amazing tool! Very useful for starting a new project. Thanks for creating this tool!

2023-10-30 13-39-57
Mitchell de Braal
2026-03-20 01-28-51
Saugat Biswas

Thanks @Mitchell de Braal,

I would definitely love to try this out. Thanks again for sharing.

Cheers,

Saugat 

2023-10-30 13-39-57
Mitchell de Braal

Thanks @Saugat Biswas , let me know what you think!

2019-02-01 06-47-18
Mickel Stoffer

Lovely tool @Mitchell de Braal

Easy to use.

Thank you for the time you put into this 

2023-10-30 13-39-57
Mitchell de Braal

Thanks @Mickel Stoffer !

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