title: UML diagrams that are actually pretty?
body: <p>I'm looking for a diagramming software that would produce <strong><em>good looking</em></strong> output. It doesn't need to support everything (or even much) from UML, is doesn't need to have code engineering functions or anything, it just needs to produce visually interesting output.</p>
  
  <p>Here is a couple of samples of products that I consider ugly / not good enough: Visio with default UML stencils (didn't find better looking ones), Enterprise Architect, Dia, ArgoUML and many other "professional" UML tools.</p>
  
  <p>A couple of visually compelling tools that I considered (but found issues with):</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Visual Studio class diagrams - just for .NET classes but the output is miles better than what UML tools typically produce</li>
  <li>NClass - similar to VS's class diagrams but I could not find the "pretty", blue skin anywhere</li>
  <li>yuml.me - very nice but lacking some advanced layout options. I have to say that I find their style almost ideal for high-level diagrams - they look sketchy which is good.</li>
  <li>Balsamiq - I think Joel used this for hginit.com and I liked it. However, it's not suited for creating software diagrams so I can imagine it would be quite a lot of work</li>
  <li>MS Word has actually quite a good graphics engine but I'd rather leave this as a choice of the last resort</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>I'd be grateful for any good tips.</p>