Create your first diagram

There are four ways to start, all from the dashboard.

Describe it

Type a description into the box at the top of the dashboard, for example "small office, 25 staff, guest Wi-Fi, a file server". ApexDiagram builds the devices, VLANs, addressing and cabling for you.

Use the new-diagram wizard

1. Under Start a new diagram, click the size that fits:
   • Home & Lab: a home network, a study lab, or an empty diagram with a site, room and rack.
   • Business site: one site sized to its head count, with a firewall, switches, access points and VLANs.
   • Multi-site network: a project holding a WAN overview plus one diagram per site, with circuits and VPN tunnels.
2. Answer the questions. The right-hand panel previews what will be created.
3. Click Create.

Start from a template

Click Start with a template and pick one.

Start blank

Click Start blank.

Next steps

• Switch between the Physical, Network, Data and Purdue tabs. They are four views of the same devices.
• Check for problems with the diagram assistant. See Fix problems the diagram assistant finds.