I’m new to iyedy

In under an hour you build a first diagram of a system you know, check it, ask the Assistant for a change, save a version and share it. You can do all of it on the Free plan.

This path is for you if

You design or explain systems and want diagrams that stay true when the system changes. You have never used iyedy, or only once.

Not for you if someone sent you a diagram to review: take I was invited to review. If you set iyedy up for a company, take I run an organisation.

At the end you have

• A diagram of a real system, with a containers view drawn from one model.
• A change proposed by the Assistant, reviewed and applied by you.
• A named version, shared with a colleague or exported for a document.

The steps

1. What is iyedy

   Explanation

   What one model and many views means, in five minutes of reading.
2. Your first diagram in 10 minutes

   Tutorial · 10 minFree plan

   The core of the path: build, connect, check, ask, save.
3. Ask, review, apply

   Guide · 5 min

   How to read a proposal before you apply it, and how to undo it.
4. Save and restore versions

   Guide · 4 min

   Named versions, the history and how to restore one.
5. Share a diagram or Export a view

   Guide · 3 min

   Share the diagram with people, or export a view as a picture or a file.
6. Plans compared

   Reference

   What Free includes, and when Pro or a team makes sense.

Common questions

• Key concepts: the words iyedy uses, in one page.
• Credits and credit packs: what a credit is and what uses none.
• Changes not saved: what to do when the status bar says your changes are not saved.

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