How to Create a Wireframe Diagram in Visio

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Wireframe diagrams are the blueprints of a website or a web application that illustrates all the elements required from the client's side. This article will help you understand the steps to create a wireframe diagram in MS Visio and how a beginner can use EdrawMax to import such wireframe diagrams to customize them easily.

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What is a wireframe diagram? Wireframe diagrams are the blueprints of a website or a web application that illustrates all the elements required from the client's side. When we work on Visio wireframe diagrams, we provide an opportunity to our client, our developers, and our business team to take a critical look at the project's structure and allow everyone to provide valuable changes. In simple words, wireframe diagrams help connect the site's information architecture to its visual design by depicting the right passage between different pages. A Visio wireframe diagram is a wireframe design created using Microsoft Visio in the hope that it would provide better team collaboration.

This article will help you understand the steps you need to take to create a Visio wireframe diagram in MS Visio and how a beginner can use EdrawMax to import such Visio wireframe diagrams to customize them easily.

Create a wireframe diagram in Visio

1. How to Create a Wireframe Diagram in Visio

Launch the Tool:

Creating the user interface of the software prototype becomes smoother with the help of a wireframe diagram, and Visio as a diagram software allows you to make a well-planned wireframe diagram. To make the work easier, you can make a plan and decide the position of menus and keys on the interface. Before starting your task, you must also know how to create a wireframe. You need to go to File and Click on New to get the Wireframe diagram templates. Select a template of your choice to start with your wireframe diagram. A Shapes Pane will also appear with controls you can use to make a software UI.

Create a wireframe diagram in Visio

Have the Wireframe Dialog Box:

To make a wireframe dialog box, go to the Dialogs category in the Shapes pane and drag it to your canvas. As you double-click on the header text in the dialog box and type the command, you will get the outer frame of the dialog box. Take elements from drop-down menus and text boxes in the Dialog box. However, since you will be allowed to create the prototype of your software on the Visio tool, the menus you select will not work.

Create a wireframe diagram in Visio

Add Drop-Down Menus and Control Buttons:

You should add the drop-down menus and other elements in the wireframe diagram. Drag the Label shape and then place it for that. Click the drop-down shape, drag it to the far right corner of the Label Shape and add the text. Go to the Controls category in the Shapes Pane to add control buttons. Click the button shape from the list and drag it to the place you want. You can name the button by double-clicking on it. Add the buttons with left and right arrows for navigation. Add as many elements as your wish.

Create a wireframe diagram in Visio

Save the Wireframe Diagram:

Once you have added all the buttons, controls, and drop-down menus, you can save your wireframe design. You can export the wireframe design in multiple formats and save it for future use. You can also print the Visio wireframe to use it elsewhere.

Even though Visio comes with Visio Wizard, creating wireframe diagrams in it requires special technical expertise. If this is your first time working on wireframe diagrams, you would want to have a tool that lets you easily create complex wireframe diagrams but can also help you share the same in VSDX format. In the next section, we have outlined some of the easiest steps to create wireframe diagrams.

Create a wireframe diagram in Visio

How to Create a Wireframe Diagram in Visio:

Launch the Tool;
Have the Wireframe Dialog Box;
Add Drop-Down Menus and Control Buttons;
Save the Wireframe Diagram;

2. How to Create a Wireframe Diagram in EdrawMax

EdrawMax is a diagramming tool, well equipped with all the required features to create a wireframe diagram. Follow the steps below and start creating the wireframe diagram that you can later export in multiple formats.

Step1 Open EdrawMax & Login

The very first step that you need to follow is to install EdrawMax in your system. Go to EdrawMax Download and download the wireframe diagram maker software depending upon your operating system. If you need remote collaboration with your office team, head to EdrawMax Online and log in using your registered email address.