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Office layouts, desks, printers, computers, cables, surge protectors, being able to map out where each cable comes from and goes to, would be really handy

I like the Network 3D stencil, so I can map my network topology. The current default Network stencil doesn't have switches and routers and stuff.

UI templates for web which resize nicely (so the button text doesn't stretch when you make a larger input field), same for GUI design (Mac and *ugh* Windows)

Mac file types and folders (for workflow diagrams)

People. Cute little people icons of different types. Good for workflows, table arrangements, etc.

DTP stencils. Good stuff for doing lightweight illustration, layout and DTP work in OmniGraffle. Attractive borders, font treatments, multi-column text stencils, etc.

Geography stencils. States, countries, flags and currency. I can imagine a million uses for these things.

Less cheesy network layout digrams. Stuff that looks like it could come out of Visio's official network diagramming tools, but prettier.

I think that's enough. I'm sure I could come up with more.

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Floorplans/blueprints definitely.

Wow, about everything I would ask for is covered:

- UI elements (both OS X, iPhone, and 'web 2'ish types

- home layout type thingies: furniture, kitchen/bath, bedroom, etc

- office layout: desks, chairs, computers, etc

- forms would be kind of nice, but not sure. If you do, some graph paper would be cool, too.

- Map widgets, like parks, city dots, markers, etc would be pretty cool (especially with google map background)

- Cocoa/Obj C frameworks and classes?

What would really help were some easy way (or HowTo) for converting Visio Stencils for OmniGraffle.

I love OmniGraffle for my networking graphics, but there are just too few Cisco Icons available….

Family tree stencil. Not much to it, but would be handy.

A UML 2 stencil that scales well. When making the symbol for a node bigger, it should not look deeper. Also connectors for lollipop notation.

PCB layout/etching stencils.  Would be a great tool for electronics hobbyists/DIY-ers to lay out circuit designs for transfer to copper-clad boards for etching.

From the existing stencil libraries and current requests, it appears OmniGraffle is primarily being used to visually document static relationships, but is even more powerful tool when used in brainstorming and critical thinking. I'm currently doing workshops on Casual Diagramming for Managing Strategy and Change, and use OmniGraffle as a dynamic part of the process and to create the visuals.

OmniGraffle, could leap ahead as a fundamental business tool with the addition of stencil forms of as many of the core business diagrams as we can set up, such as Force Field, Fishbone, and the whole family of Relationship Diagrams. One difficulty will be that OmniGraffle assumes a hierarchal structure for everything. This makes it easy to do Org charts and other Tree diagrams out of the box, but I've found that some of the best diagrams supporting critical thinking are not hierarchal. If someone at Omni will drop me an email, I'll provide the details that don't fit here.

I'd like some medical/anatomical stencils like spinal cord, brain, bones etc…

One thing that would be nice is a bit of polish added to the current set of stencils.  It would be really good if a Graphics Artist could “unify” them and make a common look and feel.  Right now, many of them feel disjointed and don't look as good grouped together.

I'd like to see some phone system elements.

I agree with Ashley above, some well-developed business stencils would be most useful. For myself, the creative stuff like mind map stencils (with associated (and configurable) logic behaviour for layout) would be great.

Lots o network and rack infrastructure stencils. Generic stencils covering the range of things such as load balancers, app firewalls, IDS', etc. Generic servers, UPS', storage arrays in all manner of rack U's.

I found this page while searching for a stencil for my new home theater project, so I want a home theater stencil!  Amps, TVs, DVD players, etc.  There is one out there for different connections and wiring, but actual hardware objects would be great.

It's probably not high on anyone else's list, but it would be nice to see workshop/garage specific items added to floorplans/layouts. I would like to see stencils for workbenches, table saws, bandsaws, drill presses, planers, jointers, routers, etc.

If you do enhance the mind map functions in OnmiGraffle, please consider an export to OmniFocus / Omnioutliner to export the mind map data structure to a hierarchical outline to kickstart the actual “doing” of the conceptual stuff.

lots of people stencils and stencils for types of building would be real useful.

Stencil for creating ERD and Database design with options to create constraints (primary keys, unique keys, foreign keys) and specify the data types. The existing ERD templates are not very good and hard to manipulate.

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Where can I find some medical documentation stencils. They would include stencils of hand, foot, face, body, arm, elbow….

SmartDraw is a great product but it only works on windoze.  Their templates for furniture and walls are very useful.

A previous version (Omni Graffle 3) had a floor plan stencil.  Why did it go away?  I have a lot of floor plans based on that. Since you don't have a floor plan stencil for OmniGraffle 5 I am forced to stay with version 3.