Diagram definition and image in one file with draw.io editable PNG files.

Diagrams are a great way to communicate because most people think visually. Most diagraming tools have some type of diagram file type, vsd, vsdx, dwg, emf and some type of exported graphics format used in documents, png, jpg, gif. This means there are two files for every drawing, the drawing itself and the exported image. Dual file storage and synchronization is eliminated with drawing-embedded-png files. Some drawing tools draw.io have the ability to export an image with the drawing instructions embedded as metadata in the image. This means the PNG is both an image and a drawing. You only need to maintain one file in your document, your wiki pages, google drive, SharePoint or in your source code repository. This video walks through how to use this create and load editable PNG drawings in draw.io Saving the Diagram as a PNG with embedded markup Launch draw.io Ccreate a diagram. Select File --> Export the diagram as png. Set a border width other than 0. Bad image! M...