Database Diagram Visio. On the database tab in the manage group click database drivers. Lucidchart is a visual database design tool that allows you to automatically create edit and import.
Newer versions 2010 2007 this article describes how to create a database model and what you can do with the model after you create it. Visio professional and premium editions support the reverse engineering features for the database model diagram template that is using an existing database to create a model in visio but it does not support forward engineering that is using a visio database model to generate sql code. The best database diagram tools 1.
In visio with the database model diagram template you can create a new model or reverse engineer an existing database into a model.
For example if you are designing an access database you would choose microsoft access. The database model diagram is only available in certain versions of visio. We have addressed this feedback in the new visio with a significant refresh of the uml and database templates. Visio professional and premium editions support the reverse engineering features for the database model diagram template that is using an existing database to create a model in visio but it does not support forward engineering that is using a visio database model to generate sql code.