I would like to design my ERD in Lucidchart and output Mermaid code that can be committed to source control. I would imagine we could have a special set of shapes and connectors for this. It would be awesome to bidirectionally update as well. Looks like Mermaid is in beta today where we can code to charts, but this request would handle the other direction as well. Thoughts?
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Export Lucidchart diagrams to Mermaid code
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Said differently - if we could export / import in some other format would that still achieve your goals, or is the goal to get Mermaid specifically?
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It definitely doesn’t have to be Mermaid specifically. My team hasn’t selected what we want to use yet as far as diagramming as code, but I noticed the Mermaid beta (code → chart) in Lucidchart and figured the opposite direction would seal the deal for us. Ultimately, I like designing in Lucidchart and being able to commit a design as code along with my architecture decision record would be phenomenal.
Really appreciate the fast follow up. You’re good :)
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+10Hey @Eric Padron , good catch here!
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Adding my vote here.
Checking in code is def great on it’s own, especially for preserving that polished lucid curb appeal!
That said, getting it in mermaid for previewing in Github/etc directly would be a major win.
+10Thanks for adding your upvote to this thread and this additional feedback
Hi, I would like this export to happen specifically in mermaid format, the reason being simply because the mermaid code is well known to modern day LLMs. So this will make lot of sense for AI development. This will help us in avoiding use of visual models for lucid chart diagrams. And from my past experiences, working with LLMs+mermaid code has always worked way better than working with VLMs + lucid chart diagram exported as image.
Thanks.
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