Rivoli Diagrams

Rivoli Diagrams is a native macOS diagramming app: a live canvas under an Office-style ribbon, with auto-layout, stencils, multi-canvas documents, import from the tools you already use, and an AI assistant that can draw for you.

Note

New here? Start with Getting started for a five-minute tour, then keep Keyboard shortcuts open in a second window.

Topics

• Getting started: Create a document, draw your first shapes, connect and save them.
• The canvas and the tools: Tools, selection, zoom, grid, rulers, guides, units and canvas size.
• Shapes and connectors: Draw, label, reshape and link objects; stencils and custom SVG shapes.
• Arranging and automatic layout: Align, distribute, group, stacking order, auto layout and connector routing.
• Grouping objects: Group and ungroup, what each selection state looks like, nesting, and working inside a group.
• Containers, swimlanes and tables: Group work visually with containers, lanes and table grids.
• Styling and themes: Fill, stroke, shadow, the Inspector, copy/paste style, the eyedropper and themes.
• Panels and the Inspector: Layers, Stencils, Outline, Navigator, Code Pane and canvas tabs.
• Documents, canvases and templates: The document format, multiple canvases, templates, autosave and versions.
• Importing and exporting: draw.io, Visio, OmniGraffle and SVG in; PNG, PDF and SVG out.
• Presenting and printing: Presentation mode, page setup and printing.
• The AI assistant: Set up a provider, ask for diagrams, review plans, and control what is sent.
• Keyboard shortcuts: Every shortcut in the app, grouped by menu.
• Troubleshooting and updates: Recovering documents, software updates and where to get help.

The window at a glance

Area	What it does
Ribbon (top)	Home, Arrange, View and Export tabs holding the most-used commands.
Canvas (centre)	The diagram itself, with optional rulers, grid and guides.
Inspector (right)	Properties of the selection, or of the document when nothing is selected.
Side panels	AI assistant on the left; Layers, Stencils, Outline, Navigator and Code Pane on the right.
Canvas bar (bottom)	Canvas tabs, the + button for a new canvas, and the active layer.
Status bar	Selection count, the result of the last command, and the document’s saved state.

About the app

Rivoli Diagrams is a native macOS app built on DiagramKit, Rivoli AI’s Swift diagramming library. It runs on macOS 14 Sonoma or later.

This documentation is generated from the help book shipped inside the app, so it matches the version you are running. Help ▸ Rivoli Diagrams Help (⌘?) opens the same pages offline.