Network Sketcher

Network Skecher makes network design and configuration management faster, more accurate, and easier. Simply create your first rough sketch and it will automatically generate L1L2L3 network diagrams and management tables. Network components are integrated into one master file, so when you update the management table (device file), all related network diagrams and management tables are automatically updated as well.

DEMO

demo_video_NS2.0_free2.mp4

New Features

• Ver 2.3.4
  • Summary Diagram is automatically added in L1 All Areas
• Ver 2.3.3
  • Two patterns are created: area-oriented and connection-oriented
• Ver 2.3.2
  • "VPNs on L3” has been added to the VPN configuration diagram to reflect VPN segments in the Layer 3 logical configuration diagram.
• Ver 2.3.1
  • Added the ability to output information in the master file via CLI
• Ver 2.3.0
  • Added the ability to create an overall L3 diagram (All Areas)
• Ver 2.2.2
  • Automated device placement adjustment in L1 diagram
• Ver 2.2.1
  • IP address table :(Sample output file)
• Ver 2.2.0
  • Automatic IP address assignment
• Ver 2.1.0
  • VPN Diagram
  • VPN Configuration
  • Cross-platform support (Windows, Linux, Mac OS)
  • Drawing beyond maximum PowerPoint size
  • Import of yaml file from CML(Cisco Modeling Labs) diagrams

Limitations

• IPv4 only. IPv6 is not supported.
• Importing CML yaml files is only supported in L1 and L3(IP addresses of physical interfaces of ios, asa, iosxr, and csr1k).

Requirement

• Network Sketcher supports cross-platform. Works with Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.
• Python ver 3.x
• Software that can edit .pptx and .xlsx files
  • Microsoft Powerpoint and Excel are best
  • Google Slides and Spreadsheets import/export functionality is available. Excel functions display will show an error, but it works fine.
  • Libre Office and Softmaker office cannot be used.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/cisco-open/network-sketcher/
cd network-sketcher
python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
python network_sketcher.py

Installation Supplement

• Alternative to “python -m pip install -r requirements.txt”

python -m pip install tkinterdnd2
python -m pip install tkinterdnd2-universal
python -m pip install openpyxl
python -m pip install python-pptx
python -m pip install ipaddress
python -m pip install numpy
python -m pip install pyyaml
python -m pip install ciscoconfparse

• Mac OS requires the following additional installation.

brew install tcl-tk

• Linux requires the following additional installation.

sudo apt-get install python3-tk

User Guide

Lang	Link
English	Link
日本語	Link

How to create the exe file for Windows using pyinstaller

pyinstaller.exe [file path]/network_sketcher.py --onefile --collect-data tkinterdnd2 --noconsole --additional-hooks-dir  [file path] --clean

SAMPLE

Input ppt file (rough sketch)

Sample-rough-sketch.pptx

Output

Device table(Excel)

DEVICE.Sample.figure5.xlsx

L1 figure(PPT)

L1_DIAGRAM.AllAreasTag_Sample.figure5.pptx

L2 figure(PPT)

L2_DIAGRAM.PerArea_Sample.figure5.pptx

L3 figure(PPT)

L3_DIAGRAM.PerArea_Sample.figure5.pptx

Master file(Excel)

MASTER.Sample.figure5.xlsx

Author

• Yusuke Ogawa
• CCIE# 17583
• Security Architect @ Cisco

License

SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0

Copyright 2023 Cisco Systems, Inc. and its affiliates

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.