Nicu Buculei wrote:
Paul Smith wrote:
  
Dear All,

Can Inkscape make diagrams like the attached one, somehow automatically?
    

Have a look at this: 
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/MANUAL/html/Connectors.html

  

For automated rendering of tree-like graphics, I can
recommend Graphviz (http://www.graphviz.org/). You
can render amazingly complex graphics (the input
is ASCII text) with this.

HTH,

Claus