[weinzierl]

For me it's the exact opposite:

Text - Detailed, well thought out diagrams.

Visual - Simple, Quick & Dirty diagrams.

The reason is mostly that diagrams from visual editors are basically unmaintainable and therefore are only good for throw-away stuff. Also simple diagrams, especially when you are not entirely sure what you want, are quicker done in a visual editor.

If I need to document a complex system and especially when the documentation has to evolve with the system it is generated diagrams from version controlled text files for me hands down.

[Veuxdo]

Very much agree with this. In fact wrote something on this last year almost to the day: https://www.ilograph.com/blog/posts/its-time-to-drop-drag-an...