How to create following block diagram structure in LaTeX
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\lineskip0pt
\framebox[3cm]{\strut Text1}
\makebox[3cm]{\strut\vrule}
\framebox[3cm]{\strut Text2}
\makebox[3cm]{\strut\vrule}
\framebox[3cm]{\strut Text3}
\end{document}
Here you can specify the width of the boxes (it will be adjusted to fit if too short) and the separation between the boxes.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{keyval}
\makeatletter
\define@key{cascading}{width}{\cascading@wd=#1}
\define@key{cascading}{sep}{\def\cascading@sep{#1}}
\newdimen\cascading@wd
\newcommand{\cascadingblocks}[2][]{%
\setkeys{cascading}{sep=2ex,#1}%
\leavevmode\vbox{\offinterlineskip
\@for\next:=#2\do{%
\settowidth{\dimen@}{\next}%
\ifdim\dimen@>\cascading@wd
\cascading@wd=\dimen@
\fi
}%
\@for\next:=#2\do{%
\cascading@rule
\hbox{\fbox{\hb@xt@\cascading@wd{\hss\next\hss}}}%
}
}
}
\def\cascading@rule{%
\def\cascading@rule{%
\hb@xt@\dimexpr\cascading@wd+2\fboxsep+2\fboxrule\relax
{\hss\vrule\@height\cascading@sep\hss}%
}%
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
% natural width, default sep
\cascadingblocks{foo,bar,foobar,foobazzzz}
% 3cm width, 3pt sep
\cascadingblocks[width=3cm,sep=3pt]{foo,bar,foobar,foobazzzz}
% 1cm width (automatically increased), default sep
\cascadingblocks[width=1cm]{foo,bar,foobar,foobazzzz}
\end{document}
Another option, using TikZ and chains:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{chains}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[
start chain=going below,
node distance=3mm,
every node/.style={on chain,join},
every join/.style={-},
block/.style={draw, text width=3cm,align=center}
]
\foreach \i in {1,...,5}
\node[block] {Text \i};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}