# plantuml > Create UML diagrams from a plain text language and render them in different formats. > More information: . - Render diagrams to default format (PNG): `plantuml {{diagram1.puml}} {{diagram2.puml}}` - Render a diagram in given format (e.g. `png`, `pdf`, `svg`, `txt`): `plantuml -t {{format}} {{diagram.puml}}` - Render all diagrams of a directory: `plantuml {{path/to/diagrams}}` - Render a diagram to the output directory: `plantuml -o {{path/to/output}} {{diagram.puml}}` - Render a diagram with the configuration file: `plantuml -config {{config.cfg}} {{diagram.puml}}` - Display help: `plantuml -help`