Diagramming Toolset

Insert reference model element references to rich text documentation pane. The referenced model elements will be linked and highlighted.

Categorizing shapes into different layers for showing and hiding shapes easier by single-click. Layer can be used to group all annotation shapes, and let modeler hide all annotation shapes when export the final version. The following movie shows how to use layer to control showing/hiding callout shapes in diagram.

You may want to know which model elements in a diagram have textual description missing, or filled. The documentation and comment resources help to identify which model elements do not have documentation and/or comments input yet.

Show and Hide Diagram Element feature allows you to show only elements on the diagram editor which you are interested for performing some operations more conveniently in a temporary state, and later you can make them visible again for normal operations. The following movie shows you how to show/hide diagram elements and callout shapes.

Connector Routing Style:

	Curve

	Round Oblique

	Oblique

	Round Rectilinear

	Rectilinear

Business Process Visual ARCHITECT supports Curve, Oblique, Rectilinear, Round Oblique and Round Rectilinear connector routing styles. Using different routing styles increases the readability of diagrams. The following screenshot shows all supported connector routing styles in one diagram. You may also try out different routing styles at the right hand side.

Line Jump Options:

	Off

	Arc

	Gap

	Square

When drawing a complex diagram with many shapes and connectors, connectors may intersect with each other. Line jump feature is design for decorating the intersection, which makes it easier to identify connection paths. Business Process Visual ARCHITECT supports arc, gap and square line jump options. The following screenshot shows all line jump options and you can try different line jump in left hand side pane.

Tutorial

• Working with line jump

By having many connectors between two shapes, this make it very difficult to identify which caption is belonging to which connector. Business Process Visual ARCHITECT provides an option to show connectors' captions along the connectors. The following screenshot shows all caption placement options.

Different languages have different preferences on direction. Business Process Visual ARCHITECT support justifying the caption of shapes in all directions. The following screenshot shows all possible justifications of the shape caption.

Increase or decrease Business Process Visual ARCHITECT application font size to fit to your usage.

Tutorial

• Adjusting application's font settings