To create well arranged and readable models, the app offers a set of functions to optimize your layout.
Align elements

To align elements, you have to select multiple BPMN elements via the lasso tool and click the bar icon.

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You can arrange them for example horizontally or vertically.

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To distribute elements, you have to select multiple BPMN elements via the lasso tool and click the bar icon.

Distributed elements have the same distance to each other - vertically or horizontally.

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It may happen that while moving elements around, labels to sequence or message flows appear to be placed out of sight. To fix this, you can use the center labels functionality. To center labels, you have to select multiple BPMN elements via the lasso tool and click the bar icon. There you have the center labels option (label icon). The selected flows and BPMN elements will have their label placed in the receptive center.

BPMN elements should have a short and sensible name. Nevertheless it may happen, that the textarea inside a task element is not large enough. To help out, you can allow task resizing via the “more“ submenu. Then you can increase the size of a task element by dragging the corner of the text field.

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For an improved orientation while modeling, the app provides a minimap displaying the entire diagram. It is available via the globe symbol. The yellow box indicates which section of the diagram you are currently seeing and you can navigate by dragging the box around.

 

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