Creating Figures


The most common way to add a figure to your LanFlow diagram is to choose a figure style that represents the shape and initial properties of the figure object you are creating. This moves you into create mode where you drop the figure onto your LanFlow diagram and optionally resize it.

To choose a figure style and initiate create mode:

The cursor becomes an outline of the figure when you move the mouse over the LanFlow diagram.

Once you have selected the figure style to create...

  1. If the figure style has a default size, the cursor becomes an outline of the figure when you move the mouse over the LanFlow diagram.
  2. Use the mouse to position the new figure.
  3. Press the mouse button.
  4. If the figure has a default size and you want to create a figure of this size, release the mouse button immediately. Otherwise, while continuing to hold the mouse button, resize the figure to the desired size. Before releasing the mouse button, you can press ESC to cancel.
  5. Release the mouse button
If the figure has default text, the newly created figure will contain the default text.

After selecting the figure style, you can use the property bar to change properties of the figure that will be created such as the colors, font, text alignment and so on. These changes will not affect the style definition only the properties of the new figures.