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Yed Graph Editor Manual: Flowchart Layout

The document describes the flowchart layout algorithm in yEd Graph Editor. It is a hierarchical layout tailored for flowchart diagrams that supports user-defined directions for branch edges and node alignment. Some of its features are triggered by specific flowchart symbols. It provides settings to configure the orientation, branch features and directions, edge and node spacing, and swimlane insets.

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Yed Graph Editor Manual: Flowchart Layout

The document describes the flowchart layout algorithm in yEd Graph Editor. It is a hierarchical layout tailored for flowchart diagrams that supports user-defined directions for branch edges and node alignment. Some of its features are triggered by specific flowchart symbols. It provides settings to configure the orientation, branch features and directions, edge and node spacing, and swimlane insets.

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yEd Graph Editor Manual

Flowchart Layout
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Flowchart Layout
T his is a hierarchical layout algorit hm t ailored f or Flowchart diagrams.
Amongst it s main dif f erences f rom a generic hierarchical layout are support
f or user-def ined direct ions of branch edges (out going edges of decision
nodes) and t weaks t o enf orce node alignment which produces a Flowchart -like
impression.

Since some of it s f eat ures are t riggered by specif ic symbols, t his layout
algorit hm works best wit h t he dedicat ed Flowchart symbols in t he
correspondent sect ion of t he palet t e.

Layout Settings
Orientation

Specif ies t he main orient at ion of t he layout .

T op t o Bot t om
T he main orient at ion will be f rom t op t o bot t om.
Lef t t o Right
T he main orient at ion will be f rom lef t t o right .

Positive (Negative) Branch Feature

Specif ies t he label t ext t hat ident if ies a posit ive (negat ive) branch, t hat is an
out going edge of a decision node.

Positive (Negative) Branch Direction

Specif ies t he direct ion of posit ive (negat ive) branches. T his direct ion is
relat ive t o t he orient at ion of t he layout , f or example, edges of direct ion Left in
Flow go t o t he right side f or Top to Bottom orient at ion and t o t he t op f or Left to
Right orient at ion.

In-Edge Grouping

Det ermines whet her incoming edges should be grouped or not . In Optimized
mode, t he incoming edges of a node are grouped if t here are t hree or more of
t hem, but t wo incoming edges are lef t alone.

Allow Flatwise Edges

In general, hierarchical layout algorit hms enf orce t hat t he end point s of an
edge do not belong t o t he same layer. If t his set t ing is enabled, t his algorit hm
allows such edges, t hat is, edges wit h horizont al direct ion f or Top to Bottom
orient at ion and wit h vert ical direct ion f or Left to Right orient at ion.

Minimum Node Distance

Det ermines t he minimum dist ance bet ween t wo nodes.

Minimum Edge Distance

Det ermines t he minimum dist ance bet ween t wo edges.

Minimum Pool Distance

Det ermines t he minimum dist ance bet ween t wo pool nodes.

Lane Insets

Det ermines t he minimal dist ance bet ween t he border of a swimlane and it s
cont aining element s.

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