Diagram tooling - overview
There are various libraries and palette available, let's look at the icon library on
the left first...
Diagram tooling - icon library
In the left pane you'll find the icon libraries, minimize or expand any library by
clicking on its title bar. (Don't click the "X" or you will remove the library.)
Diagram tooling - services icons
These assets are for designing single components in diagrams and are split into several
categories:
Diagram tooling - detailed diagram icons
Icon Library
contains assets for creating detailed service diagrams:
Diagram tooling - enlarged icon view
Note: Hover mouse arrow over an icon to enlarge the icon view:
Diagram tooling - logical diagram icons
These assets are for designing logical diagrams:
Diagram tooling - schematic diagram icons
These assets are for adding template components to diagrams:
Diagram tooling - basic diagram icons
The last library contains standard default icons included with the tool, we'll ignore them
for this workshop:
Diagram tooling - tab view in starting canvas
There are tabs at the bottom of the main window. Click on tab Starting Canvas
,
we'll just view this canvas:
Diagram tooling - tab view kit of parts
There's a second tab at the bottom of the main window, click on Kit of Parts
to
select and view this canvas:
Diagram tooling - select a shape
To view color palette, select a shape from Kit of Parts tab. Click on shape
Application components
and note the red outline (meaning it's in a locked state):
Diagram tooling - color palette
To unlock the shape, use the EDIT menu and LOCK/UNLOCK (CMD + L for OSX) as shown here. When
unlocked (the shape is highlighted and no longer red), the color palette appears in top right
pane. Just view this for now:
Diagram tooling - object properties
Note there are several tab here; STYLE, TEXT, and ARRANGE, all to be covered later in
this workshop:
Contact - are there any questions?