Guide To Flowchart Shapes
If you want to use a ready made template go to flowchart examples section and click on the flowchart that best suits you.
Guide to flowchart shapes. The words you use are up to you. It shows the entry point of your flowchart and the exit point. These are also known as flowchart symbols. The oval shape will be used to denote the start and end of the process.
In the flowchart each of the steps will be presented in shapes like square oval diamond or rectangle. 4 basic flowchart symbols 1. The oval an end or a beginning the oval or terminator is used to represent the start and end of a process. Flowcharts use special shapes to represent different types of actions or steps in a process.
This flowchart uses decision shapes intensively in representing alternative flows. Flowchart example medical service. To designate the start of your flowchart you would fill this shape with words like start or begin. See also alternative flowchart symbols.
All other shapes are used to show the interim steps. A flowchart can also be used in visualizing algorithms regardless of its complexity. Standard flowchart symbols and meaning. Drawing a structured flowchart.
They help you reduce errors and reminds you about the best practices to follow. This is a hospital flowchart example that shows how clinical cases shall be processed. Flowchart example simple algorithms. Terminal or terminator shape this shape tells you where the flowchart begins and ends.