How To Use Basic Flowchart Shapes In Visio
Each new swimlane comes with a label bar which says function by default.
How to use basic flowchart shapes in visio. Terminal or terminator shape this shape tells you where the flowchart begins and ends. Each shape on the stencil represents a different kind of step in a process. It shows the entry point of your flowchart and the exit point. For visio 2002 the default location for this file is c program files microsoft visio visio10 1033 solutions flowchart basic flowchart shapes us units vss.
However there is no standard universal meaning for the shapes any shape can carry whatever meaning is agreed on by the people who will create and read the flowcharts. Drawing a structured flowchart. On the debug menu click start. Open c simpleflowchart vsd in visio to see the results.
Now that you understand the most commonly used shapes within the flowchart the next step is to actually create your flowchart. To designate the start of your flowchart you would fill this shape with words like start or begin. Select a flowchart shape and drag it onto the drawing page. Drag a shape from the shapes window and hold it over a shape on the page until the arrows appear then drop the shape on top of one of the arrows.
For more information see the following microsoft developer network msdn web site. Select basic flowchart data visualizer cross functional flowchart data visualizer or audit diagram data visualizer. Connect the flowchart shapes by holding the mouse pointer over the first shape and then clicking the small. For each step in the process that you are documenting drag a flowchart shape onto your drawing.
Open visio or select file new if you are editing a diagram. Visio will automatically create a new flowchart and you can begin dragging shapes onto your drawing. Select the shape you want to add. In the shapes window in the cross functional flowchart shapes stencil drag a swimlane shape either horizontal or vertical onto an empty area of the diagram.
Select the basic flowchart shapes stencil if necessary. To change the label double click the bar. The words you use are up to you. Point to the shape and point to the arrow that indicates the direction of the next shape you want to add.
Hold the pointer over a shape until the arrows appear then grab an arrow drag it to a shape you want to connect to and drop it in the middle of the second shape. From the file menu click on new flowchart basic flowchart. Drag more swimlane shapes from the shapes window.