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Hide or display guidelines when moving shapes

Hide or display guidelines when moving shapes

When moving elements in your design, by default we will show the alignment guides, to indicate its alignment with surrounding elements. This video will show you how to hide or display guidelines when moving shapes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rzwh3AJPs4o&width=854&height=480 Guides are blue lines that appear when you are moving a shape or group of shapes. Use them to help you line up a shape with other shapes that are on the drawing canvas. They are enabled by default. When you are arranging several shapes horizontally or vertically, additional guidelines will appear to help you space them…continue reading →
Adjust font settings with the Font pane

Adjust font settings with the Font pane

Using the right font in your design does not just make your design beautiful but also helps convey your message. Visual Paradigm’s Text Editor features hundreds of fonts that will help you perfectly craft your words. This video will show you how to adjust font settings with the font pane. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDZz1sRMtm4&width=854&height=480 When editing your design, you can see the font panel on the top of the design. You can use this panel to change the text’s font face, size, color, etc. Use the style options to: change the font type and size Apply…continue reading →
Resize the shape without locking the aspect ratio

Resize the shape without locking the aspect ratio

All shapes can be resized by dragging the round blue grab handles on their perimeter, or by entering an exact size in the Arrange tab of the format panel. This video will show you how to resize the shape without locking the aspect ratio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YshUCqI0NhY&width=854&height=480 For some elements, its resize behavior is being enforced to have the ratio of width and height being maintained, such as the circle, which will keep their proportions when they resize (always remaining a circle). If you don't want to keep their proportions, you can try to resize…continue reading →
Use the diagram editor grid

Use the diagram editor grid

  • Posted on April 6, 2022
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Using the editor grid when drawing the diagram can help you align shapes and connectors. This video can show you how to use the diagram editor grid in Visual Paradigm Online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEh5G5SN8gU&width=854&height=480 When editing your design, you can go to the Settings Panel, to turn on the display of the grid in the editor. You can also adjust the grid size, as well as its color. By default, a grid with a size of 10pts in a light grey is displayed on the diagram canvas. And it is not included when you print…continue reading →
Move Shapes From One Layer To Another

Move Shapes From One Layer To Another

Dividing into different layers is a good may to manage the elements on the work. This article will show you how to do so in the design tool of Visual Paradigm Online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH5-irePEog&width=854&height=480 How To Move Shapes From One Layer To Another Opening The Layer Panel First of all, we have to open the layer panel. We have 2 ways to do so: Click the View Button -> Click Layers Press [Ctrl + Shift + L] on your keyboard After that, you can see all layers of the design. When we click elements…continue reading →
Move A Shape Only Horizontally / Vertically

Move A Shape Only Horizontally / Vertically

When editing the design, instead of move the elements freely, we sometimes need to move them just vertically or horizontally. There are 2 ways for you to do it easy in the design tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ9kgzlOfuU&width=854&height=480 How To Move A Shape Only Horizontally / Vertically Hold Shift Key When Moving If you hold the Shift Key and then start moving the element, you will find that its move straightly horizontally or vertically. Moreover, there is no alignment guide on the screen so that you can focusing on the selected shape. Move Along The Alignment…continue reading →
Find Out the Save History of My Artifacts

Find Out the Save History of My Artifacts

After finishing the design, we can choose to save in the different location, such as VP Online and Google drive. We may sometimes forget where is the file so that we cannot find them out. In this case, the list of "Recent saved diagrams" can have you to define where you place the design file. This article will show you what it is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4e25Au7DjA&width=854&height=480 How to Find Out the Save History of My Artifacts After click the Recent saved diagrams under My Documents, we have the following table. Storage Storage represent the location…continue reading →
How to Link an Element to a Webpage

How to Link an Element to a Webpage

In Visual Paradigm Online, you can easily design various elements like texts, images, shapes, etc. on the design canvas. Sometimes you may want to share a link for the readers to click on for visiting particular websites. So how can we add some links to our design? With the design tool in Visual Paradigm Online, you are available to attach any link to the design element. When people read through your design, they can just click on the element and jump to the link in the window. This is a tutorial for teaching…continue reading →
Set The Line Jump Style Of A Connector

Set The Line Jump Style Of A Connector

  • Posted on April 19, 2022
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When we are creating complicated diagram, there are lots of connectors and they will overlap each other. One of the ways to make them looks clearer is to set the line jumps for them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=movC-r9TKV8&width=854&height=480 How To Set The Line Jump Style Of A Connector Why We Need This Function As the connectors are usually lines, when they are overlapping, it is not easy for us to define which points they are belonged to. Especially for the case that several connectors are going to the same point, we may then misunderstanding the diagram…continue reading →
Way To Specify A Stereotype

Way To Specify A Stereotype

  • Posted on April 19, 2022
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When we are reading a diagram, we may be confused about what the content is about, and also which class are they belonged to. In this case, we can choose to add sterepotype on it. In this article, you will know how we can do it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou1HVaEOEq8&width=854&height=480 How To Specify A Stereotype The stereotype is usually placed in the front of the name caption. If we want to place them into different lines to make them clearer, we can enter [Shift+Enter] to insert a line break. Then stereotype help to clearly the class…continue reading →