#BLANK FLOW CHART HOW TO#

Diamond (rhombus) - Decisions, usually yes/no questions, that split the process into two or more branches.

Rectangle - Basic steps in your process.

There are many different shapes used to visualise processes in a flow chart. If you added multiple shapes by simply clicking on them in the shape library, you can connect them later. It will be added to the drawing canvas and connected in that direction. Move over one of these direction arrows, and drop the shape you have dragged. Drag a shape from the shape library and hover over an existing shape until you can see the four direction arrows.Click on one of the shapes, then select a shape to add and connect it in that direction. Hover over the first shape you placed to see the four direction arrows.Drag a rectangle from the General shape library to a specific position on the drawing canvas.Īdd more shapes - Use one of the following methods to add extra shapes to represent the next steps in your process.Double-click on an empty area on the drawing canvas and select a rectangle shape.Click on a rectangle in the General shape library to add it the drawing canvas.Rectangles represent the steps in your process. There are a number of different ways to add shapes to the drawing canvas in draw.io.Īdd the first step - Use one of the following methods to add a rectangle to the drawing canvas. In the template manager, enter a filename for your flow chart, ensure Blank Diagram is selected, then click Create.Note: You can select another location to store your diagram file, but you may be prompted to grant the editor permission if you select a cloud storage platform. Select Device to save your flow chart to your device.Move, resize, rotate, and delete shapes.Tutorial: Create and style a basic flow chart to learn the draw.io editor.

The shapes and very short labels let readers quickly understand what they need to do.

#BLANK FLOW CHART HOW TO#

To learn how to use the editor, let’s start with a basic flowchart to document a process.įlow charts let you visually describe a process or system. You can create many different types of diagrams with draw.io and our online diagram editor.

Blank flow chart