Difference between revisions of "Node style defaults"

Latest revision as of 22:50, 8 September 2020

This system Diagram window lets you see and modify the default visual styles for each class of node, Decision, Chance, Index, Module, Function and so on in Diagrams. These styles include the node color, font type and color, whether to show border, bevel, fill color, and label, and label alignment (left, center, or right).

The easiest way to find this Diagram is to open the Outline window from the toolbar, expand System Libraries, and double click library Node style defaults.

Clear Explicit Defaults

Any settings of node style and color applied to individual nodes in the model will override the defaults set in this diagram. If you want all nodes to use the defaults, click button Reset all nodes' colors and styles.

Connect model nodes to defaults merely removes explicit style settings for any nodes with individual styles that match the defaults shown in the window.

Reset all nodes' colors and styles removes individual nodes style settings for all nodes in the model so that they all use these defaults. This resets the entire model to be consistent with the specified defaults.

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-The Node style defaults window shows the existing default visual styles for your model that are used unless you have explicitly changed the color for a particular node(s). By changing the colors of the various node types in this page you are changing the defaults for your model.
+This system Diagram window lets you see and modify the default visual styles for each class of node, Decision, Chance, Index, Module, Function and so on in Diagrams.  These styles include the node color, font type and color, whether to show border, bevel, fill color, and label, and label alignment (left, center, or right).
-:[[File:NodeStyleDefaultsWindow.png|1000px]]
+:[[File:NodeStyleDefaultsWindow.png]]
+The easiest way to find this Diagram is to open the [[Outline window]] from the toolbar, expand '''System Libraries''', and double click library '''Node style defaults'''.
 == Clear Explicit Defaults ==
-In the event of a model that already has numerous nodes created, the user can retroactively color their model using the buttons on the bottom left of the Node style defaults window.
-'''Connect model nodes to defaults''' merely removes explicit settings for nodes that match the defaults shown in the window.
+Any settings of node style and color applied to individual nodes in the model will override the defaults set in this diagram. If you want all nodes to use the defaults, click button '''Reset all nodes' colors and styles'''.
-'''Reset all nodes' colors and styles''' will reset all explicit settings, regardless if they match the nodes above or not, and may change appearances. This is more powerful but is also the best way to make an entire model, regardless of individual changes to node styles, adhere to a new given style.
+'''Connect model nodes to defaults''' merely removes explicit style settings for any nodes with individual styles that match the defaults shown in the window.
+'''Reset all nodes' colors and styles''' removes individual nodes style settings for all nodes in the model so that they all use these defaults. This resets the entire model to be consistent with the specified defaults.