Diagram Style dialog
Use the Diagram Style dialog to display or hide arrows for specified node classes, set the node size, and customize the font size and typeface for nodes. To display the Diagram Style dialog, select Set Diagram Style from the Diagram menu.
Show arrows to/from: Check the corresponding boxes to display (or hide) arrows that go to and from nodes of each type, Indexes, Functions, Modules, and Dynamic. Dynamic controls the display of time-lagged dependencies to variables defined with Dynamic, usually displayed as gray arrows.
By default, diagrams show arrows to and from modules and dynamic, but not indexes and functions. Showing more arrows can clutter some diagrams with criss-crossing arrows. But, showing fewer arrows makes important dependencies (influences) invisible. The best balance depends on the model.
Default node size: Drag the handle in this box to set the default node size. When you create a new variable or select the Adjust Size command from the Diagram menu, it tries to make the node this size — if the node title is too large, it expands the node vertically until it fits. It is usually best to size the default to include at least two lines of text at the selected font size. Input and output nodes do not use this default; they extend horizontally to fit their text plus field or button.
Font Style: To change the default font size, use the menu or type in a font size (in typographic points). Select the default typeface from the font menu.
Overriding diagram defaults: The Diagram Style dialog sets defaults for the diagram and for any modules contained in that diagram. You can override these defaults for particular nodes with the Node Style dialog (below), or for a submodule by using the Diagram style dialog for the submodule.
See Also
- Diagram window
- Using Influence Diagrams (explanatory video on YouTube)
- Arranging nodes to make clear diagrams
- Node Style dialog
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