Lucidchart offers the ability to share your flowchart or diagram directly from Lucidchart. Let’s add color to the decision blocks, to add color to a block, do the following: One way we could make it more visually appealing is to add color to some of the blocks. While it is functional and represents what the process is, it is the visual equivalent of generic. Now that our flowchart is complete it looks…kind of meh.
Use the keyboard shortcut ( Shift Command D on Mac or Shift Ctrl D on Windows) one new shapeĭrag the duplicate into its position and give it a new name.Select the shape, right-click and select Duplicate.Duplicating a shape can be done in one of two ways: If you plan on using the same shape for another result of the decision shape, it is easier to duplicate the existing shape. Add Elements that Connect to Your Decision Shapeĭrag a new shape onto the canvas and next to (or above or below) a point on the decision shape like the image below: Next, drag the shapes to their new position and release the mouse button. Once you have selected the shapes, you should see the shapes having a blue outline like in the image below: Use the keyboard shortcut ( Command A on Mac, Ctrl A on Windows) Drag the Shapes to a New Position.Click on the canvas in the upper left of the shapes and drag to the lower right of the shapes.This can be done in three different ways: Select all of the shapes To move all of your elements at once while keeping the spacing and connections intact, do the following: Sometimes, based on the how the flowchart evolves as you work on it, your flowchart will be off-center. Moving all the Elements in the Flowchart at Once If you need to stretch the arrow, select the arrow and click on the pointed end of the arrow and drag it. Next drag another arrow onto the canvas connecting the second shape to the diamond. To add a decision shape, click and drag the diamond shape onto the canvas. A decision shape indicates options and allows you to create branches in your flowchart. Using the line tool Add Another Shape and Connector
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While this blog post will provide detailed explanation of the steps required to build a flowchart in Lucidchart with diagrams of each step, it is useful to provide a list of the steps upfront before we get started. This blog post will walk you through, step-by-step, how to create a flowchart in Lucidchart from scratch. Making diagrams like flowcharts is very easy to do in Lucidchart. Lucidchart is a good choice for those users who need to make diagrams but don’t have or want to buy Visio (or you’re on a Mac and Visio isn’t available). It allows you to build diagrams either from scratch or using one of their many templates. Lucidchart is an online diagram creation tool.