Owner's Manual

680 Topology Views

Bus

Bus Layout is designed for bus topologies as they occur in networking and telecommunications.

The layout represents the bus as a polyline and considers the size of nodes so that no overlapping

occurs. Several ordering, alignment and flow direction options are available.

Figure 21-18. Topology View–Bus Layout

The bus connecting the icons is the red line in the display. You can move that red line by clicking

and dragging it. This layout has the following

Bus Settings

Propagation

–Check to propagate. When selected, changes to any individual entity automates

recalculation of the positions of connected entities.

Layout

–Select from the pick boxes for bus

Orientation (Horizontal, Vertical), Object Alignment

(Center, Top/Left, Bottom/Right),

also for the

Nodes Relative Position (Before/After Bus),

and

Node Order (List Order, Closest, Ascending / Descending Width / Height / Surface

Spacing

–Check

Use Objects Size

to have the display account for that. You can also set the pixel

width

To/From Next/Previous Level, Between Nodes,

and on the

Bus Margin

Fit to Bounds Policy

–The items on this pick list configure how the bus fits within the bounds of

the screen displayed:

Never, Always,

As Needed