Users Guide Instruction Manual

C • USING VISIO AND ARENA
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C • Using Visio and Arena
Place and connect shapes
To define the process flow portion of your model, drag and drop flowchart shapes (e.g.,
Create, Process, Dispose) from the Process Simulation stencil into your drawing, just as
you would with other standard Visio stencils. Then, use the connectors from the Process
Simulation stencil to establish flow.
When connecting shapes, the Dynamic Connector is used for all except Decide and
Separate, which use special connectors to determine the type of each of the two possible
outgoing connections. The table below lists the shapes from which the connectors can
start (e.g., the True Connector can only start at a Decide shape).
The sample flowchart below illustrates the use of these connectors, including the
Dynamic Connector, which is unlabeled.
Connector Valid Starting Shape
True Connector Decide
False Connector Decide
Original Connector Separate
Duplicate Connector Separate
Dynamic Connector Create, Process, Batch, Assign, Record
You can change
the Visio page
layout or size via
the File > Page
Setup menu. For
many process
maps, a Standard
page size and
Landscape
orientation work
Decide shape
(True and
False
Connectors)
Separate shape
(Original and Duplicate
Connectors)