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Diagram Appearance

For diagrams in a Synthesis application, there are several ways to customize the appearance to fit your particular preferences and needs. Depending on the application, this may include:

• An RBD, fault tree or flowchart in BlockSim/RENO.

• An integrated RBD in Weibull++/ALTA.

• An FMEA block diagram, process flow diagram or cause and effect diagram in Xfmea/RCM++/RBI.

For any of these situations, you have the ability to:

• Use the Diagram Style window to customize the properties of the diagram and to specify default settings for the blocks and connectors within the diagram. These default settings are used for all new blocks added to the diagram; in addition, if you change the block and/or connector settings in the Diagram Style window, the changes will be applied to all blocks and/or connectors that are using the diagram defaults (i.e., all blocks and/or connectors that do not have customized settings).

• Save the Diagram Style settings as reusable diagram skins.

• Use the Block Style window to customize properties for one or more selected blocks.

• Use the Connector Style window to customize properties for one or more selected connectors.

The commands for these features are located on the diagram's Format tab.

See Diagram Appearance Help for information on the features available for changing the diagram appearance. (Note that if you do not currently have Internet access, this link will not work, but you can browse to the local copy of the help file by opening the Help\Diagrams\diagram_appearance_help.htm file in your Synthesis application directory.)