Diagram Options and Tools Reference

Most diagram options and tools are self-explanatory, and are just shown in the images. This section provides details for a few that require some explanation.

TIBCO BusinessEvents Diagram Tools Reference
Button Description
Interactive Tools Menu Options and Toolbar Buttons
Select
(Pointer) tool.
Pan
tool.
Magnify
 Select Magnify and hover over the diagram to display a magnified section of the diagram.
Zoom
 Drag the cursor diagonally to define the area to which you want to zoom.
Interactive Zoom
 Drag the cursor up to zoom out. Drag the cursor down to zoom in.
Link Navigator
 Shows the path of a link using a simple animation.
Layout Menu Options and Toolbar Buttons
Default Layout
 Returns the diagram to the default layout. To display the layout list, click the arrow next to the button and select a new layout from the list of options.
Circular Layout
 It is available in the layout list. See Circular Layout.
Orthogonal Layout
 It is available in the layout list. See Orthogonal Layout.
Symmetric Layout
 It is available in the layout list. See Symmetric Layout.
Hierarchical Layout (Rectilinear) 
It is available in the layout list. See Hierarchical Layout.
Hierarchical Layout (Oblique)
 It is available in the layout list. See Hierarchical Layout .
Other Diagram Menu Options and Toolbar Buttons
Print Setup
Sets options for printing the diagram or elements of the diagram. See Printing a Diagram.
Print Preview
Lets you see how the printed diagram would look.
Print
Prints the diagram.
Export to Image
Exports the diagram to one of the five available image file formats, and lets you save the image file locally for future reference. See Exporting a Diagram to an Image.
Labeling
 Prevents labels from overlapping with other elements and labels in the diagram.
Link Routing
 Redraws the diagram, attempting to redraw only the links, leaving resource nodes in the same size and position where possible.

The behavior of link routing is affected by the preference options Fix Node Size and Fix Node Position.

Incremental Layout
 See Incremental Layout.
Fit In Window
 Zooms the diagram to fit the size of the current diagram editor view.
Additional Toolbar Buttons
Refresh Diagram
If you make changes in the project, clicking Refresh Diagram updates the diagram with the changes.
Zoom Percentage
 Zooms the diagram to the specified percentage.
Search Entities
Allows you to search for TIBCO BusinessEvents entities in the diagram.