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Architecture

ERP & NetSuite 28

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Character style

Styles apply to drawing characters. Labels keep their own glyphs.

Canvas font

Canvas font

Changes the monospace typeface used to draw the whole canvas. All fonts stay fixed-width so alignment is unaffected.

Text size

Sets the base text size for the whole canvas, independent of Zoom.

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Best-effort recovery of rectangular boxes drawn with box-drawing or ASCII borders. Connectors, non-rectangular shapes, and text outside a box are not recovered.

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1 sticky · B box · C connector

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Align

Distribute

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Process box

Label

Label

Meeting stamp

Position & size

Col Row W H

Tags

Impact Trace

Table grid

Use | between cells on each body line.

Swimlane

Entity

Weak entity (double border)

Connection

Arrowheads Arrow shape Line style

Animate flow Rounded corners

Source side Target side

Source % along Target % along

Routing

Waypoints (x,y; x,y)

Double-click to edit on canvas. Drag corners to resize. Arrow keys move.

Outline

Find in outline

Copy

SVG, PNG, and project files are in Export in the header.

Meeting notes

Saved with this project. Not included in text, SVG, or PNG export.

Command palette

↑↓ navigate ↵ run esc close

IMPORT

Mermaid or arrow text

Plain arrows: Start -> Check stock? -> Ship, one flow per line, : label at the end names the last arrow, a trailing ? makes a decision, (Done) a start/end. Mermaid: flowchart TD / LR with A[Label] -->|yes| B{Decision}, chains, -.->, ==>, <-->. Shapes are laid out by rank.

INSERT

Insert table

Rows Columns

Builds a table grid of this size. Double-click the shape afterward to fill in real content.

EXPORT

Print preview

Paper size Orientation

Scaled to fit the whole diagram on one page.

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Projects & recovery

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Tools

V Select
B Process box
C Connector
D Decision
I Input/output
O Start / end
A Database
N Note
1 Sticky brainstorm
T Stage / text
P Person
W Cloud
F Object
R Document
Q Queue
S Server
E Entity
L Lifeline
K Folder
M Delay
X Display
J Subprocess
H Prepare
Y API
Z Table
G Marker pen
U Quick sketch
Enter Place shape
Shift+click sticky Rapid place

Edit

Ctrl+Z Undo
Ctrl+Shift+Z Redo
Ctrl+D Duplicate
Ctrl+C Copy
Ctrl+X Cut
Ctrl+V Paste
Ctrl+A Select all
Ctrl+G Group
Ctrl+Shift+G Ungroup
Ctrl+K Command palette
Ctrl+S Save project
Delete Remove
Shift+click Multi-select
Drag empty canvas Marquee select
Alt-drag Skip snap guides
Align / Distribute Multi-select inspector
Meeting stamps Inspector chips
Impact Trace Inspector / right-click / ⌘K
Double-click Edit label
Right-click Shape menu
Double-click canvas Add shape here
Arrange button Tidy connected shapes

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Ctrl+scroll Zoom
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Shift+P Presentation
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Esc Clear impact, exit group, or cancel
Ctrl+F Find (text)
Outline search Filter shapes & tags
Section ▸ headers Collapse / expand panels
Layers panel Show / hide structure, notes, marks
Arrow keys Move shape or group

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