Part I. Getting started

Part II. UML modeling

Part III. Project glossary

Part IV. BPMN toolset

Part V. Project management

Part VI. Modeling toolset

Part VII. ArchiMate tools

Part VIII. Team collaboration

Part IX. Code engineering

Part X. Database design and engineering

Part XI. Advanced modeling toolset

Part XII. Document production

Part XIII. Business modeling

Part XIV. Business rule

Part XV. Agile development

Part XVI. Wireframe

Part XVII. Impact analysis

Part XVIII. CMMN toolset

Part XIX. SoaML modeling

Part XX. Design animation

Part XXI. IDE Integration

Part XXII. Interoperability and integration

Part XXIII. Process simulation

Part XXIV. Zachman and BMM

Part XXV. Appendix A - Application Options

Part XXVI. Appendix B - Project Options

Part XXVII. Appendix C

 

Setting connector caption orientation

Visual Paradigm supports a number of ways of aligning connector caption, which apply on different modeling preferences. By default, the caption of a connector is aligned horizontal only, but you also can customize it to Follow Diagram, Horizontal Only, Horizontal or Vertical Only, Follow Connector Angle, and Follow Connector Angle and Keep Text Up Right. You can either customize it one by one or change all connectors in the diagram which defined Follow Diagram.

Setting connector caption orientation

To customize the caption orientation option of a connector, select the connector, right click and select Style and Formatting > Connector Style, and then select one out of four options under Caption Orientation.

Change caption orientation to Follow Connector Angle
Change caption orientation to Follow Connector Angle
Follow Connector Angle sample
Follow Connector Angle sample

Caption orientation options

Name Sample Description
Horizontal Only horizontal only caption orientation option The caption of connector is aligned horizontally.
Horizontal or Vertical Only horizontal or verticle only caption orientation option The caption of connector is aligned either horizontally or vertically, according to the connector.
Follow Connector Angle follow connector angle caption orientation option The caption of connector is aligned the diagonal angles of both shapes.
Follow Connector Angle and Keep Text Up Right follow connector angle and keep text up right caption orientation option The caption of connector is aligned the diagonal angles of both shapes, but keeps top right.
The description of 4 caption orientation options

Setting diagram base connector caption direction

In addition to the 4 options mentioned above, Follow Diagram is another choice for altering the connector. The main feature of Follow Diagram is, all connectors in the diagrams can be changed simultaneously instead of setting one by one.

Right click on the diagram background, select Connectors and select one out of four options under Caption Orientation from the popup menu.

Change caption orientation by diagram popup menu
Change caption orientation by diagram popup menu

 

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