You can use the Organic, Tree, Cycle, Star, and Bus commands available from the Format menu's Arrange submenu to rearrange and organize the selected elements automatically.
Note: If no objects are selected, Organic and Tree operate on all map objects, or on any selected objects. For Star and Bus, you must have at least one object selected. For Cycle, you must have at least two objects selected.
Use the Organic command, available from the Format menu's Arrange submenu, to arrange the objects on a map so that crossed lines are minimized, and objects are not overlaid on each other. This is the method used to arrange devices during auto-discovery.
To the right is a complex map. Notice that there are many overlapping links.
Here is the same map after applying the Organic command.
Use the Tree command to arrange the current selection in a tree. A sub-menu controls whether the tree structure should be drawn to the right, down, left, or up.
Arrange items in a tree structure. Choose which direction the branches of the tree should go. Shown below are Tree > left and Tree > right.
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Tree > left | Tree > right |
The network oval in the center of the cluster above represents an Ethernet segment that interconnects several devices in an office. To make it a cluster, use the Bus command from the Arrange submenu.
The Star command arranges connected items in a circle around the selected item, similar to the Organic command.
Use the Grid command to arrange connected items in a grid.
To use the grid command:
The example below shows the result of the Grid layout command after selecting only the devices in Star example above.
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Note: The Cycle command is deprecated. We recommend you Organic command for intial map layouts.
Use the Cycle command to spread out the items in the map, and make the relationships more clear. The Cycle command moves all devices and networks near the edge of the window as shown below.
To use the Cycle command on all map objects:
The Cycle command moves all devices and networks near the edge of the window as shown below.
Results of the Cycle command.