What is flow chart

The concept of Flow Chart is familiar to many people, but if you are asked to define or illustrate what a product Flow Chart is, I’m afraid it is still difficult.

Flow chart can simply describe a process, is a process, algorithm, flow of a graphical representation. The standardized flow chart helps project team members to have a unified understanding, facilitate the communication and discussion of the project, and contribute to the smooth progress of the project.

In plain English, it is a combination of beginning, end, action, state and judgment.

How to draw a flow chart

For product xiaobai, it takes the most time to master the drawing method of flow chart, which is to be familiar with the use of various graphic symbols in the flow chart. For example, when writing an article, only by remembering the words can it be combined into sentences that everyone can understand.

Now I’m going to take you through what the most commonly used symbols in flowcharts mean.

1. Processing: represents a process or step in the flow chart;

2. Preprocessing: represents a subprocess that determines the next step. There can be multiple results, but often only two – yes and no;

3. Judgment: To make a judgment on a condition. There can be multiple outcomes, but often only two. – Yes, no;

4. Beginning and end: Represents the beginning and end of a process.

5. Data shape: Indicates information out of process, or out of process.

6, delay shape: no activity, do a waiting period.

7. Database shape: The results using this shape are stored in the information step.

Off-page reference: a flowchart indicating that the next or previous step is somewhere else. It is particularly useful in large flowcharts.

Documentation: Represents a file and data set.

The above 9 symbols are basically the most commonly used symbols when we draw flow charts. Of course, when you cannot express a certain step accurately through symbols, you can customize some symbols more flexibly. There is no standard for this.

Flow chart is a way of expression, symbols are its words, through the accurate use of symbols to combine the process we want to tell, so that others can better understand our ideas. Once we are familiar with the use of common symbols, we can start to draw a flowchart.

Back to the subject, what software to draw a flow chart?

I use copycat RP, I will use copycat RP to show you how to draw a flowchart.

Three, draw flow chart with copy RP

Step 1: After downloading the Copy RP, click New Project and customize the drawing board size. After successfully creating the project, click the flowchart symbol at the top of the screen to enter the flowchart editing mode.

Let’s know the RP drawing flow chart interface:

The left part is the component area, the middle part is the artboard, the right part is the properties and interaction area, the top has export and share and other shortcut buttons.

In the left component area, we can see that in addition to the common symbols mentioned above, there are many different types of symbol components that can be used simply by dragging them onto the artboard. At the same time, Mick RP’s components are not only easy to use, it also supports vector editing, which means these symbol components can be filled with colors, changed sizes, and even shapes.

Step 2: Drag the symbol component on the left to the drawing board, add text in the symbol, and adjust the background color and border of the component and text in the property and interaction area on the right. Click the blue “X” in the symbol and drag to form a flow line.

Step 3: When the flowchart is drawn, click “Share” at the top to share online links to friends and download the offline demo package for offline viewing.

(Share and export)

In copy guest RP, through simple steps of operation, we made a clean, clear flow chart, is not very simple?

In addition to making flow chart, Copy RP is also a very good prototype design tool, if you are a product white, then very recommended you use copy RP, not only support the drawing flow chart, at the same time support the drawing of high fidelity prototype. With Mocker online, we can even write product documentation, and the mocker RP prototype introduced in the documentation can be updated intelligently without manual operation.

A piece of software that can do everything from flow charts, to prototypes, to the product documentation we often need to write, and best of all, it’s completely free.

Product partners, you are still waiting for what, quickly download copy guest RP experience bar.