Align and Distribute Process Model Elements and Connectors
Align and distribute multiple Process model elements and connectors to beautify your design and improve legibility.
Overview
Align and/or distribute multiple BPMN elements and/or connectors placed in your Process model, collective referred to as Process model objects, for greater legibility.
The following restrictions apply to aligning or distributing Process model objects:
Two (2) or more Process model objects must be selected to align those objects.
Three (3) or more Process model objects must be selected to distribute those objects.
Boundary-type elements associated with any selected object are not affected: they remain with their respective object.
​Sequence Flow elements and Message Flow elements adjust their placement and contours automatically to maintain connections between their respective objects.
​Association elements cannot be aligned or redistributed. Association elements adjust automatically between their Text Annotation elements and the element/connector they reference when their Text Annotation elements' placement change.
​Lane elements cannot be aligned nor redistributed from their default positions.
If a Pool element is among the selections, Process model objects in that Pool element cannot be redistributed. However, the Pool element(s) can be redistributed.
Icons to align and distribute multiple selected Process model objects display to the right of the Process name.
Alignment and distribute icons display to the right of the Process name
Align Process Model Objects
Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to align objects in the Process model unless your user account has the Make this user a Super Admin setting selected:
Processes: Edit Processes
Processes: View Processes
See the Process permissions or ask your Administrator for assistance.
Follow these steps to align Process model objects:
Your user account or group membership must have the following permissions to distribute objects in the Process model unless your user account has the Make this user a Super Admin setting selected:
Processes: Edit Processes
Processes: View Processes
See the Process permissions or ask your Administrator for assistance.
Follow these steps to distribute Process model objects:
Distribute horizontally: Click the Distribute Horizontally icon
to horizontally distribute the selected Process model objects based on the left-most and right-most selected objects. If a Pool element is among the selections, the Process model object(s) in that Pool element are not affected, but instead affect the Pool element.
Distribute vertically: Click the Distribute Vertically icon
to vertically distribute the selected Process model objects based on the top-most and bottom-most selected objects. If a Pool element is among the selections, the Process model object(s) in that Pool element are not affected, but instead affect the Pool element.