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- Convenient editing via SBGN bricks
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+ Convenient editing via SBGN bricks
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- Map content can be expanded using the Palette as described earlier. A convenient way to populate a map is using the templates under the Edit (Add Using SBGN Bricks..) menu inspired by SBGN bricks.
+Map content can be expanded using the Palette as described earlier. A convenient way to populate a map is using the templates under the Edit (Add Using SBGN Bricks..) menu inspired by SBGN bricks.
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Alignment, grid and guidelines
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+ Automatic conversion of a PD map to an AF map
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+ A PD map can be automatically converted to the corresponding AF map in a new tab using Edit | Convert PD Map to AF Map + via a service provided by Minerva. However, as this conversion service is not + used through secure HTTP, you need to change the site settings for newteditor.org (or your deployment site) to allow insecure content.
+ +Alignment, grid and guidelines
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- Newt provides various mechanisms for alignment of map objects. One such facility is available through the View menu, where the user can select a number of objects and align their center or edge horizontally or vertically. Such alignment is performed with respect to the object selected first.
+Newt provides various mechanisms for alignment of map objects. One such facility is available through the View menu, where the user can select a number of objects and align their center or edge horizontally or vertically. Such alignment is performed with respect to the object selected first.
- Another way to perform alignment is through the grid. When you enable the grid tool (
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Another way to perform alignment is through the grid. When you enable the grid tool () on the toolbar, a grid is displayed and nodes are snapped to grid as they are dragged.
- Yet another way to perform alignment is by enabling the guidelines with the associated tool on the toolbar (
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Yet another way to perform alignment is by enabling the guidelines with the associated tool on the toolbar (). Two types of guidelines are enabled with this tool:
- Geometric guidelines (e.g. center of two nodes are in alignment) and
- Distance guidelines (e.g. a process node is distanced equally from its source and target).