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Robson†  \n19 March 2015  \n1 Introduction  \nThis package provides shapes for drawing program flowcharts. They are based on the classic IBM Flowcharting Template, which conforms to ISO 1028:1973, with some IBM extensions. (this has since been revised by ISO 5807:1985) .  \nAt the moment, there is only a limited selection of the standard symbols, but other symbols might be added in the future.  \nThis package requires that makeshape [1] and of course PGF/TikZ [2] are also installed .  \n2 The Symbols  \nThe package provides the following symbols as defined in the ISO standard:  \nProcess – Any processing function; or defined operations causing change in value, form or location of information.  \nDecision – A decision or switching-type operation that determines which of a number of alternative paths are followed.  \nPredefined Process – One or more named operations or program steps specified in a subroutine or another set of flowcharts.  \nStorage – Input or output using any kind of online storage.  \n∗ This document corresponds to flowchart 3.3, dated 2015/03/19 .†[adrian.robson@nepsweb.co.uk](adrian.robson@nepsweb.co.uk)  \nTERMINAL  \nTerminal – A terminal point in a flowchart: start, stop, halt delay or interrupt. It may show exit from a closed subroutine.  \n3 Usage  \nThe example below uses all of the symbols given in §2, and shows how they can be laid out and connected with TikZ:  \nSTART  \n|  | GET DATA |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\nIt needs the following in the document’s preamble:  \n\\usepackage{flowchart}  \n\\usetikzlibrary{arrows}  \nThe TikZ package is included in flowchart, so it does not have to be explicitly loaded. However, any \\usetikzlibrary commands that are needed must be placed after \\loadpackage{flowchart} .  \nThe flowchart above is produced by the following tikzpicture environment:  \n1 \\begin{tikzpicture}[>=latex’,font={\\sf \\small}] 2  \n3 \\def\\smbwd{2cm}  \n4  \n5 \\node (terminal1) at (0,0) [draw, terminal, 6 minimum width=\\smbwd,  \n7 minimum height=0.5cm] {START};  \n8  \n9 \\node (predproc1) at (0,-1.5) [draw, predproc, align=left, 10 minimum width=\\smbwd,  \n11 minimum height=1cm] {GET\\\\ DATA};  \n12  \n13 \\node (decide1) at (0,-3 .5) [draw, decision, 14 minimum width=\\smbwd,  \n15 minimum height=1cm] {C$\u003C$3};  \n16  \n17 \\node (storage1) at (0,-5.5) [draw, storage, 18 minimum width=\\smbwd,  \n19 minimum height=1cm] {STORE};  \n20  \n21 \\node (process1) at (3,-5.5) [draw, process, 22 minimum width=\\smbwd,  \n23 minimum height=1cm] {PROCESS};  \n24  \n25 \\coordinate (point1) at (0,-6.75); 26  \n27 \\node (terminal2) at (0,-7 .75) [draw, terminal, 28 minimum width=\\smbwd,  \n29 minimum height=0.5cm] {END};  \n30  \n31 \\draw[->] (terminal1) - - (predproc1);  \n32 \\draw[->] (predproc1) - - (decide1);  \n33 \\draw[->] (decide1) -| node[above]{YES} (process1);  \n34 \\draw[->] (decide1) - - (storage1);  \n35 \\draw[->] (process1) | - (point1);  \n36 \\draw[->] (storage1) - - (point1) - - (terminal2); 37  \n38 \\end{tikzpicture}  \n3.1 Symbols  \nThe flow chart symbols are created as nodes, as shown in lines 5-7, which definesa terminal shape. The minimum dimension keys should be used to create consistently sized symbols. In particular, a defined value should be used for the width in all symbols. So \\smbwd is defined on line 3, and used in lines 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, and 28 .  \n3.2 Layout  \nIn this example, we have used absolute coordinates to position the diagram’s nodes. This works well for small flowcharts, but relative positioning might be better for larger diagrams.  \n3.3 Connectors  \nThe shapes are connected by drawing lines between them as shown in lines 31-36 of the example. Here, unqualified node names are used, but explicit anchor names such as (nodename.north east) could be used instead.  \nIt can sometimes be convenient to place a connector at an arbitrary point on a shape. 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