The following sections walk you through the basics of creating a simple process map and publishing it to the Web:

Placing shapes on diagrams and linking them together
Capturing specific information about each shape
Generating a Web-based clickthrough of your process diagrams
Creating multi-level diagrams

When you first launch the application, a blank model will automatically be created containing a [...]

Print diagram from Process Modeler
Synthis Process Modeler offers a variety of printing options. By default, all diagrams are scaled to fit on a single page. However, it is possible to print wide/tall diagrams across multiple pages. Advanced printing options such as wall-chart printing are also possible, provided you are connected to a [...]

Control the order in which process maps are listed
The ‘Element Properties’ window for each ‘Model’ element and ‘Process Map’ element has a ‘Print Sequencing’ tab.

Within the ‘Element Properties’ window, the ‘Print Sequencing’ tab allows you to control the order in which your Model’s process maps are listed in the ‘Explorer Tree’ and in your published [...]

Where is all of my process model data stored?
Unlike previous “file-based” versions of the Synthis Process Modeler, all of your “R4″ process model data is stored in an embedded database that comes packaged with our new “R4″ release.

This means that you no longer have to worry about saving and managing individual “.prj” files. Whenever [...]

The following screenshot shows the default layout for the Synthis Process Modeler R4 workspace. This section of the Help Documentation explains how each section is used.

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Diagrams
One of the most important sections within the Synthis Process Modeler workspace is the ‘Diagram Window’. This is where you define your process flows and [...]

Free Trial
The standard Synthis Process Modeler installer includes a free trial period that starts on the day you install the software.
For the duration of your trial period, you will have full use of the software. Each time the Process Modeler starts, the License Activation dialog will show you how many days are left in [...]

Requirements
Hardware Requirements

2 GHz or faster processor
Minimum 50 MB free disk space for installation
Minimum 2 GB physical memory
Recommended 50GB free disk space for document storage. Additional disk space may be needed for future growth depending on usage.

Software Requirements

Java SDK (More information provided below)
Database server and related Java database drivers. Supported databases include:

MySQL

MySQL Connector/J 5.1

MS SQL [...]