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Basic Flowchart Symbols and Meaning

Flowcharts are the best for visually representation the business processes and the flow of a custom-order process through various departments within an organization. ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Flowcharts solution offers the full set of predesigned basic flowchart symbols which are gathered at two libraries: Flowchart and Flowcharts Rapid Draw. Among them are: process, terminator, decision, data, document, display, manual loop, and many other specific symbols. The meaning for each symbol offered by ConceptDraw gives the presentation about their proposed use in professional Flowcharts for business and technical processes, software algorithms, well-developed structures of web sites, Workflow diagrams, Process flow diagram and correlation in developing on-line instructional projects or business process system. Use of ready flow chart symbols in diagrams is incredibly useful - you need simply drag desired from the libraries to your document and arrange them in required order. There are a few serious alternatives to Visio for Mac, one of them is ConceptDraw PRO. It is one of the main contender with the most similar features and capabilities.
How to Build a Flowchart
How to Build a Flowchart

Block Diagram

The vector stencils libraries: Block Diagrams, Blocks with Perspective, Callouts, Connectors, Raised Blocks from the solution Block Diagrams contain specific block diagram symbols such as arrows, input/output symbols, start/end symbols, processing symbols, conditional symbols, commenting symbols, callouts, connectors, etc. for ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software. The Block Diagrams solution is contained in a "Diagrams" area of ConceptDraw Solution Park. Use the libraries from the Block Diagrams solution to draw block diagrams for your business documents, presentations and websites in a few minutes.

Keyboard Shortcuts and Mouse Actions

Mind Maps are an advanced technique used to solve a wide range of professional tasks, personal growth tasks, business tasks, household tasks that occur in everyday life. When you need to make a difficult decision in terms of lack of information, to prepare a report, design a presentation in original way, to organize a brainstorming session, to develop plan for the next week / month / year, to make notes during the lecture, in all these cases the mind mapping technique will be effective. The essence of the method consists in structuring the information, in visualization of objects and concepts, and also in setting the associative relationships. This method is popular in teaching and when explaining new information, and lets represent it in a concise and easily perceived form. Mind Maps can be also effectively used to represent different computer knowledge and helpful information about the use of different applications. ConceptDraw MINDMAP is powerful software for designing different Mind Maps, including the Mind Map demonstrating the keyboard shortcuts and mouse actions that are utilized in ConceptDraw MINDMAP.

Functional Block Diagram

You need design the Functional Block Diagram and dream to find the useful tools to draw it easier, quickly and effectively? ConceptDraw PRO offers the Block Diagrams Solution from the "Diagrams" Area which will help you!

Cross-Functional Flowchart

Use of Cross-Functional Flowchart is a clear way of showing each team member’s responsibilities and how processes get shared or transferred between different responsible people, teams and departments. Use the best flowchart maker ConceptDraw PRO with a range of standardized cross-functional flowchart symbols to create the Cross-Functional Flowcharts simply and to visualize the relationship between a business process and the functional units responsible for that process. To draw the most quickly Cross-Functional Flowcharts, Cross Functional Process Maps, or Cross Functional Process Flow Diagrams, start with a Cross-functional flowchart samples and templates from ConceptDraw Solution Park. The ConceptDraw Arrows10 and RapidDraw technologies will be also useful for you in drawing. ConceptDraw PRO supports designing both types - horizontal and vertical Cross-functional flowcharts. A vertical layout makes the accents mainly on the functional units while a horizontal layout - on the process. If you need a Visio alternative in Mac OS X, try ConceptDraw PRO. Its interface is very intuitive and it’s actually much easier to use than Visio, yet somehow it’s just as powerful if not more so. ConceptDraw PRO performs professional quality work and seamless Visio interaction.
How to Draw a Cross Functional Flowchart using visio alternative ConceptDraw PRO as visio for mac
How to Draw a Cross Functional Flowchart using visio alternative ConceptDraw PRO as visio for mac
The vector stencils library "Sales arrows" contains 57 arrow symbols.
Use these arrow icon set to draw your sales flowcharts, workflow diagrams and process charts with the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
The arrow pictograms library "Sales arrows" is included in the Sales Flowcharts solution from the Marketing area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Angle arrow
Angle arrow, angle arrow,
Arc arrow
Arc arrow, arc arrow,
Arki arrow
Arki arrow, arki arrow,
Arrow fork
Arrow fork, arrow fork,
Arrow loop
Arrow loop, arrow loop,
Bent arrow
Bent arrow, bent arrow,
Chevron arrow
Chevron arrow, chevron arrow,
Circular arrow
Circular arrow, circular arrow,
Circular motion arrows
Circular motion arrows, circular motion arrows,
Clockwise arrow
Clockwise arrow, clockwise rotating arrow,
Corner arrow
Corner arrow, corner arrow,
Counterclockwise arrow
Counterclockwise arrow, counterclockwise rotating arrow,
Crossed arrows
Crossed arrows, crossed arrows,
Curved left arrow
Curved left arrow, curved left arrow,
Curved right arrow
Curved right arrow, curved right arrow,
Curving directional arrow
Curving directional arrow, curving directional arrow,
Cycle arrow
Cycle arrow, cycle arrow,
Diagonal arrow
Diagonal arrow, diagonal arrow,
Double arc arrow
Double arc arrow, double arc arrow,
Double headed arrow
Double headed arrow, double headed arrow,
Double headed semicircle arrow
Double headed semicircle arrow, double headed semicircle arrow,
Down arrow
Down arrow, down arrow,
Dual short arc arrow
Dual short arc arrow, dual short arc arrow,
Elbow arrow
Elbow arrow, elbow arrow,
Fat arrow
Fat arrow, fat arrow,
Go back arrow
Go back arrow, go back arrow,
Interaction arrows
Interaction arrows, interaction arrows,
L-shaped arrow
L-shaped arrow, L shaped arrow,
Left arrow
Left arrow, left arrow,
Lightning arrow
Lightning arrow, lightning arrow,
Long arc arrow
Long arc arrow, long arc arrow,
Looping arrows
Looping arrows, looping arrows,
Merging arrows
Merging arrows, merging arrows,
Moving down arrow
Moving down arrow, moving down arrow,
Moving up arrow
Moving up arrow, moving up arrow,
Recycling arrows
Recycling arrows, recycling arrows,
Refresh arrows
Refresh arrows, refresh arrows,
Ribbon arrow
Ribbon arrow, ribbon arrow,
Right arrow
Right arrow, right arrow,
Rotating arrows
Rotating arrows, rotating arrows,
S-shaped arrow
S-shaped arrow, s shaped arrow,
Sector arrow
Sector arrow, sector arrow,
Semicircle arrow
Semicircle arrow, semicircle arrow,
Short arc arrow
Short arc arrow, short arc arrow,
Single headed arrow
Single headed arrow, single headed arrow, right arrow,
Small arrow
Small arrow, small arrow,
Split arrow
Split arrow, split arrow,
Straight arrow
Straight arrow, straight arrow,
Triangle arrow
Triangle arrow, triangle arrow,
Turn left arrow
Turn left arrow, turn left arrow,
Turn right arrow
Turn right arrow, turn right arrow,
Turn round arrow
Turn round arrow, turn round arrow,
Turned arrow
Turned arrow, turned arrow,
Up arrow
Up arrow, up arrow,
U-shaped arrow
U-shaped arrow, u shaped arrow,
Vertical moving arrow
Vertical moving arrow, vertical moving arrow,
Wavy arrow
Wavy arrow, wavy arrow,
The vector stencils library "HR arrows" contains 57 arrow pictograms.
Use this arrow icon set to draw your HR flowcharts, workflow diagrams and process charts with the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
The arrow icons library "HR arrows" is included in the HR Flowcharts solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Arki arrow
Arki arrow, arki arrow,
Chevron arrow
Chevron arrow, chevron arrow,
Triangle arrow
Triangle arrow, triangle arrow,
Small arrow
Small arrow, small arrow,
Up arrow
Up arrow, up arrow,
Down arrow
Down arrow, down arrow,
Right arrow
Right arrow, right arrow,
Left arrow
Left arrow, left arrow,
Vertical moving arrow
Vertical moving arrow, vertical moving arrow,
Wavy arrow
Wavy arrow, wavy arrow,
Fat arrow
Fat arrow, fat arrow,
Straight arrow
Straight arrow, straight arrow,
Angle arrow
Angle arrow, angle arrow,
Double headed arrow
Double headed arrow, double headed arrow,
Single headed arrow
Single headed arrow, single headed arrow, right arrow,
Elbow arrow
Elbow arrow, elbow arrow,
Crossed arrows
Crossed arrows, crossed arrows,
Turn left arrow
Turn left arrow, turn left arrow,
Turn right arrow
Turn right arrow, turn right arrow,
L-shaped arrow
L-shaped arrow, L shaped arrow,
Corner arrow
Corner arrow, corner arrow,
Diagonal arrow
Diagonal arrow, diagonal arrow,
Split arrow
Split arrow, split arrow,
Arc arrow
Arc arrow, arc arrow,
Bent arrow
Bent arrow, bent arrow,
Go back arrow
Go back arrow, go back arrow,
Double headed semicircle arrow
Double headed semicircle arrow, double headed semicircle arrow,
Counterclockwise arrow
Counterclockwise arrow, counterclockwise rotating arrow,
Sector arrow
Sector arrow, sector arrow,
Clockwise arrow
Clockwise arrow, clockwise rotating arrow,
Arrow fork
Arrow fork, arrow fork,
Merging arrows
Merging arrows, merging arrows,
U-shaped arrow
U-shaped arrow, u shaped arrow,
Semicircle arrow
Semicircle arrow, semicircle arrow,
Circular arrow
Circular arrow, circular arrow,
Looping arrows
Looping arrows, looping arrows,
Refresh arrows
Refresh arrows, refresh arrows,
Double arc arrow
Double arc arrow, double arc arrow,
Curving directional arrow
Curving directional arrow, curving directional arrow,
S-shaped arrow
S-shaped arrow, s shaped arrow,
Short arc arrow
Short arc arrow, short arc arrow,
Long arc arrow
Long arc arrow, long arc arrow,
Turn round arrow
Turn round arrow, turn round arrow,
Rotating arrows
Rotating arrows, rotating arrows,
Turned arrow
Turned arrow, turned arrow,
Curved left arrow
Curved left arrow, curved left arrow,
Curved right arrow
Curved right arrow, curved right arrow,
Cycle arrow
Cycle arrow, cycle arrow,
Arrow loop
Arrow loop, arrow loop,
Moving down arrow
Moving down arrow, moving down arrow,
Moving up arrow
Moving up arrow, moving up arrow,
Dual short arc arrow
Dual short arc arrow, dual short arc arrow,
Recycling arrows
Recycling arrows, recycling arrows,
Interaction arrows
Interaction arrows, interaction arrows,
Lightning arrow
Lightning arrow, lightning arrow,
Ribbon arrow
Ribbon arrow, ribbon arrow,
Circular motion arrows
Circular motion arrows, circular motion arrows,

IDEF3 Standard

Use Case Diagrams technology. IDEF3 Standard is intended for description and further analysis of technological processes of an enterprise. Using IDEF3 standard it is possible to examine and model scenarios of technological processes.
The vector stencils library "Baseball positions" contains 13 symbols: pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, shortstop, left fielder, center fielder, right fielder, baseball position, pointing arrows.
Use it for drawing baseball positions diagrams in the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Baseball solution from the Sport area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Pitcher (P)
Pitcher (P), pitcher, P,
Catcher (C)
Catcher (C), catcher, C,
First baseman (1B)
First baseman (1B), first baseman, 1B, first base,
Second baseman (2B)
Second baseman (2B), second baseman, 2B, second base,
Third baseman (3B)
Third baseman (3B), third baseman, 3B, third base,
Shortstop (SS)
Shortstop (SS), shortstop, SS,
Left fielder (LF)
Left fielder (LF), left fielder, LF, left field,
Center fielder (CF)
Center fielder (CF), center fielder, CF, center field,
Right fielder (RF)
Right fielder (RF), right fielder, RF, right field,
Baseball position (universal)
Baseball position (universal), baseball position, T-shirt,
Pointing arrow
Pointing arrow,
Pointing arrow
Pointing arrow,
Pointing arrow
Pointing arrow,
Used Solutions

IDEF0 standard with ConceptDraw PRO

The activity of any organization is more or less branchy network of processes. The description of these processes is a hard technical task which requires definite methodology and standards. According to the IDEF0 standard any process can be described in the form of a block (Activity Box) which has inputs and outputs. The process consists in transformation of inputs into outputs under the influence of the management and in the presence of necessary resources. Outputs of the given process later on can be either inputs for the next process or resources, or management means.