Overview - Stencils

Mavim offers a number of stencils to be used with Visio.

A stencil is a standard collection of shapes and relationships that you can use to create a chart.

Two stencils are offered for every chart type: a Classic and a Standard version. The Classic stencil is the black and white stencil that was offered with previous versions. The Standard stencils use color, where possible in harmony with the way Mavim depicts topics: e.g. the flowchart now has green start activity shapes, yellow activity shapes and red stop activity shapes.

Mavim offers the following stencils:

Chart type	Stencil name
Flowchart	Process Chart
Hierarchical Chart	Structure Chart
Relationship Network Chart	Relational Chart
IDEF0 Chart	IDEF0 Chart
Cross Function Flowchart	Cross Functional Flowchart
EPC Chart	EPC Chart
Generic Chart	N/A

By default, the corresponding Standard stencil is selected in the Options window when you create a chart. To read more about options, see: Common chart options.

To see examples of the stencils Mavim offers, look at the chart type of the stencil you wish to, see:

· Flowchart

· Relationship Network Chart

· IDEF0 Chart

· Cross Function Flowchart

· EPC Chart

The Generic Chart has no Mavim stencils, since any and all types of shape can be used to create this chart. For more information about this chart type, see: Generic Chart.

It is also possible to modify the stencils Mavim offers. For more information, see: New Visio Stencil.