Rearranging ERDs

Moving Tables

To move tables around in the ERD, click on the header and drag the table. The toolbar has  Arrange Selected Items options that you can use to line up or distribute selected tables.

If a table has a lot of attributes that you do not need to see, collapse the list to show only the table's primary and foreign keys.

• Either right-click on a table and select Hide attributes or Show attributes
• Or double-click on the table header.

To select multiple tables, click-drag to draw a square around them. PhixFlow selects the tables when you release the drag. 

Highlighting Relationships

To highlight the relationships that affect a table, click the table to select it.

• Blue lines indicate relationships to a foreign key in the selected table.
• Green lines indicate relationships from the primary key in the selected table.

The following screenshot shows the Teacher table is selected:

Bending Relationship Lines

By default, relationships are straight lines, but you can change them to have angles:

1. Click on a relationship line to add an angle point, which appears as a blue dot
   
2. Move the mouse pointer over the blue dot. It changes to a four-way arrow to indicate you can drag.
3. Drag the point to the position you require. 

Removing Bends

To remove an unwanted angle, right-click the blue dot and select Remove Point.