I'm fairly new to TikZ/PGF, but I've worked out a simple flowchart. I would now like to separate this flowchart with a line, so that I can write comments/other figures in a kind of parallel flowchart.
Here's my code.
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\tikzstyle{decision}=[
diamond,
draw,
fill=blue!20,
text width=4.5em,
text badly centered,
node distance=3cm,
inner sep=0pt
]
\tikzstyle{block}=[
rectangle,
draw,
fill=blue!20,
text width=5em,
text centered,
rounded corners,
minimum height=4em
]
\tikzstyle{line}=[
draw,
-latex'
]
\tikzstyle{cloud}=[
draw,
ellipse,
fill=red!20,
node distance=3cm,
minimum height=2em
]
\begin{tikzpicture}[node distance=2cm,auto]
\node [block] (init) {initialize model};
\node [cloud,left of=init] (expert) {expert};
\node [cloud,right of=init] (system) {system};
\node [block,below of=init] (identify) {identify candidate models};
\node [block,below of=identify] (evaluate) {evaluate candidate models};
\node [block,left of=evaluate,node distance=3cm] (update) {update model};
\node [decision,below of=evaluate] (decide) {is best candidate better?};
\node [block,below of=decide,node distance=3cm] (stop) {stop};
\path [line] (init) -- (identify);
\path [line] (identify) -- (evaluate);
\path [line] (evaluate) -- (decide);
\path [line] (decide) -| node [near start] {yes} (update);
\path [line] (update) |- (identify);
\path [line] (decide) -- node {no}(stop);
\path [line,dashed] (expert) -- (init);
\path [line,dashed] (system) -- (init);
\path [line,dashed] (system) |- (evaluate);
\end{tikzpicture}Regards,
Frederik.
