Chapters
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Select devices on the canvas
This prepared lab has routers, switches and Linux endpoints.
Click one device, then Command-click another to select both.
Click empty canvas to clear the selection.
Arrange a readable topology
Drag a device to a clearer position. Its cables remain connected.
Grid gives the devices a different arrangement.
Circular gives the devices a different arrangement.
Hierarchical gives the devices a different arrangement.
Layouts change placement. They do not configure the network.
Zoom and fit the whole lab
Choose a zoom preset, such as one hundred fifty percent.
You can also enter a value. Enter sets one hundred twenty-five percent here.
Center View fits all the devices into the available canvas.
Review before deleting
Select this disposable cable and press Delete. Cancel keeps it.
Confirm Delete when the selected cable is no longer needed.
A device has its own confirmation. Cancel first, then remove this disposable device.
There is no topology Undo button in this release.
Leave a useful note
Double-click empty canvas and write a note. Click outside to commit.
Double-click a note to edit. Escape keeps its previous text.
Choose a color, then drag the note to the right place.
Show annotations hides notes without deleting them.
The close button asks for confirmation. Cancel keeps your note.
Create a disposable note to show confirmation without losing your useful note.
Group devices into zones
Add Zone needs a title and members. Put R one and R two into Core.
Color and level help organize this example. The outline follows its members.
Cancel leaves a zone unchanged. Save applies your edits.
Unzoned devices dims devices outside zones; it does not remove them.
The zone’s close button also asks for confirmation. Its devices and cables remain.
Reopen your saved arrangement
Wait for placement and annotation changes to save, then reopen the lab.
The same account restores the saved positions, note and zone members.