Shapes and connectors

Shape kinds

Kind	Notes
Rectangle, ellipse, diamond	The basics
Polygon	Any number of sides, plus star, cloud, callout and semicircle presets
Container	A frame that owns the shapes inside it. Moving it moves them
Group	A selection bound together without a visible frame
Icon	A glyph from an icon pack or your own SVG
Service	A labelled cloud- or platform-service block
Table	Rows and columns of cells
Text	A standalone label with no box
Note	A sticky, normally on the Notes layer
Image	A raster image
Freehand	Pen strokes

The inspector

Selecting a shape opens the inspector on the right: stroke and fill, fill opacity, line weight, dash, prism, corner roundness and opacity under Appearance; font, size and text colour under Typography; then the shape's Label and Body text.

Containers

A container owns its children. Drag the container and everything inside moves; resize it and the children stay put. Nesting is unlimited. Use one container per boundary, whether that boundary is a VPC, a team, or a process stage.

Press 8 for the container tool, then drop shapes inside it.

Connectors

Hover a shape and drag from its edge to draw a connector to another shape. The endpoints stay attached when either shape moves.

Gesture	Effect
Alt + drag	Pull an endpoint free of any shape, with no auto-snap
Shift + drag	Lock the connector to a horizontal or vertical line
Right-click a waypoint	Delete that bend
Tab	Reverse the connector's direction

Routing is straight, curved or orthogonal per connector.

Moving and resizing

Gesture	Effect
Cmd + drag	Duplicate and drag the copy
Alt + drag	Move without snapping
Shift + drag	Lock to one axis
Cmd + resize	Resize from the centre
Shift + resize	Lock the aspect ratio
Alt + rotate	Rotate freely, skipping the 15° snap