Change Logs

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0.8.1 : 2024 Nov 03

• Fixed #56: Thanks to Charizhardt, the following elements are added to the incoming and outgoing nodes
  • startEvent, endEvent, intermediateCatchEvent, task, subProcess, serviceTask, exclusiveGateway, inclusiveGateway and parallelGateway

0.8.0 : 2024 July 28

• 🆕 Export diagram to .bpmn (XML) format. See this page for more information.

0.7.0 : 2024 Feb 12

• text2diagram.render() function enhancements. See this page for more information.
  • You can now display the generated code by setting show_code=True.
  • Added 'SVG' output option. Addressing feature request #43.
• Updated font size and spacing between elements
• You can now change font size for title, element and footer. See this page for more information.

0.6.0 : 2024 Jan 01

• Simplified connection implementation and fixed issues where some diagrams cannot be rendered.
• Added the ability to configure connection direction manually. See this page for more details.
• Added new validation. All shapes (except start, end and others events) require an incoming connection.
• Added five additional colour schemes. Visit Gallery to see the colour schemes.
• ❗ There is a breaking change made to processpiper.text2diagram package. See this Breaking Changes for further information.

0.5.0 : 2023 August 13

• Implemented SVG painter #14. You can now save your diagram in SVG file format. See Wiki for more details.
• Implemented maximum connections validation #31. i.e. An element can have up to a maximum of 4 connections (incoming and outgoing connection combined).

0.4.3 : 2023 July 24

• Fixed layout and connections issue

0.4.2 : 2023 July 23

• Fixed #17 : Connections appear to be going at the wrong direction.
• Used rich package to improve debug message readability.

0.4.1 : 2023 June 23

• Revamped elements placement logic. The code is much easier to maintain and the display layout is more compact.
• Added collision detection logic. The connect lines would now avoid overlapping with element shape. It is not perfect, but hopefully it is a step in the right direction.
• Enhanced English like PiperFlow syntax. You can now specify width in the syntax.
• Cleaned up code further.

0.4.0 : 2023 May 16

• Removed the dependency of Arial font on Linux system. i.e. The following commands to install MSCoreFonts is no longer required.
  • sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
  • sudo fc-cache -f
• Added Message, Signal, Conditional and Link event types
• Added Event gateway type
• Code clean up

0.3.1 : 2023 April 28

• Added '#' comment line to text2diagram method
• Calling render() method without providing output file name will not result in random png file generated

0.3.0 : 2023 April 21

• Added validation and exception messages when pool, lane, element or connection are not added to the diagram.
• text2diagram.render() now return generated code and the diagram in PIL.Image format
• Accommodate for extra tabs, spaces and newline characters when generating diagram using plain text method.

0.2.0 : 2023 April 17

• Able to add connection label when rendering diagram with text2diagram library. Eg: login-"credentials"->display_dashboard

0.1.0 : 2023 April 16

• Initial beta release.
• Generate BPMN diagram using plain text or python code.
• Supported BPMN elements:
  • Event: Start, End, Timer, Intermediate
  • Activity: Task, Subprocess
  • Gateway: Inclusive, Exclusive, Parallel
• Comes with 4 colour themes:
  • GREYWOOF
  • BLUEMOUNTAIN
  • ORANGEPEEL
  • GREENTURTLE