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Vensim Help

Vensim includes menu commands to help you lay out your sketch in a tidy manner.  These commands allow you to resize sketch objects to default values, line up objects by position with a "last-selected" object, size objects to the last-selected, and more.  

We shall tidy up the diagram, centering most variables on Work To Do.

ØSelect the Move/Size tool by clicking on it or pressing keyboard number 2.
ØClick once on overtime hours required then hold the Shift key down and click once on Work To Do.  Select menu Layout>Align>Align Horizontal Center; overtime hours required will move to line up on the center of Work To Do.
ØClick once on quality of work then hold the Shift key down and click once on Work To Do.  Select menu Layout>Align>Align Vertical Center.
ØClick once on fatigue then hold the Shift key down and click once on quality of work.  Select menu Layout>Align>Align Horizontal Center.
ØClick once on fatigue then hold the Shift key down and click once on overtime hours required.  Select menu Layout>Align>Align Rights.
ØDrag work done to right of and halfway between Work To Do and overtime hours required.
ØMove the arrows to make neat curves resembling a circle (see below).

Your sketch should look something like:

chap4_model_03