ArchiMate shapes
ArchiMate® shapes are the industry standard shapes used by the enterprise architects to create diagrams with relationships among with different domains in the enterprise. You can use these shapes to describe the architecture of your enterprise including the business, application, motivation, physical, strategy, and technology layers.
ArchiMate shapes Enterprise Modeling and Visualization
You can add a shape to the canvas by either selecting the shape or by dragging the shape from the Shapes palette to the canvas.
You can also adjust the size of shapes by selecting a shape and then drag any of its edges or corner handles. Pulling outward increases the shape's dimensions, while dragging inward reduces its size.
| Shape | Name |
|---|---|
| Business Actor | |
| Business Collaboration | |
| Business Event | |
| Business Function | |
| Business Interaction | |
| Business Interface | |
| Business Object | |
| Business Process | |
| Business Role | |
| Business Service | |
| Contract | |
| Product | |
| Representation |
| Shape | Name |
|---|---|
| Application Collaboration | |
| Application Component | |
| Application Event | |
| Application Function | |
| Application Interaction | |
| Application Interface | |
| Application Process | |
| Application Service | |
| Data Object |
| Shape | Name |
|---|---|
| Assessment | |
| Constraint | |
| Driver | |
| Goal | |
| Influence | |
| Meaning | |
| Outcome | |
| Principle | |
| Requirement | |
| Stakeholder | |
| Value |
| Shape | Name |
|---|---|
| Distribution Network Box | |
| Equipment | |
| Facility | |
| Material |
| Shape | Name |
|---|---|
| Capability | |
| Course of Action | |
| Resource | |
| Value Stream |
| Shape | Name |
|---|---|
| Artifact | |
| Communication Box | |
| Communication Path | |
| Device | |
| Infrastructure Function | |
| Infrastructure Interface | |
| Infrastructure Service | |
| Network | |
| Network Box | |
| Node | |
| System Software | |
| Technology Collaboration | |
| Technology Event | |
| Technology Interaction | |
| Technology Process |