Flowgorithm 3 New Features

Overview

In this tutorial, we will glance at Flowgorithm 3 New Features. The latest version of the Flowgorithm flowchart tool is version 3.x.

{ Flowgorithm 3.x } = { Flowgorithm 2.x } + { New Features } + { Bug Fixes }

Flowgorithm 3.0 New Features

Some of the main new features added in the Flowgorithm 3.x version are as follows:

Turtle Graphics
New Layouts to support Turtle graphics window
Conditional Breaks
File Management
Color Scheme
Addition of run speed.
New languages support

Turtle graphics

Flowgorithm 3 introduces the Turtle graphics. The most important new feature is the addition of this capability. The idea comes from the LOGO programming language. This mode allows us to create images with the simple actions of the “Turtle” – a graphic brush that can be rotated and moved to create or paint the images on a graphic window pane.

To support the new Turtle graphics feature, new flowchart symbols are introduced under the Turtle Graphics section.

Turn
Forward
Home

New Layouts

New window layouts are added to support the Turtle Graphics new feature in version 3. The new layouts are as follows:

Turtle Graphics
Turtle Graphics & Console

Flowgorithm 3 Turtle Grahics Layouts

Conditional Breaks

Version 3 will allow students to create “Conditional Breaks”. In the previous version of the tool, the break-point figure will always pause the program. The new version can use this behavior (the default) or break only if a conditional expression is true.

File Management

The new version supports the reading/writing of text files. To support the new feature, four new flowchart symbols are introduced under the Files section.

Open
Read
Write
Close

Color Scheme

Flowgorithm 3.0 supports many Color schemes that change the flowchart’s Look & Feel. We can also download different color schemes and apply the scheme to all the windows.

Flowgorithm Color Scheme