Manage Layers

On the side navigation, click on layers. You can also see a visual preview of your architecture while configuring. Open the UI as follows:

Define manually

Layers

The visual editor lets architects create new layers . architectural models on a canvas by adding elements like layers, packages, and arrows to define allowed dependencies.

Here’s a mockup showing a classic layered architecture — with two horizontal layers and one vertical layer for shared components.

The new layer will appear in the list.

Define dependency rules

You can define the layers which a specific layer is allowed to depend on. Within the same page, click on the New rule button. A modal appears where you can select from which to which layer a dependency is allowed.

You can view all the existing rules on the rules page.

Note

If you want to have a horizontal layered architecture, you need to allow a layer to have dependencies to the layers below.

Define via Templates

You can use templates which create the layers and the dependency rules for you. This takes work off your hands then using a horizontal layered architecture or clean architecture.

Add packages to a layer

Once a layer is created, it is empty. Next, you’ll need to add packages to the layers. One the right, there is a list with all packages which are not associated with a layer yet. Click on on the package, and select the layer in which the packages belongs out of the dropdown list.

Rename a layer

You can edit the name of the layer just by changing the name of the input field.