Fan Bypass Shared Band

Gallery / Serpentine Layout

A junction fans into a local branch and a distant lower-row LEFT entry. The distant branch bypasses both intervening rows through its fan corridor while remaining clear of every unrelated section.

Mermaid source

examples/topologies/fan_bypass_shared_band.mmd

%%metro title: Junction fan sharing a bypass band
%%metro line: local | Local branch | #2db572
%%metro line: long | Bypass branch | #a855f7
%%metro line: obstacle | Obstacle | #f59e0b
%%metro grid: source | 0,0
%%metro grid: local | 1,0
%%metro grid: blocker | 2,0
%%metro grid: lower_blocker | 2,1
%%metro grid: distant | 3,2

graph LR
    subgraph source [Source]
        %%metro exit: right | local, long
        source_step[Source step]
    end

    subgraph local [Local branch]
        %%metro entry: left | local
        local_step[Local step]
    end

    subgraph blocker [Intervening section]
        blocker_start[Blocker start]
        blocker_end[Blocker end]
        blocker_start -->|obstacle| blocker_end
    end

    subgraph distant [Distant branch]
        %%metro entry: left | long
        distant_step[Distant step]
    end

    subgraph lower_blocker [Lower intervening section]
        lower_start[Lower blocker start]
        lower_end[Lower blocker end]
        lower_start -->|obstacle| lower_end
    end

    source_step -->|local| local_step
    source_step -->|long| distant_step

CLI command

nf-metro render examples/topologies/fan_bypass_shared_band.mmd -o fan_bypass_shared_band.svg

Rendered map