Top Descent Over Left Entry

Gallery / Merge & Convergence

A line descending into a shared LEFT entry port from a section above takes the topmost lane rather than diving under the feeder arriving level from the left, so the two keep a consistent z-order with no boundary crossover.

Mermaid source

%%metro title: Top descent over left entry
%%metro line: rr | Red | #e6007e
%%metro line: gg | Green | #2db572
%%metro grid: up | 0,0
%%metro grid: left | 0,1
%%metro grid: target | 1,1

graph LR
    subgraph up [Upstream]
        %%metro exit: right | gg
        u1[U1]
        u2[U2]
        u1 -->|gg| u2
    end
    subgraph left [Left feeder]
        %%metro exit: right | rr
        l1[L1]
        l2[L2]
        l1 -->|rr| l2
    end
    subgraph target [Target]
        %%metro entry: left | rr, gg
        t1[Prep]
        t2[Branch A]
        t3[Branch B]
        t1 -->|rr,gg| t2
        t1 -->|rr,gg| t3
    end
    u2 -->|gg| t1
    l2 -->|rr| t1

CLI command

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

Rendered map