\documentclass{article} % input and language settings \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} % import tikz librarys \usepackage{tikz} \usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows} \begin{document} \pagestyle{empty} % define block styles \tikzstyle{decision} = [diamond, draw, fill=blue!20, text width=6.5em, text badly centered, node distance=3cm, inner sep=0pt] \tikzstyle{block} = [rectangle, draw, fill=blue!20, text width=6.5em, text centered, rounded corners, minimum height=4em] \tikzstyle{line} = [draw, -latex'] \tikzstyle{cloud} = [draw, ellipse,fill=red!20, node distance=3cm, minimum height=2em] \begin{tikzpicture}[node distance = 2cm, auto] % place nodes <++> % draw paths \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}