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Preventing diagram overload as projects grow in Lucidchart

  • January 22, 2026
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Seth Dillingham

I just ran into this question internally at my company. I do a lot of very large, multi-app workflow diagrams as part of creating tech designs.

The only sensible solution I’ve come up with is to do overview diagrams first that fuzz out a lot of the details, and then separate diagrams that give details on a particular area or sub-flow. In the most complicated cases (like the one I’m working on now...) I’ll zoom in “part way” to show more details but still fuzz some of it out, before finally doing the most details level of particular elements.

I think Lucid supports internal links between tabs, but I haven’t started using it yet. I’m hoping to find that there’s a robust feature set that makes it easy to “feel” like you’re navigating a single, very complex “picture” of the design.

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Zuzia S
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  • Lucid community team
  • February 9, 2026

Hi ​@Seth Dillingham, thank you for posting in the Community and apologies for the delayed response on our end!

A few features in Lucid can help make large, interconnected diagrams feel more like a single organised picture:

  • Internal links between tabs: To link shapes or elements to other tabs in the same document so users can jump directly to other diagrams. More information on this feature can be found in our Help Center article on Adding actions and links to shapes.
  • Frames and containers: To organise related content and hide or reveal sections as needed. 

  • Layers: To show or hide connections and related shapes to simplify complex diagrams, while keeping the overall structure intact. For more information about layering please take a look at this article in the Help Center. 

Finally, I highly recommend our course on Visualising Complex Diagrams in our Training Labs. This course will help you communicate complex ideas more clearly through interactive, multi-layered diagrams. 

I hope these tips are helpful. Please let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns!

Cheers