Swimlanes that start at the top of the page

Question

Is it possibe to make a diagram that looks like a swimlane (horizontal collumns next to eachother), but where the first block in the second lane starts at the top of the page, and not at the same height of the last block in swimlane 1.

Answer 1

One possibility is

@startuml
title Partition-based Vertical Columns

partition "Column 1" {
  (*) --> "Activity 1.1"
  "Activity 1.1" --> "Activity 1.2"
  "Activity 1.2" --> "Activity 1.3"
}

partition "Column 2" {
  (*) --> "Activity 2.1"
  "Activity 2.1" --> "Activity 2.2"
}

partition "Column 3" {
  (*) --> "Activity 3.1"
  "Activity 3.1" --> "Activity 3.2"
  "Activity 3.2" --> "Activity 3.3"
  "Activity 3.3" --> "Activity 3.4"
}
@enduml

Dick Maley