rawingmode.Clickwithleft mousebuttononthedrawingareatocreateanewlatentvariablewitha standardlabel(lv0,lv1,lv2…).Thenameofthelatentvariablescanbe changed (seeselection mode). SmartPLS Manual Page 9 Selection mode Connection mode Drawing mode ?Connection mode Theconnectionbetweenthelatentvariablescanbeestablishedinthe connectionmode.Iftheconnectionmodeisselected,connectionpoints(ports) appear in the middle of all latent variables. Inordertoconnecttwolatentvariables,themousepointerhastobemovedon aport(thecursorchanges).Then,presstheleftmousebuttonandkeepit pressedwhilemovingthemousepointertothetargetvariable(theconnection lineisdrawnsimultaneously).Whentheportofthetargetvariableisreached, stop pressing the left mouse button in order to create the connection. SmartPLS Manual Page 10 Port 1 2 3