\documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{tikz} \usepackage{siltex} \usetikzlibrary {arrows.meta,positioning,calc,math} \tikzset{nodes={text height=.7em, text width=2.6cm, align=center, draw=black!50, thick, font=\footnotesize, fill=white}, >={Stealth[round,sep]}, rounded corners, thick} \pgfdeclarelayer{bg} \pgfsetlayers{bg,main} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture}[on grid,y=1.1cm,x=2.9cm] \input{graphics/design_flow.tikz} \def\rectoffsetleft{-1cm,0cm}; \begin{pgfonlayer}{bg} %\phasegroup(pd,id,Systems Engineering); \phasegroup(fs,fs,{}) \end{pgfonlayer} \end{tikzpicture} \end{document}