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Canvas Overview

The Canvas is the main window where you can edit models and create objects.

Creating object is possible through the objects panel using drag and drop.

Zooming and Scaling a Model

In the bottom right corner the zoom options can be found.

  1. On the left hand side there is a zoom scroll that can be moved by dragging the dot on the line, or by pressing + or -.
  2. The second icon is the Fit Area icon. After you click it, your model will zoom in or out in order to fit your screen. Using this icon gives you the full size view of your model. 
  3. On the right is the Scale to 100% icon. This icon brings your model to a default zoom factor of 100%.

Dragging and Dropping Objects

To add new objects to the model, drag and drop an object from the object panel. They will connect automatically to any existing selected object.

You can also connect two objects by clicking

Each object contains multiple points to connect to other objects on the Canvas. Click on one of

the four dots at the end of an object, and then dragging that connection to the other object

these points on the object, then drag the connection to another object to connect them.

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When you have added an object to Canvas, and clicked on it, a list of attributes of the selected object will be displayed in the Attributes panel.

You can drag & drop object attributes to the Canvas as well.

Creating a New Fragment

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Select one or more

than one object

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the selected objects and when

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a pop-up window with icons appears, select

the last icon

Create Fragment icon.

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You can also include object attributes in a fragment, and in addition, a fragment can be created from one or more model attributes.

Enter the fragment's name in the popup Create New Fragment and click Save.

The newly created fragments are displayed in the Fragments panel.

Tip

For more details on the Fragments panel visit page Fragments.

Change Symbol And Object Type

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Select two or more objects, right-click an object whose type you want to apply to the remaining selected objects and when a pop-up window with icons appears, select Apply type icon. 

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Apply Type option changes both symbol and object type.

Add Images from Computer or Web directly to Canvas 

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You can add images from the web or images saved on your computer directly to the model.

Select the image you want to copy, right-click on the mouse or trackpad and click Copy or Copy Image.

The image will be copied to the Clipboard (a type of temporary storage) on your computer.

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To add an image to the Canvas, go to the model where you want to add the image and press Ctrl+V.

The image was added to the Canvas.

After the image is once added to the Canvas, it is permanently removed from the Clipboard.

Info

Edge and Chrome browsers support adding multiple images at once.

To select multiple images, click on one of the images on your computer you want to select. Hold down the control key (Ctrl). Click on the other images that you want to select while holding the control key.

To add multiple images to the Canvas, go to the model where you want to add images and press Ctrl+V.

Firefox browser does not have support for adding multiple images at once.

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