Drawing Primitives

To dress-up a diagram or design an icon, you can create or modify graphical primitives.

Note that you can display the Drawing dialog box and its options:

  • By selecting any command from the Drawing toolbar
  • By multi-selecting profiles
  • Once the Drawing dialog box has been minimized, by selecting the Drawing icon.

Note: Icons are usually drawn in the icon layer, but the Drawing commands can also be used from the diagram layer.

Related Topics
Using a Grid
Drawing Toolbar

  1. Select Rectangle from the Drawing toolbar.

    The Drawing dialog box appears.

    Important: The Drawing dialog box displays more or less options, depending on the profile you want to create or modify.

  2. Click the layer, then drag your mouse to create a rectangle.

  3. Click the layer to end your profile.

    Tip: If you create a polygon, double-click to end the command and create a polygon.

    Your rectangle is created.

  4. From the Drawing dialog box, select the blue color from the Fill Color option.

  5. Define the Fill Style option as Solid.

    The rectangle is filled with blue.

  6. Select Text from the Drawing toolbar.

    The Drawing dialog box appears.

  7. Define the Fill Style option as None.

  8. Enter a text in the Content field from the Text area.

    The text is created.

  9. Minimize the Drawing dialog box.

    A Drawing icon appears on the right side of the screen.

  10. If you need to modify:

    • One component: Select the component, the Drawing dialog box appears.
    • Several components: Multi-select components, then click Drawing.