Adding a Picture to a Diagram

This topic details how to add a picture from an image file (with the extensions JPG, JPEG or GIF) to a diagram.

Note

To do this, the image file must be saved in the central image repository folder that has been specified in the system preferences for Paths in Capital Project Manager. The diagram saves only the path to the image file (that is, it does not import the image) so it will lose the image if the file is moved.

Procedure

1. Press Space Bar and enter Image. The cursor changes to .

2. Click on the diagram to place the first corner of the image frame that will contain the image.

3. Click on the diagram to place the opposite corner of the image frame. The Image Selection Dialog is displayed.

4. In the window listing files, select the image file containing the picture that you want to add.

5. Click Select. The image frame and picture is added to the diagram. The picture is scaled to fit the image frame.Note In Capital Systems Modeler, if you click once on a port, connector or device before clicking to start drawing the graphic, the graphic is automatically associated with the object (that means, if the object is moved, the graphic moves with it).

Parent Topic:

Graphic Drawing Tools

Related Topics

• Changing the Picture in an Image Frame

Capital Systems Modeler User Guide, 2512.2606

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