Adding a Symbol to a Diagram

This topic details how to add a symbol from a symbol library as an intelligent object to a diagram.

Procedure

1. Double-click the symbol name in the Symbol Browser Window or double-click the symbol graphic in the Symbol Preview Window. Alternatively, click on the symbol name in the Symbol Browser Window, press Space Bar and enter Symbol.

2. Move the mouse cursor over the Diagram Window. The symbol graphic is visible near the mouse cursor. Use the mouse to drag the symbol graphic to the location where you want to add it.Note When placing a symbol in a diagram, you can rotate the symbol by pressing the R key on your keyboard and you can flip it by pressing the F key on your keyboard.

3. Click the location to add the symbol graphic. If you place it directly on a port, function or block, the symbol is automatically associated with that object (that means, if the object is moved, the symbol moves with it).Note You cannot resize a symbol in a functional design. If you want to resize a symbol graphic, you must use Capital Symbol Designer and then update the symbol graphic in the diagram. See Updating Symbols. When you use a function symbol in a diagram, attributes specified for it in Capital Symbol Designer carry over to the object in the diagram.

Parent Topic:

Symbols

Related Topics

• Adding a Symbol to a Diagram as a Non-Intelligent Graphical Shape

• Symbol Browser Window

Capital Systems Modeler User Guide, 2512.2606

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