User Guide

Chapter 1: Introduction
Technical illustration and enhancement
with greater control
Canvas 12 includes many new features that allow
you to create and enhance technical illustrations
with even greater ease and control.
Symbol Library
Create custom symbols and easily organize new
Canvas symbol sets. With Canvas 12, any vector
object can be made into a symbol. Canvas 12 also
includes thousands of commonly used and highly
specialized technical symbols, with more
available for download. With the new and
improved Symbol Library, you can easily organize
your large library by adding keywords and re-
categorizing symbols to match your unique
workflow.
Symbol Pen
Create custom “pen strokes” made from symbols.
Draw with these repeated symbol motifs as you
would with any other digital pen stroke.
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