User Guide

Canvas 12 User Guide
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Loading additional symbols
Canvas comes with a set of standard flowchart symbols, but if you have additional symbols you want
to use, you can load them into the Flowchart palette. Any new symbols you add must be in the Canvas
symbol file format (.CSY).
To load an additional set of symbols:
1. Save the symbols you want to use in Canvas symbol format (.CSY) and note the location of
the folder where you have saved them.
The name of this folder is used as the name of the flowchart symbol set in Canvas.
2. Open the Flowchart palette. Choose Window | Palettes | Flowchart.
3. Choose Load Flowchart Symbols from the Flowchart palette menu.
4. In the Browse For Folder dialog box, select the folder where the symbols are located, and
click OK.
The new set of symbols are available from the drop-down list.
To delete a symbol, use a program such as Windows Explorer to delete the symbol, and then
reload the set of symbols in the Flowchart palette to refresh the palette.
Using Math Expression 2-D Plot commands
In Canvas you can use Math Expressions to create a visual representation of an equation. The visual
representation is created as a vector object that uses the current Pen and Fill inks. You can also apply
any vector object effect as well as change the Pen and Fill inks. These objects can also be rendered
and exported as images.
To open the Math expression 2-D Cartesian Plot dialog box:
Choose Path | Math Expression 2-D Plot | Cartesian.
To open the Math expression 2-D Polar Plot dialog box:
Choose Path | Math Expression 2-D Plot | Polar.
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