Adding pictures

There is limited support for including pictures on the model diagram.

To include a picture on the model diagram it must be a bitmap in gif or jpeg format. Either the whole model desktop can be used, or a submodel can be used as a placeholder. The bitmap will be cropped or tiled to fit in the available space.

The following procedure is used to add a picture to the model diagram.

• Firstly, if you wish to use a submodel as a placeholder, add a submodel of the desired size and shape, as follows:

1. Click on the submodel symbol in the tool bar.
2. Drag the mouse from a blank area of the desktop canvas, corresponding to one corner of the submodel envelope, to the opposite corner of the area that you want to be enclosed in the submodel envelope.
3. Repeat (2) if you want to add more placeholders.

• Secondly, to add the picture, use the select tool to double-click within a blank area, within the submodel if you have added one, or if not, anywhere on the desktop. This invokes the submodel properties dialogue box. Then:

1. Click the "Image…" button in the "Background shade" section.
2. Browse your file system and select the picture you wish to use, which must be in gif or jpeg format, and click "Open".
3. Click "OK" to return to the model window.

The selected picture will now appear in the background of the model, or on the model desktop. You can continue to work with the submodel exactly as normal. You can resize it, in which case the picture will be cropped or tiled as necessary, or add model diagram elements, which will appear in front of the picture.

Note that the zoom commands do not affect the size of bitmaps (these are fixed in pixels). Therefore if a model diagram is zoomed in to higher magnification, the bitmap will appear smaller than before, relative to its placeholder.

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