Icon images in a node

Analytica User GuideCreating Interfaces for End UsersIcon images in a node

You can add an icon to any node in a diagram. The Icon window contains an enlarged space that you can use for creating or editing an icon.

Opening the Icon window: To add an icon:

1. Make sure that the edit tool is selected.
2. Select the node that you wish to illustrate.
3. Choose Edit Icon from the Diagram menu to open the Icon window.

Drawing or editing an icon: You can draw or edit the icon one pixel at a time using mouse clicks, or you can draw lines by holding down the mouse button as you drag the cursor.

• To make a dark pixel light or a light pixel dark, click the pixel.
• To draw a line or curve hold down the mouse button while you move the cursor. If the starting pixel of the line or curve is black the line or curve is black; if the starting pixel of the line or curve is white the line or curve is white.
• To set the node’s icon, click the Accept button .
• To restore the original icon in the window (or to clear the window if there was no previous icon), click the Revert button .

You can copy and paste an icon from one place in a model to another using the standard Copy (Control+c) and Paste (Control-v) commands. You can delete an icon from a node by selecting it and using the Cut (Control+c) command or the Delete key.

See Also

Using form modulesIcon images in a nodeGraphics, frames, and text in a diagram