Browsing for Images

The Select Image dialog lets you manage the images that you use in your model diagrams, and to insert them into your models as object symbols, diagram backgrounds, etc.

1. Open the Select Image dialog in any of the following ways:
   

   • From the Symbol Format dialog Custom Shape tab, click the Enable Custom Shape check box, and then click the Browse button next to the Shape type property (see Symbol Format Properties).

   • From the Symbol Format dialog Fill tab, click the Modify button in the Fill Effects group box (see Symbol Format Properties).

   • Right-click a diagram symbol and select Change Image.

   • Select Edit > Import Image (see Importing and Exporting Model Graphics).

   
   
   
2. Click a collection in the Collections pane to display its available images in the Images pane. You can add folders to the Collections pane by clicking the Add Directory tool.
3. [optional] In the Images tab, select an image type and/or dimension to filter by from the Type and Dimension lists.
4. Select an image and click OK to return to the Symbol Format dialog or to display the image in the diagram.

• Browse Images tab tools
  The Browse Images tab contains tools to help you manage images:
• Searching for an Image
  You can search for images among your collections on the Search Images tab of the Select Image dialog.