Customizing Graphics

Background graphics can enhance the look of your models and provide valuable visual information to convey meaning and lend credibility to your models. Several file types can be imported from various sources including CAD drawings.

How to Import a background graphic:

1. Choose Background Graphics from the Build menu.

2. Select Front of Grid or Behind Grid.

3. Choose Import Graphic from the Edit menu.

Front of Grid When the grid is on, the grid lines will not cover or obstruct the imported graphic.

Behind Grid The imported graphic will be behind the grid lines when the grid is on.

You may paste any *.BMP or *.WMF image copied to the Windows clipboard on the Layout by choosing Paste BMP or Paste WMF from the Edit menu.

Once you select Import Graphic from the Edit menu and select the desired file and type, ProModel imports the image into the layout. Once this procedure is complete, you may select or activate the graphic by clicking with the left mouse button on the graphic. You may then drag the mouse to move the graphic to the desired position on the layout. You may stretch or compress the graphic to the size you desire using any of its four sizing handles.

ProModel allows you to import *.BMP, *.WMF, *.GIF, and *.PCX file types. BMPs and WMFs can also be copied to the clipboard from other applications and pasted directly into the background. To import a CAD drawing, you must save it to one of the file formats described above.