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From this toolbar, the user can select commonly used drawing tools for basic shapes, lines, and text. The functions of each icon are listed in the following table.

Icon

Item Name

Description

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Stop Drawing

This feature can be used to stop draw

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Line

Used to draw lines.(blue star)

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Rectangle

Used to draw rectangles or squares.

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Ellipse

Used to draw circles or ellipses.

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Pie

Used to draw sectors of a circle.

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Arc

Used to draw arcs.

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Chord

Used to draw chords.(blue star)

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Polygon

Used to draw polygons. When a blank space on the page is clicked, a small pop-up window appears where the user can define the number of sides, height, and width of the polygon.

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Polyline

Used to draw polylines. Vertexes are added whenever you click a blank space on the graphic page. To exit drawing mode, double-click the blank space of the graphic page.(blue star)

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Text

Used to enter text. Click the blank space of graphic page when you finish with editing text. You can add a new line by pressing the [Enter] key.

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Image

Used to import images into Canvas. Accepted file formats are *.png, *.jpg, *.jpeg, *.bmp, *.svg, and *.gif.

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Text Field

Used to create an text box that is interactive during runtime.

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Switch/Lamp

Used to create a switch/lamp object that is a composite of multiple functions.

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Trend

Used to create a trend graph to plot historical data.

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Data Log Table

Used to create a data log table that lists historical data in columns and rows.

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Alarm Summary

Used to create an alarm summary that displays alarm statuses.