


However you may wish to drag it in another scale without the worry of it being the wrong size. This means that you can easily drag items that were scaled to fit a plan into another plan of the same scale.

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When the item is ready to be added to the library the cursor will change to an arrow with a green plus symbol. Select the item you want to place in your document and drag it to the blank area underneath the list of libraries. Make sure your new library is selected in the Library palette. We can now start to drag your items to the library to start building up a set of symbols.Then locate the file and click the "Open" button. If for some reason it has not appeared you can open it by clicking the gear symbol and selecting "Open Library.". You have now created a new blank library and it should appear in the Library palette ready for you to use.NOTE: We recommend that you create a folder in your documents folder called "My Custom Libraries", so that its easier for you to locate them in the future. Type the name you want to save the library as, pick where to save it to and click the "Save" button. Selecting this will bring up a standard Save dialog prompting you to give your new library a name and select the locations to save it to.In the lower left hand corner of the library palette click the gear symbol to open a pop-up and select "New Library.". The Library palette will open and now the first step is to create a new blank library to work with.If the Library palette is not already open, go to the "Window" menu and select "Library" from the available palettes (version 6.1 and above you can select Library using Command - Option - 9).

The image below is a file that wa created for the purpose of this tutorial, containing some vector symbols drawn in MacDraft Professional.
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Open the MacDraft Professional application by clicking the "MacDraft Professional" icon in the dock or locating it in the Applications folder.This will save you time and effort boosting your design process.Ĭreating vector symbol libraries back to top MacDraft Professional gives you the ability to save your own libraries, which in turn will allow you to store the vector symbols you regularly use, so you can drag and drop them into any document you are working on.Ĭreating your own libraries has never been easier, with MacDraft Professional you can simply draw your vector symbols, maybe a sofa, a kitchen unit, a button or an illustration and drag it to a new library so you can use it again and again.
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How to create your own vector symbol librariesĭo you want to save yourself time and make the process of drawing much easier.
