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:

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

   • 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).

   • 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.
   The following tools are available for this pane:

   Tool	Description
   	Open Image File - Lets you browse to an image file to select it directly without passing by an image collection.
   	Add Directory – Adds a directory to the list of collections. When you add a directory, any sub-directories containing images are also added along with any intermediate directories required to represent the directory tree.
   	Add Executable or DLL - Adds an executable or DLL and all the images associated with it to the list of collections.
   	Remove Directory, Executable, or DLL – Removes a directory from the list of collections. Predefined directories, such as Recent Images or Microsoft Office Clip Art cannot be removed.
   	Up – Moves up a level in the collections tree.

3. [optional] In the Images tab, select an image type and/or dimension to filter by from the Type and Dimension lists.
   The following tools are available for this pane:

   Tool	Description
   Type	Filters images by type, such as PNG, Bitmap, Cursor, etc.
   Dimension	Filters images by dimension, such as 16, 48, 128, etc.
   	Refresh Preview – Refreshes the list of available images.
   	Delete Recent Image – Deletes a selected recent image.
   0	Extra Large / Large / Medium / Small Icons – Change the display size of images in the Images pane.

4. Select an image and click OK to return to the Symbol Format dialog or to display the image in the diagram.

• Searching for Images
  You can search for images among your collections on the Search Images tab of the Select Image dialog.