Maple Systems Silver Plus Series Installation And Operation Manual Download

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To create a rectangle

From the Draw menu, click

Rectangle

or click the

Rectangle

icon in the Draw toolbar. The

Attributes dialog box appears.

If the interior of the rectangle is to be filled with a color, check the

Filled

box. Two

additional settings appear.

If you want to fill the rectangle with a solid color, then select a color for the

Interior

box.

Click

Pattern

Style

to display the

Pattern Style

dialog box. Select the upper left-most

pattern for a solid color. If you want to use a pattern for the filled section of the rectangle,
then select from the available patterns, and click

to exit the

Pattern Style

dialog box. In

the

Attributes

dialog box, select the

Pattern

color.

In the Frame section, click the pull-down arrow of the

Color

box and select a color. Click

in the Color dialog box to go back to the Attributes dialog box.

Click on the line thickness that you want to use.

Move the mouse cursor over to the work area of EasyBuilder onto the window that you are
currently editing. The mouse cursor has changed from an arrow to a crosshair cursor.

Click to mark a corner of the rectangle. Move the mouse to where the opposite corner of the
rectangle should be. Click the mouse cursor again to mark the corner of the rectangle. The
rectangle object is formed and displayed on the window screen with small white square
blocks around the perimeter of the rectangle.

To continue creating more rectangles repeat the last step. To move the rectangle just created,
click on the

Select

option from the

Edit

menu or click the

Select

icon in the

Draw

toolbar.

Move the rectangle to the preferred location.

To change any of the attributes, double-click on the rectangle to display the

Rectangle

Object’s Attribute

dialog box.

The El lipse/Cir cle Tool

The ellipse tool is used to create ellipses or circles. Each ellipse created has four parameters associated with it: size,
thickness, color, and filled.

To create an ellipse

From the Draw

menu, click

Ellipse/Circle

or click the

Ellipse/Circle

icon in the Draw

toolbar. The Attributes dialog box appears.

If the interior of the ellipse is to be filled with a color, check the

Filled

box. Two additional

settings appear.

If you want to fill the ellipse with a solid color, then select a color for the

Interior

box. Click

Pattern

Style

to display the

Pattern Style

dialog box. Select the upper left-most pattern for a

solid color. If you want to use a pattern for the filled section of the ellipse, then select from
the available patterns, and click

to exit the

Pattern Style

dialog box. In the

Attributes

dialog box, select the

Pattern

color.

In the Frame section, click the pull-down arrow of the

Color

box and select a color. Click

in the Color dialog box to go back to the Attributes dialog box.

Click on the line thickness that you want to use.

Move the mouse cursor over to the work area of EasyBuilder onto the window that you are
currently editing. The mouse cursor has changed from an arrow to a crosshair cursor.

Click to mark a corner of the ellipse. Move the mouse to where the opposite corner of the
ellipse should be. Click the mouse cursor again to mark the ellipse. The ellipse object is
formed and displayed on the window screen with small white square blocks around the
perimeter of the ellipse.

To continue creating more ellipses repeat the last step. To move the ellipse just created, click
on the

Select

option from the

Edit

menu or click the

Select

icon in the

Draw

toolbar. Move

the ellipse to the preferred location.

To change any of the attributes, double-click on the ellipse to display the

Ellipse Object’s