Stencil pane

Stencil pane is a library of custom shapes or images that can be used on diagrams. With stencil pane, users can create custom shapes and display stencils by selecting stencils and drag them on diagram. Furthermore, stencils can be created in Shape Editor.

The Stencil pane

The toolbar

Name Icon Description Add Stencil Select a stencil to create a new shape. Different sorts of stencil are categorized into two folders: Computers and Shapes and a large amount of sub-folders are subdivided into these two folders. Import Stencil... Import a stencil that created externally in Microsoft Visio to Agilian.

The description of icons on stencil pane

Closing and opening the stencil pane

Stencil pane is opened by default. To close it, press the X button at the top right corner. On the other hand, you can open it by selecting View > Panes > Stencil from the main menu.

Creating a stencil

Instead of keeping the existing shapes, users can create a stencil to replace an existing one.

Click Add Stencil button on the toolbar of stencil pane and select a sub-folder from the pop-up menu.

Select Folders from the pop-up menu

When the sub-folder is unfolded, press the preferred stencil and drag it on the diagram pane.

Drag a stencil on the diagram pane

Editing a stencil

A stencil can be customized in accordance with users' preference in Shape Editor.

Right click on the stencil's background and select Open Shape Editor from the pop-up menu.

Select Open Shape Editor from the pop-up menu

In Shape Editor dialog box, click New Shape button.

Click New Shape button

Press on the stencil you want to be edited and drag it on the diagram pane.
Insert any shape(s) from the diagram toolbar with your preference and edit the format for the shape(s) in Format tab.

Turn the shadow of stencil into Megenta

Importing a stencil

The function of importing stencil enables you to import a stencil which is created in Microsoft Visio externally and send it to Agilian by making using of the plug-in "VisioSendToVP". Note that you are able to execute this function only after you have installed Microsoft Visio and have sent a stencil from Visio.