Creating shapes from stencil pane

The Stencil pane is where user-created stencil shapes are stored. User can create a stencil shape on diagram by first displaying a stencil, dragging and dropping a shape from Stencil pane to diagram. Below are the steps in detail.

Let's create a shape from the Stencil pane which is resided at the panes at the bottom left of BP-VA by default. If the Stencil pane is hidden, select View > Panes > Stencil from the main menu to reveal it.

Click the Add Stencil button on the top of Stencil pane. Select a category from the pop-up list of galleries.

Select a category from Stencil pane

When all shapes of the selected category is unfold on the Stencil pane, move the mouse over the target shape and drag it on the diagram pane.

Drag a shape on the diagram pane

You can use generic connector to connect built-in notations shapes and stencil shapes. To do so, select Generic Connector from the diagram toolbar under the Common category.

Select Generic Connector from diagram toolbar

Move the mouse over the source shape, drag the connector from the source shape and release the mouse until it reaches on the target shape. As a result, two shapes are linked with connector.

Connect two shapes