Scenario 1 - Canvas Navigation

As the prototype tool is used to manage the many different possible layers and canvases, the user will recognize a familiarity within the Canvas Navigator. This navigator is very much like the other navigators in the entire software package so as to promote a similar look and feel between the different tools. The following scenario will describe the actions a user will take to create a new layer or canvas and how to manage such information.
 

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 As the user can see, the Canvas Navigator is also a floating window which gives the user flexibility in real estate use of the computer monitor. Let us look at how the user would create a new layer or canvas and manage all the objects that exist in the user's current project.

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To begin, the user will select the File pulldown menu, then select either New Canvas or New Layer as seen below.


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 Once the user has selected to insert a new layer or canvas, that item appears in the Canvas Navigator as seen below. In this case, the user has selected to add a new layer, which is bound to the original canvas, Canvas 1. Thus, the presence of the new layer, Layer 1 is at the sublevel of the main canvas as seen in the Canvas Navigator.


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 With the creation of a new layer, the user will probably want to change the name of the layer or canvas. This is simple to do through the Canvas Navigator. The user simply highlights in the Canvas Navigator the layer or canvas to rename, clicks once to show the blinking cursor, and the user can then type in a new name for that layer or canvas, as seen below. This also works for any and all objects that are listed in the "Canvas Navigator".


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 Once the user presses the Enter key, the name is committed and changed in the Canvas Navigator, as seen below.


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 With the same style of management, all objects placed on a layer will be visible in the Canvas Navigator, at a sublevel of that layer or canvas. The below screenshot shows the hierarchy of an object placed on a layer. Just as above, the object can be renamed by clicking and typing a new name directly in the Canvas Navigator.