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Overview of Graphics Editor
About Symbols
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2. Add elements and configure the Symbol properties as needed. Configure the
Symbol for substitutions and animation in the Evaluation View.
3. Save the Symbol to the appropriate project library in the Graphics Editor.
5.10.7.2 Associating a Symbol with an Object Type
 You want to associate a Symbol with an object model, so that any instance of that
object model on a graphic, will display the associated Symbol.
 You are in System Browser, have selected ManagementView > System Settings >
Libraries.
 You are in Engineering mode.
1. Navigate to and expand the system library that the object model is associated with,
for example, BA,
2. The associated library objects display.
3. Expand the Specific Devices objects tree and then select the appropriate system
library block.
4. Expand the Object Models folder.
5. Click on the object model you want to associate a Symbol to.
6. From the Models & Functions tab, expand the Symbols section.
7. Do one of the following:
– Open a second instance of Cerberus DMS by clicking Summary Bar’s Activate
System Manager . From the second instance of the software, select
System Browser > Management View > System Settings >Libraries folder, and
then navigate to the appropriate Symbols folder.
– Open an instance of Microsoft Windows Explorer and navigate to the
appropriate Symbols library in the \
\GMSProjects\Project\Libraries folder.
8. Click on the Symbol you want to associate with the object model, and then drag-
and-drop the Symbol to the Models & Functions Symbols section.
 The Symbol displays in the Symbols section.
9. To make the Symbol the default Symbol, right-click on the Symbol and select Set
as Default.
 The Symbol is now the default Symbol that will display when this object type is
used on a graphic.