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title: "6.2 Drawing Tools"
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From this toolbar, the user can select commonly used drawing tools for basic shapes, lines, and text. The functions of each icon are listed in the following table.

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| **Item Name** | **Icon** | **Description** |
| Stop Drawing | ![image](media://75ad4d36-9b9b-4076-9424-8a6dcb1f2acf) | This feature can be used to stop draw |
| Line | ![image](media://7b00907c-3339-44ed-8688-6233662f0211) | Used to draw lines. |
| Rectangle | ![image](media://ec91df48-0101-4052-9d0c-df60481d66df) | Used to draw rectangles or squares. |
| Ellipse | ![image](media://1e1082b2-c54b-405e-84d2-506d29a828a4) | Used to draw circles or ellipses. |
| Pie | ![image](media://cddfb2bb-6c45-4e3b-b112-9230c3d1b009) | Used to draw sectors of a circle. |
| Arc | ![image](media://2a5fcf43-cb95-4a57-a254-2ee2617354c6) | Used to draw arcs. |
| Chord | ![image](media://8ae7bab0-abfb-492f-a348-3e62de2773c9) | Used to draw chords. |
| Polygon | ![image](media://a76d5b0b-6621-4e76-ae20-60a7a7cca7cb) | Used to draw polygons. When a blank space on the page is clicked, a small pop-up window appears where the user can define the number of sides, height, and width of the polygon. |
| Polyline | ![image](media://6aa3891c-c1c7-445a-a239-51606c0aed4f) | Used to draw polylines. Vertexes are added whenever you click a blank space on the graphic page. To exit drawing mode, double-click the blank space of the graphic page. |
| Text | ![image](media://43763853-86ae-4202-8409-706f3a840814) | Used to enter text. Click the blank space of graphic page when you finish with editing text. You can add a new line by pressing the [Enter] key. |
| Image | ![image](media://989bbca0-9c69-4740-b0a2-8dc9ff55258b) | Used to import images into Canvas. Accepted file formats are *.png, *.jpg, *.jpeg, *.bmp, *.svg, and *.gif. |
| Text Field | ![image](media://c105e80a-874a-421a-b08f-ddad7852982e) | Used to create an text box that is interactive during runtime. |
| Switch/Lamp | ![image](media://5e1018b3-ea0e-44fc-bc10-128f07397418) | Used to create a switch/lamp object that is a composite of multiple functions. |
| Fillable Rectangle | ![image](media://8009818c-2d89-483e-81a2-6ed02c2c5b51) | Used to create a rectangle that automatically fills up based on a tag value(s). |
| Trend | ![image](media://d7eacd33-f165-4179-bd3c-c410bd30a6cf) | Used to create a trend graph to plot historical data. |
| Data Log Table | ![image](media://e515750f-b714-4578-9917-0999c0fbb912) | Used to create a data log table that lists historical data in columns and rows. |
| Alarm Summary | ![image](media://45942301-c5f1-400d-bdab-a9c4311b58ad) | Used to create an alam summary that displays alarm statuses. |
| Sparkline | ![image](media://f01770e6-3f07-4bad-8065-3a3b312eb20e) | Used to create a trend line without the associated graph. |
| Audit Log Table | ![image](media://aa316b5d-1d4d-40ca-a514-b28c2de3447e) | Used to create an audit log table in the project. |