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Open the Drawing Tool

Open the Rowan Patents Drawing Tool to create Figures that are integrally linked to their brief and detailed description text.

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Written by Laura Berwick
Updated over a year ago

This article covers the following topics:

  • Open from Toolbar Buttons

  • Open from Menus

  • Open from Previews

Open from Toolbar Buttons

  1. Open your .rp file.

  2. Click the Drawings button in the main application window toolbar.


  3. The Drawing Tool will open to display the first sheet of figures in your application.


Open from Menus

  1. Open your .rp file.

  2. Click the Drawing Tool option in either the Tools menu or Drawings menu.


  3. The Drawing Tool will open to display the first sheet of figures in your application.


Open from Previews

  1. Navigate to the drawing previews at the bottom of the main application window and locate the desired figure.

  2. Click the Edit in Drawing Tool icon at the top of the preview

    OR

    With the Edit in Drawing Tool icon selected (blue instead of black; this icon is selected by default), click anywhere on the figure preview.


  3. The Drawing Tool will open displaying the clicked figure.

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