Open the Drawing Tool and, if needed, add a new figure on an existing sheet or on a new sheet.
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Click the Claims icon to expand the Claims Panel in the left-hand sidebar.
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Select the desired claim element.
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Click the Add Flowchart Step option.
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A flowchart block will be created with the selected claim element included as the block label. That element will be highlighted to show that it has been used in the flowchart.
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Use the stencil edit control as needed to change the type of flowchart element shown for each step.
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Repeat the steps above to create new flowchart stencils connected by connector lines to previous stencils,
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OR add additional steps from the Stencils panel and connect them with connector lines manually,
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OR click the blue arrows around a selected stencil to populate additional, connected stencils of the same type above, below, or to the left or right of the selected stencil.
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Include additional descriptions and a component for each step as desired to provide an enriched autogenerated description.
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Type or autogenerate a figure description in the specification section for your flowchart figure. An autogenerated description will incorporate the block name, number, and descriptive label for each step in a separate paragraph.
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