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Chapter 1: Defining Types
Defining Entity Types 1.2
Entities can represent, for example, individuals, locations, organizations or objects.
When you start building your chart, you can select an entity type (such as Male,
Female) from a palette or toolbar drop-down list, and drag it onto the chart. When
you add it to the chart the entity type becomes an entity of the chosen type, for
example:
Anonymous 1
Entity
(on chart)
Drag an gentity
type
from the palette
and drop it onto
the chart,
it becomes an
entity.
Entity Type
(in palette)
You can define your own entity types and add them to palettes in a chart or when
setting up a template.
When defining a new entity type, you need to define the following properties:
Icon The symbol used for the entity on the chart, when it
is represented as an icon, theme line or event frame.
Name The label displayed for the entity type in the palette.
Line Color The color of the line or border used for an entity
when it is represented as a box, circle, text block,
event frame or theme line.
Shade Color The dominant color of an icon for an entity on a
chart when it is represented as an icon, an event
frame or a theme line.
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