The Corda® 7 Gallery is a way to store and organize objects that can be used in projects to develop Image Template files. As you use Corda Builder™ over time to create new objects, Corda 7 Gallery lets you save those objects into a library of project components that you can re-use again and again as circumstances demand.
Additionally, Corda provides a wide variety of sample objects in the Gallery, including shapes, graphs, maps and images. The following sections acquaint you with Corda 7 Gallery:
Essentially, Corda 7 Gallery provides easy-to-use access and control of components for creating Image Template files. Corda 7 Gallery provides three levels of organization for component files. Each level of organization corresponds to a folder in the underlying directory structure within which component files are stored.
Package Packages are the highest level of organization. For example, a package called Marketing might contain all of an organization's Marketing-related object files. A Package can store object files directly, or be further subdivided into object Categories.
Category Categories are defined within Packages to further organize object files. For example, within a Marketing Package, an organization might create a Shapes Category for all shape-based objects used by Marketing. A Category can store object files directly, or be further subdivided into object Types.
Type Types are defined within Categories to further organize object files. For example, within a Shape Category, an organization might create a Polygon Type for custom shape objects used by Marketing.
Corda Builder stores all Gallery files in <product_root>\Builder\lib\Gallery\. This folder can be further organized into Packages, Categories, and Types as described above.
Note: The Gallery file storage is separate from the default file location for completed Image Template files that might be accessed by Corda Server™. This helps you keep project components and unfinished objects out of your production files.
Loading an object from the Gallery opens the Gallery interface in Load mode, as shown in the graphic at the start of this topic. Corda Builder’s Tool bar provides three different Gallery buttons, each opening directly to a different object category in the Gallery:
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To load an object from the Gallery
Click the appropriate Gallery button.
Select the desired object from the Component Window and click OK.
Regardless of the button you use to open the Gallery, once opened you can select different Package, Category, or Type settings to navigate to different areas of the Gallery. Similarly, the Gallery does not restrict how objects are saved in the Gallery. A graph can be saved in the shape category, or a gauge in the graph category.
Saving a project component to the Gallery makes it readily accessible for use in future Corda Builder projects. The Gallery interface for saving a project component is identical to that used for loading a project component, except for the New buttons that appear above the Package, Category, and Type drop-down menus. These buttons let you define new Packages, Categories, and Types as part of the save process.
To save an object to the Gallery
Select the object to save on the Project Canvas.
Select File > Save as Gallery Item.
(Optional) Create new Package, Category, and Type folders as needed to store the project component.
To create a new Package, Category, or Type, click the appropriate New button, specify a name for the new folder, and click OK. The new folder appears in the appropriate drop-down list.
Click OK to save the project component to the Gallery.
In addition to project components Corda Builder lets you save the Project Canvas to the Gallery as well. This lets you create custom project backgrounds and easily apply those settings to other projects as needed.
To save a project canvas to the Gallery
Select the Project Canvas.
Select File > Save Canvas as Gallery Item.
(Optional) Create new Package, Category, and Type folders as needed to store the new Gallery item.
To create a new Package, Category, or Type, click the appropriate New button, specify a name for the new folder, and click OK. The new folder appears in the appropriate drop-down list.
Click OK to save the current Canvas settings as a component to the Gallery.
Once saved, you can load a saved Canvas just like any other project component in the Gallery. When selected, the stored Canvas settings override any existing settings in the Canvas property in Object Properties.
