Often, when working in various graphic editors or text documents, you need to use icons that are not in the standard set of symbols, and sometimes it is not so easy to find them on the Internet. The way out of this situation is to independently create the desired symbol using special software packages.
It is necessary
computer program Adobe Illustrator, Planix Home 3D Architect or Macromedia Flash MX
Instructions
Step 1
If you decide to create a symbol using the Adobe Illustrator program, then proceed according to the following algorithm. To get started, launch the application and select "File -> New". After a white working field appears in the program window, refer to the toolbox located on the left of the program window, and select any tool with which you can create a closed contour. This, for example, can be the Star tool, Rectangle tool and many others. Once you have chosen a template for your future symbols, you need to transfer it to the working field. To do this, left-click on the selected tool, and then on the workspace. To fill the object, double-click on the fill square located at the bottom of the toolbox. In the appeared color palette, select the shade you like and click the Ok button. As for the outline of the borders of the shape, here you need to do the same thing, only first click on the object once so that the stroke swatch comes forward and you do not paint your shape a second time. To turn the created object into a symbol that can be used for work, various methods are used. First, you can simply drag the shape with the mouse to the symbol palette. Secondly, go to the context menu and select the "New Symbol" command. And finally, thirdly, by means of a floating palette, also by choosing the "New Symbol" command.
Step 2
In Planix Home 3D Architect, a new symbol is created as follows. From the Draw menu, select New Symbol, and from the File menu, select New. After that, a window will open - a working field, in which all the work on creating a symbol will be performed, the design and drawing of which is carried out by the menu commands "Draw" and "Edit". You can save the resulting object using the "Save" command in the "File" menu. After clicking, the Save Symbol window will open. In the Symbol Name box, enter the name of the symbol you created. In the Library list, select the required library where you would like your symbol to be stored; in the "Type" list (Type) select the type of symbol. If you do not know the type of your object, then look in the "Library", what types are similar symbols and select it. In the Description box, describe your symbol. After the object is fully characterized, click on the Ok button.
Step 3
Macromedia Flash MX offers the following symbol creation algorithm. From the Insert menu, select Create Symbol. In the Library window, click on the New Symbol button. In the properties of the symbol (Symbol Properties) write its name, and select the type to which it will belong. You can use the timeline, drawing tools, swatches of other symbols, and more to design a symbol in Macromedia Flash MX. You can save the created symbol in the standard way, namely, by choosing the "Save" command.
