Instructions

You are allowed to create a diagram by using templates provided by . Also, Taking your diagram as a template and saving it into the diagram template libraries are allowed for reusing.

Diagram Templates

Different library types are provided for different diagrams. You can click the drop-down button of a diagram under the Diagram tab to select a template.

Since templates are created based on fields information, to load the template successfully, the layer must have the same fields as the statistics chart in the template..

Load a diagram template

• Quickly create a diagram by loading a template. The template is a *.smarter file recording style information.
• Right click on a diagram window and select Diagram Template > Load Diagrams... Then navigate to the template file (*.smarter) you want and click Open to load the template.

Export a Diagram Template

Export a diagram as a template.

• Right click on a diagram window and select Diagram Template > Export Diagrams... Then specify the path of the resulting template file and its name. After that, click Save to finalize the operation.

Save to Library

Output your diagram as a template and save it into the corresponding library.

• Right click on a diagram window and select Diagram Template > Save to Library to open the Save Diagram Template dialog box where you can type the template name.
• You can choose a location from the Location drop-down list to save the template. The default location is the library corresponding with the diagram.
• Also you can click New Folder to create a new folder to save the template. Click Save button to finalize the operation. The location of new template is in a sub folder under installation directory\Templates\Smarter\corresponding diagram folder.
• In corresponding diagram drop-down list, under the Template group, you can view or apply saved templates.

Related topics

An overview of diagrams

Diagram types

Creating a diagram

Conversion between diagrams and thematic maps

Interacting with diagrams