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Stardraw A/V Lite uses different environments to allow you to present your system documentation in the most appropriate format.  Engineering layouts are best produced in the Block Schematic environment, for example, while sales presentation benefit from the Pictorial Schematic and Rack Layout environments.  Convert Environment is a productivity tool that means you can automatically assemble the products from one drawing in a new environment, without having to re-select symbols from the Library List.  This will save many minutes whenever you have more than one type of drawing that diagrams a system.

Begin designing your Block Schematic, then select Tools | Convert To | Pictorial Schematic and a new layout that uses the same products will be created automatically.  All you have to do is position the symbols as you want them, and add any objects that are specific to the new drawing.

You can use Convert To... interchangeably between Block Schematic, Pictorial Schematic and Rack Layout environments. Remember that some symbols do not make sense for some environments, for example, only rack-mountable equipment, racks and rack accessories will be passed to the Rack Layout environment.