R12 Publication-2025July16

Work on Map Stencil

To make the map more interactive or if it is needed to add any information to the map, use Stencils as follows:

  1. On the map page, select Stencils from the Map toolbar to open the toolbox.

  1. View the Map Stencils pane by selecting the More Stencils, and you will see the two types of Map Stencils:
  • Shape — a variety of geometries including text, links, and tables.
    • Information

    Note: To draw a link between two elements (e.g.: Device, LAN, Cloud, Note etc.,) use the Line Stencil and manually draw a line between two devices. The Connecting link will appear as a line between two elements.
  • Node — device icons for each device type.
    • Built-in — the built-in icons provided by NetBrain.
    • Customized — you can upload icons based on your needs. By default, there is no icon in this category.
  1. Select a shape and draw it on the Map, or drag a device icon to your Map.

Example 1: Draw a rectangular shape on the Map.

  1. Select the rectangular shape from the Map Stencils pane.
  1. Hold and drag your mouse on the Map to draw the rectangular shape, and then release your mouse when the rectangular shape of desired size is drawn.
  1. Click the rectangular shape to enter texts in the rectangular area.
  1. Adjust the map stencil.
    • For a shape, you can click to change its size or double-click it to input texts.
    • For device icons, point to the device type (for example, Cisco Router0) and then click the icon to edit the device name.

Example 2: Draw a Table on the map.

You can adjust rows and columns in the map stencil table to enable more accurate resizing, easier editing, and efficient data entry.

  • Drag-and-Drop Table Rows and Columns: you can now rearrange individual columns and rows within tables by dragging them, improving both flexibility and ease of use.
  • Enhanced Table Layout in Map Stencils: The updated table component in Map Stencils prevents oversized content in a single cell from distorting the overall layout, ensuring that all content remains fully visible.
  • Automatic Table Conversion: Existing tables are automatically converted to the new format, eliminating the need for any manual adjustments by users.
The table stencil has more functionalities listed as follows:
  1. Upon choosing the Table from Stencils menu, adjust the numbers for columns/rows in the popped-up window Insert Table and click OK to add table on the map.

  2. The following functionalities (as shown in the image) are available in the Table right click menu.

    • Insert Row above/Below and Insert Column Left/Right: Addition of Rows and Column options appear further when hovering the mouse.
    • Fill Header Color and Fill Row Color: Select any of the two options and a color palette will appear on screen, choose the color to fill the cells.
       
  3. Table cell right-click menu: Double click on a cell to open the editing mode and right-click to view cell properties menu:
    • Insert or Delete a Column or Row.

    • Modify Color to the cell background: Click on the icon to open the color palette.

    • Adjust vertical alignment of the text in the cell: Top, Middle, Bottom

  4. You can modify the multiple cells in batch:
    1. Select multiple cells using the Ctrl button.
    2. Right click and open the menu to modify the cell properties such font, color, alignment, and other properties.


See also:

Map Page Settings Add Hyperlink on Map