Recently, we added a lot of new elements to the stencil palette, which can save you precious time: The new elements are pre-designed arrangements of existing stencils that serve as building blocks for your prototypes and are ready to use out-of-the-box. Instead of starting from scratch, you can build your screens from those components to jump-start your project. The new components range from simple navigation patterns such as toolbars, navigation bars or menus to full screen templates, e.g. for login or profile pages.
New pre-designed components help jump-start your project
1. Adding components
The new elements work just like normal stencils and can be found in a new section of the stencil palette: Just drag them onto the canvas to start designing. Looking for a special element? Just type a keyword to filter the list. You can also navigate the library using the arrow keys and add components by hitting “Enter”.
Quickly find and add components to the canvas
2. Customizing components
The components consist of several stencils each, but are not grouped, so you can edit them right away after positioning them on the canvas.
All components can be easily modified after positioning
3. Reusing components
Hint: You can turn any component into a masters to save it for later use. This is particularly useful when you have customized a component and want to re-use it in the same or a different project. To do so, simply open the context menu and click on “Convert elements to master”.
That’s it! You have successfully used your first pre-designed components! Do you need help or are missing some “templates” in the list? Then drop us a line via support@pidoco.com or Facebook and Twitter.
Happy Prototyping!