Accessing Symbol Files from Disk
When you want to create a new symbol on your canvas from a symbol file, you can create a new symbol component and pass the file path into its Create() method.
CODSymbolComponent* pNewSymbol = new CODSymbolComponent();
pNewSymbol->Create(“C:\MySymbols\Symbol1.sym”);
This method loads in the symbol from the file, and then copies the imported symbol’s information into the symbol object. You can place this symbol onto the canvas by using a CODInsertCommand or by calling CODModel::InsertComponents().