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title: "Accessing Body Charts through the Stylus Option"
url: "https://help.healthbridgeclinical.co.za/en/article/accessing-body-charts-through-the-stylus-option"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-08-05T12:39:19.854Z"
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# Accessing Body Charts through the Stylus Option

Body charts can be accessed via the Stylus icon in multiple locations within Healthbridge Clinical

## Accessing Body Charts through the Stylus Option

**What:** HB Draw, a drawing canvas built into Clinical Notes, Symptoms, and Examination, with ready-made body diagram templates.

**Why:** Lets you mark an injury, rash, or finding directly on a body diagram instead of describing its location in words alone.

**When:** Any time a visual record of exactly where something is on the body would be clearer than a text note, sprains, wounds, skin conditions, physio assessments.

## 1\. Open the drawing canvas

*Location: Consultation › Clinical Notes, Symptoms, or Examination, notes toolbar*

The first icon in the notes toolbar (next to 'Notes', 'Symptom notes', or 'Examination notes') opens **HB Draw**. It's present on all three of these tabs, and also on the Patient Timeline's 'Add a note' toolbar outside of a consultation.

![HB Draw canvas open with a blank drawing area, colour palette, pen/undo/redo/delete/text tools on the left, and Add Templates, Cancel, and Save buttons top right](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/a4655c8d-10c4-4088-9cba-3837d6d19093)

## 2\. Add a body chart template

*Location: HB Draw › Add Templates*

Click **'Add Templates'** (top right) to open the template picker. Available diagrams include **Body Charts** (a 3-figure overview), **Body Front/Back**, **Body Side**, **Foot**, **Hand**, and further templates below (including a lab-specific one). Click any thumbnail to load it onto the canvas as a new tab, alongside 'Blank'.

![Add Templates picker showing thumbnails for Blank, Body Charts, Body Front/Back, Body Side, Foot, Hand, and Target labs templates](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/e66b3297-8fba-43d6-8875-41ead16f1439)

## 3\. Draw, annotate, and save

*Location: HB Draw canvas*

On a touchscreen or with a stylus, draw directly on the diagram using the pen tool and colour palette on the left. On a PC without a stylus, click the **text tool (T icon)** to place typed notes next to specific areas instead. Undo, redo, and delete are available in the same left-hand toolbar.

Click **'Save'** to attach the chart to this note, or **'Cancel'** to discard it.

> **You should see:** The saved chart appears as an image attached to the note it was created from, Clinical Notes, Symptom notes, Examination notes, or the Patient Timeline entry.

## Frequently asked

**Q: Do I need an actual stylus or touchscreen to use this?**

No, it's more comfortable with one, but PC users without a stylus can still use the text tool to add typed notes to specific points on the diagram instead of freehand drawing.

**Q: Can I reuse a chart across multiple notes in the same consultation?**

Each chart is created fresh from the toolbar you opened it from and saves to that specific note. Open HB Draw again from a different tab to start a new chart there.