Pairing a board with a project

Linking a Canvas board into a code project as a .rqd file - a live reference rather than a copy, and why it is excluded from Run and from AI assist.

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An architecture diagram belongs next to the code it describes. A board can be added to a code project as a .rqd file, which appears in the file tree alongside your source.

A .rqd holds a reference to the board. It does not contain the drawing.

That is the whole point. The diagram stays a board you edit in Canvas, and every project linking it shows the current version - there is no re-export step, and no way for two copies to quietly drift apart.

Because it stores a reference rather than the drawing, a .rqd is effectively weightless - it does not eat into your project's size budget the way an exported image would.

It is not source, and is not treated as source#

A .rqd is excluded from running the project and from AI assist. It is documentation sitting beside the code, not part of the program.

Opening it#

Selecting the .rqd in the file tree shows the board. Editing happens in Canvas - the project view is a window onto it, not a second editor, so there is only ever one place a board is changed.

Removing it#

Deleting the .rqd removes the link and leaves the board untouched. Deleting the board leaves a link pointing at something that is gone, so delete the file first if you are clearing up.

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