Use Standard Tools and Templates

This lesson highlights SmartSketch's most commonly used tools and templates. When you select a specific template, tools are available that allow you to create either a precision drawing or schematic diagram.

Click the Show Me   button on the SmartSketch Learning Center toolbar to view a demonstration of  the tasks in this lesson.

1. Look at the workspace.

Each time you start SmartSketch, a new document is displayed. This document is based on the NORMAL.IGR template and has a drawing sheet. Templates are the starting point for creating a document. A template is a file that provides tools such as text, formats, geometry, dimensions, units of measurement, and styles that apply specified formats to elements in the drawing. The template that you use depends on the type of information you want to put in the document.

Tip  

• A small yellow label, called a ToolTip, displays the name of each command on a toolbar. The toolbar you will use most often is called the Draw toolbar and is located on the left side of the window.

2. On the Draw toolbar, click the Tangent Arc button.

Tip  

• Some command buttons display fly-outs when you click and hold the command button. These buttons have a small black arrow in the lower right corner. Fly-outs access commands that are closely associated with the button that you clicked.

3. On the Main toolbar, click the Dimension button.
   

Tip  

• The Change button on the Main toolbar accesses the Change toolbar. This toolbar has commands that you can use to manipulate and modify elements on your drawing.