Extend a Line

One or more open elements can be extended until they intersect with the nearest element in the active window. The extension direction is determined by the position where you select the element to extend. For example, if you select a horizontal line to the right of its midpoint, the line extends to the right. If there is no possible intersection between the element you want to extend and any other element in the view, the command does not extend the element.

In this lesson, you will modify the Parking.ingr file using the Extend to Next button.

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

1. On the File menu, click Open.
2. In the Open dialog box, navigate to C:\PROGRAM FILES\SMARTSKETCH\TUTORIALS and open the file Parking.ingr.
3. On the Tools menu, select the Maintain Relationships option, if it is not already selected.

Note

• When Maintain Relationships is set and you apply relationships to new or existing elements, SmartSketch places relationship handles on the elements. Elements that share relationships are associative; when you move an element, the other elements on the drawing sheet move according to the relationships they have with the element that you moved.

4. On the Draw toolbar, click the Extend To Next button.
5. Move the mouse cursor over the left end of the topmost green line.

This highlights the line and previews the line extending to the left.

6. Click to extend the line to the left.

Tip

• You can also use Extend To Next to extend multiple elements in one operation. To do so, click and drag the cursor over the elements to be extended.

7. Position the mouse cursor over the second green line from the top.
8. Click and drag the mouse cursor over the left side of all the green lines.
9. Release the mouse button once it's positioned below the bottom-most green line.

Notice that relationship handles appear at the ends of each green line.

10. On the second blue line from the right, click the upper end to extend it.
11. Click the lower end of the line to extend it.

Important

• If you must exit the Learning Center prior to completing all the lessons in this tutorial, save the Parking.ingr drawing file under a different name.