Creating a New SmartSketch Drawing

If you choose "New SmartSketch Document" when inserting the SmartSketch component, you need to create a new SmartSketch drawing after the component appears. To do so:

  1. Double-click on the component and use SmartSketch's menus and toolbars to create a drawing. Use the Dimensions toolbar to add dimensions to your drawing.

  2. Choose Variables from the Tools menu to define variables or edit dimensions. Close the Variable Table before clicking back in the Mathcad worksheet.

  3. Next, you need to bind variables, dimensions, or symbols to the inputs or outputs. To do so, right-click on the component and choose Properties from the menu. Use the Properties dialog to specify:

When you click outside the component, input values are sent to the SmartSketch drawing from Mathcad and values are returned to Mathcad as output.

Notes: