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:
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.
Choose Variables from the Tools menu to define variables or edit dimensions. Close the Variable Table before clicking back in the Mathcad worksheet.
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:
Input names. Choose the dimension, symbol, or variable names used in the SmartSketch drawing that are controlled by the inputs to the SmartSketch component from the drop-down list.
Output names. Choose the dimension, symbol, or variable names used in the SmartSketch drawing that define the output variables in Mathcad.
When you click outside the component, input values are sent to the SmartSketch drawing from Mathcad and values are returned to Mathcad as output.
If the drawing is so large that it extends beyond the component window, right-click on the component, choose Properties from the menu, and click the box next to "Automatic Resizing."
In order for the dimensions in a drawing to resize relative to any changes to the dimensions, there must be a check next to the Maintain Relationships option under the Tools menu in SmartSketch. To verify that this option is checked, double-click on the component and choose Tools from the menu bar.
For more information on SmartSketch, refer to the tutorials and documentation available by choosing from the Help menu in SmartSketch. If you installed them from the CD, sample Mathcad files containing SmartSketch components are located in the SAMPLES\CAD folder under QuickSheets on the Help menu.