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  1. Open \PROGRAM FILES\IMAGINE\SMARTSKETCH\PARKING2.IGR.

Note If you exit from the exercise midway through, save the file under a different name.

  1. On the Tools menu, select the Maintain Relationships option, if it is not already selected.
  1. On the Dimension toolbar, click the SmartDimension button.
    SmartDimension Button

SmartDimension will know what type of dimension to place based on the element that you click next. You can place linear, radial, or angular dimensions with SmartDimension.

  1. Click the fillet and then click to place the dimension.

Notice that on the ribbon bar, the Driving/Driven button is highlighted, instead of grayed out. This means that the dimension is driving. When the button is inactive, or grayed out, the dimension is driven. If you use the ribbon bar to change the dimensional value of a driving dimension, the element changes.

The value of a driven dimension is controlled by the element it refers to. If the element changes, the dimensional value changes.

You can tell a driving dimension from a driven dimension because they have different colors.
  1. On the Draw toolbar, click the Select Tool.
    Select Tool
  1. Click the dimension to select it.
  1. On the ribbon bar, type a new value in the box.

Both fillets changed because you changed the driving dimension and the fillets have an equal relationship.
  1. On the Tools menu, turn off the Relationship Handles option.

This turns off the display of relationship handles on elements in the drawing.