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driVing SketcheS With Smart dimenSionS 85
Figure 3.27
The dimension
Propertymanager tabs
lines drawn, then make the Smart Dimension tool active, select the vertex of the angle, and
then select the two outlying points, as shown in Figure 3.28. You can also create an angle
dimension between a line and an orthogonal direction. To do this, with the Smart Dimension
tool active, click on the line, and then click on the end point of a line. Four orthogonal arrows
will appear. Click one of these arrows as a direction to complete the angle dimension.
Figure 3.28
dimensioning an
included angle
without lines
order
unimportant
select first
Arc Length: You can create the dimension by selecting an arc and its endpoints with the Smart
Dimension tool. This displays the actual linear length of the arc.
