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SmartSketch Drawing Editor Help

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To place a symbol, you can use single-click placement or drag the symbol from the Browser / Symbol Explorer or Windows Explorer into the current document.

Symbol Libraries

After starting the software, you can open a template or document. For most standard templates, the Browser / Symbol Explorer automatically opens and displays a default folder for all the symbols that would be appropriate to use with that template. For example, templates in the Process category point to directories with process diagram symbols.

SHARED Tip To open the Browser / Symbol Explorer, you can also click Browser / Symbol Explorer on the Main toolbar. You might need to click Home in the Browser / Symbol Explorer. The Home path is stored on the Browser tab of the File Properties dialog box.

When you click a symbol in the Browser / Symbol Explorer, the pointer attaches to the origin of the symbol by default to drag it in. At that instance, the origin is the drag point.

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Some symbols contain more than one drag point. These appear as green dots on the symbol. These drag points are useful if you want to place a symbol using a particular part of the symbol. You can change to another drag point by pressing the Up and Down arrow keys.

By default, every element in a symbol does not appear when you place the symbol in a document. For example, if you place a symbol that contains dimensions in a document, the dimensions are not displayed.

See Also

Create Symbol Command
Place a Symbol
Place Copies of a Symbol