Using Variables to Calculate Dimensional Values - SmartSketch - Help

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You can use the Variable Table to create expressions that change dimensions in the drawing when you change the expressions.

  1. Open a drawing document.

  2. Click Tools > Variables. The Variable Table displays.

  3. On the Variable Table window, click Filter and define which variables you want to display in the Variable Table. For example, in the Filter dialog box, if you select Dimensions in Type and then select Last selected window, this displays all the dimensions that appear in the active window.

    The default filter is set to Last selected window, meaning that only the variables that are associated with elements in the active window will display. To display all the variables that are associated with the elements in the current document, set the filter to File.

  4. In the Variable Table, click the Formula cell that displays the dimension that you want to edit and type an arithmetic expression to calculate the value of the dimension: V681/2. When you type an entry in the cell, the entry also appears in the Formula Bar.

  5. On the Formula Bar, click Enter or press ENTER to calculate the result of the expression. In this example, when V681 is modified, V680 is automatically updated to reflect the relationship.