About SmartPick

SmartPick lets you create certain elements on the drawing. This topic provides more information about it.

See Also
Creating Constraints via SmartPick
Creating Constraints

SmartPick dynamically detects the following geometrical constraints:

  • Support lines and circles
  • Alignment
  • Parallelism
  • Perpendicularity
  • Tangency
  • Concentricity
  • Horizontality
  • Verticality
  • Middle point

You can choose whether or not to create the constraints detected by SmartPick. To create the constraints, you can use either of the following ways:

  • Select the Create detected and feature-based constraints check box in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > Drafting > Geometry tab.
  • From the Sketch section of the action bar, select Create Detected Constraints .

Furthermore, note that:

  • When a constraint is detected by SmartPick, you can temporarily:
    • Deactivate this constraint by keeping the Shift key pressed.
    • Lock this constraint by keeping the Ctrl key pressed.
  • In a Drafting context, you cannot create geometrical constraints with extremities and midpoints of any generated line element, except with generated curves.
Important: Smartpick on background does not detect FTA construction geometries.