SmartPick

As you create more and more elements, SmartPick detects multiple directions and positions, and more relationships with existing elements.

This may lead to confusion because the rapid highlighting of several different detection possibilities as you point the pointer at different elements in rapid succession. The SmartPick dialog box contains controls that let you filter out undesired detections. To access the dialog box, click SmartPick..., under Constraints creation, in the Geometry tab.

SmartPick

The SmartPick contains the following options:

Support lines and circles
Select this check box to detect support lines and circles.

By default, this check box is selected.

Alignment
Select this check box to detect when two elements are aligned according to one another.

By default, this check box is selected.

Parallelism, perpendicularity and tangency
Select this check box to detect when two elements are parallel, perpendicular, or tangent according to one another.

By default, this check box is selected.

Horizontality and verticality
Select this check box to detect when two elements are horizontal or vertical according to one another.

By default, this check box is selected.

Important: Clearing all check boxes in the SmartPick dialog box disables SmartPick completely. This is particularly useful when your screen is full of elements: in this case, disabling SmartPick lets you concentrate only on the geometry.