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Parametric: Using the Parameters Manager

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Parametric: Using the Parameters Manager

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- [Instructor] Welcome to another tip and trick for AutoCAD. And we're going to be looking at the Parameters Manager today. Now, the Parametric tab in AutoCAD is extremely useful. It allows you to add parametric constraints to your AutoCAD drawings. Now, we've got a new drawing for you. It's called Parameters Manager.dwg. You can download it from the library to follow along with the tips and tricks video. Once you've got the drawing open though, jump over to the Parametric tab on the ribbon, and what you want to do is click in the geometric constraints, Show All, like so, and then, in the dimensional constraints, Show All again as well. And what you'll see now, is you've got the relationships between the dimensional constraints and the geometric constraints displaying on the drawing. Now, you'll also notice in the Parametric tab on the ribbon, that you've got the Parameters Manager right here. So when you click on that, it's actually a little palette, and I'm going to bring it in over…

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