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If your drawing starts getting overwhelmed with parameters, you can add parameter fil-
ters in the Parameters Manager palette. Right-click any parameter and choose Show Fil-
ter Tree, or click the double right arrow at the top left of the palette to open the Filters
pane. Click the funnel icon in the toolbar to create a new filter group, then simply drag
and drop parameters into the group. Figure 19-8 shows the two constraints added in
Steps 5 and 6 dragged into a new group filter.
Figure 19-8: Filter your parameters to keep them organized.
Dimensions or constraints — have it both ways!
After all that hard work adding dimensional constraints to your drawings, it would be a
downright shame to have to go back and apply regular dimensions, wouldn't it? Well —
you don't have to — you can make dimensional constraints look and behave like regular
dimensions. You can go the other way too, and make your regular dimensions act like di-
mensional constraints.
Dimensional constraints are available in two flavors:
Dynamic constraints: The default form. Dynamic constraints appear gray with a
padlock icon next to them in the drawing area. You can make them appear and dis-
appear by clicking Show All in the Dimensional panel. They don't plot, and they
resize as you zoom in and out of the drawing so they're always legible.
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