A SmartDraw Legal Edition TUTORIAL

Creating Crime Scene Diagrams

Adding a Wall
To add a wall to your crime scene, simply click on the Add Walls button in the SmartPanel.

Clicking once in your work area at the point you want your wall to begin. Create a wall by dragging your mouse. To add additional wall segments, just repeat the above.

As you add your wall, you'll notice its length appears above the line representing the wall you're creating.

Even after you've completed drawing your wall, you can change its length simply by clicking once and editing the text representing its length. It's that easy to make an 8 foot wall a 10 foot wall.

Creating a Room Outline
To create the outline of your crime scene, draw walls and use the mouse to drag them into place. For fine adjustments, select the wall and use the arrow keys to nudge them into position.

If you need to change the angle on a wall, you can rotate it using the rotation handle located at the end of the wall. Just grab it (click down with your mouse), and without letting go, rotate it into place.

Alternatively, you can select the wall and click on the Design tab. Here, you can rotate your wall using the Rotate menu in the Shape Layout group.