T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
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displayed in their property window. To open the dialog box automatically, select elements and call the
“Properties” command in the context menu.
To turn off the active mode of the dialog, close the “Properties” group.
Note: upon single element selection, the “Properties” command call from the context menu will
open the parameters dialog box for the given element.
The properties dialog box for the selected elements consists of
two parts. The main part is “Properties”, and the auxiliary one is
“Property Sets”.
The main part contains the property table for the elements being
edited. By default, all selected elements are subject to editing.
The box “Selected” in the upper part of the dialog box displays
the number of the selected elements. The list of elements to be
edited can be limited to elements of one type by selecting the
type in the pull-down list off the mentioned box. In this case, the
table will contain only the properties of the selected type
elements. The entered changes will also affect the elements of
this type only rather than the whole selected group.
By default, the table displays all properties of the elements being
edited. Checking the “Only Common” box limits the table
contents to the common properties only.
To change properties of the elements, check the desired
properties in the table, enter the required values in the cells on
the right-hand side, and press the or button in the
upper part of the dialog box.
Upon picking the (“End edit”) button, the entered changes
are applied to the selected elements. The element processing
ends and the elements get de-selected at this point.
The (“Apply Changes”) button applies the entered changes to the elements as well. However, element
processing continues in this case. This button is handy in the cases when various parameters are to be
assigned to different element groups within the selected set.
The (“Cancel edit”) button can be used to abandon the entered changes and finish processing the
selected set of elements. Abandoning changes and finishing the selected element set processing can also be
done by simply clicking within the drawing area.
An additional button [From Element] allows selecting an element on screen whose properties will be
used as current properties of the edited elements. To use this option, first select the properties in the table