T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Main Concepts of System Operation
A current condition set can be saved under a specified name for
further reuse. To do so, use the [Save…] button. Upon pressing the
button, a “Save as” dialog box will come on screen for saving the
condition set.
Specify the name of the set to be saved in the lower pane of the
dialog box. After entering the name, press the [Save] button. The
name can be selected from the list of the existing set names in the
upper pane, using . Besides, this dialog allows deleting a
previously saved set. To do so, select one in the list and press the
[Delete] button. The [Cancel] button allows to disregard the
deletion and quit the dialog.
To use an earlier saved condition set, press the [Load…] button.
After pressing the button, the “Load” dialog box will come up on
screen for loading the named condition set. Working with this dialog
is similar to the set saving dialog. The upper pane of the dialog
contains the list of available sets. Use to select the desired set
from the list. The name of the selected set is displayed in the lower
pane of the dialog.
Once selection is done and the [Load] button pressed, the dialog closes and the contents of the selected set
are added to the list of the existing sets of conditions. This dialog also allows deleting any of the existing
named sets using the [Delete] button.
The specified set takes effect after closing the filter dialog. Only the elements satisfying the current filter
settings will be available for selection in any mode of T-FLEX CAD system.
Element Search
Sometimes, the system might fail to calculate location of some element during regeneration. In such a
situation, the system will display an appropriate message with the Id of this element. To find this element on
the drawing, one can use the command “FD: Find Element”:
Keyboard Textual Menu Icon
“Edit|Find…”
Upon calling the command a dialog box comes up on screen
for searching a 2D or a 3D element. An element can be
searched by either of the two ways as follows.
One way is to use the input box in the upper part of the
dialog. Enter the Id or the name of the searched element. If
such element is found, the buttons in the right part of the
dialog box will become accessible. Meanwhile, the element
may be marked on the screen, depending on the “Mark on
screen” attribute. Pressing the [OK] button closes the
dialog window, while highlighting (selecting) the found
element on the screen. Pressing the [Information]
button opens the element information window (see the topic
“Model tree”). If the element is not found, the buttons
remain inaccessible.
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