T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Customizing Drawing
“Preferences” Tab
Marked variable editor. This parameter defines the
means of editing external variables in the command
“M: Model Parameters”.
If “Internal Editor” is set, the model variables are
edited using the “Variables Editor” built in the
T-FLEX CAD system.
If “Program” is set, you can define a means of
editing model of your own. This implies the user
writing a custom application for editing external
variables. An example of such application is the
format creation functionality that provides a dialog
box for filling in the format template.
For more information, see the document “…T-
FLEX CAD\Documents\ActiveX T-
FLEX CAD.pdf”.
Pages. This option is used if a custom dialog is created in
the document, containing parameters to edit external
variables. The document pages to be displayed in the
dialog window must be checked in the list of pages.
If there are “Dialog”-type pages in the document that were created within the command “TR: Create
Control”, then this parameter setting is applied automatically, and the respective page is marked in the
list.
A detailed description of creating a custom dialog and its handling techniques are provided in the
chapter “Control Elements. Creating User Defined Dialog Boxes”.
Insert Fragment on new Page creation. In the provided input box, enter the path to the fragment to be
automatically inserted upon new page creation. If the fragment is a multi-page document, then the first
page will be inserted. This parameter is defined automatically when creating BOM.
The information box below this parameter input box displays the full path to the specified fragment.
Save active window settings in model file. Setting this parameter allows saving the latest settings of the
current drawing window in a file. For example, if you divided the window into two panes, one of which
contains the 3D model, then after loading the file, the sizes and locations will be restored.
“Transparent” Text editing. Setting this attribute allows to edit paragraph text right after clicking the
element with . If the attribute is not set, then only the variables inserted in the paragraph text can be
edited in this way.
Dynamic Fragment Editing. When this parameter is set, dynamic regeneration of the model and redrawing
of the image occur upon inserting and editing 2D fragments. This makes the work with fragments clearer,
however, this is not suitable for drawings with large number of elements since it slows down the work.
The “Configurations” group defines the system behavior on saving a document with configurations. The
following modes are possible when document saved:
- Ask about saving – if the document contains outdated configurations, then the user will be asked at
the time of saving the document, whether or not to save configurations.
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