T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
LIBRARIES
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When working with assemblies, standard elements are often used as fragments or pictures. Libraries provide
an orderly way of managing sets of standard element drawings.
A T-FLEX CAD library keeps the path to the folder with the standard element drawings. When selecting a
file, a drawing graphic and document property preview is available in a separate window.
Sometimes, simultaneous access to several libraries is needed. T-FLEX CAD allows composing library
configurations. Each configuration can include an unlimited number of library groups, each group containing
a set of libraries.
Library Configurations and Model Menus
A library configuration is a convenient means of managing numerous drawings and libraries of parametric
drawings that can be used as fragments.
Library configurations are stored in “.tws” files. A library configuration can consist of groups that, in turn,
include other groups or libraries. Therefore, library configurations can be structured hierarchically. A library
displays the list of drawings and other-format files with registered extensions (see below). A library contains
data about paths to a folder on the disk, containing the drawing files. Therefore, for drawings to be included
in the library simply place the files in the appropriate folder on the disk.
The actual management of libraries and included there drawings is done via the model menu. The model
menu is a window displaying the open library configurations. The user has access to drawings for loading
one those as an active drawing and for inserting fragments and pictures in the commands “FR: Create
Fragment”, “IP: Insert Picture”, “3F: Insert 3D Fragment”, “3MO: Insert External Model”.
Visibility of the model menu window on the screen is controlled in the command “Customize|Tool
Windows” (the item “Model menu”).
Context Menu of “Model Menu” Window
Library configurations are filled via the model menu. The model menu commands are called by mouse rightclicking
in the “Model menu” window. The menu of the currently available commands pops up on the
screen. The context menu contents depend on where the mouse cursor is pointing to at the moment (the
window title, the name of a library configuration, a group name, a library name, a drawing, an empty area of
the window, the preview pane, etc.).