T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
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The file can be appended by the user as desired. The first parameter is a comment, the second is the line
name (this name is used for identifying the line in the line descriptor file), the third and the fourth parameters
are the Ids of the start and end symbols (per the enumeration in the endings list).
Color. The graphic line color.
Level. The value of the visibility level of the graphic line.
Priority. The value of the graphic line priority.
Layer. The name of the layer of the graphic line.
Some parameters of graphic lines can be entered in the system toolbar. Especially for graphic lines, the
system toolbar provides a button for defining graphic line types, and the graphic line start and end defining
buttons.
“Advanced” Tab
The “Advanced” tab allows setting the following parameters:
The line display mode:
Solid line. The lines whose “Width” parameter is not 0, will be drawn filled with color.
Double line. The lines whose “Width” parameter is not 0, will be drawn as a contour without filling.
Align. Defines centering of the graphic line with respect to the reference nodes: “Center”, “Left”, “Right”.
Width. Defines the width of the graphic line: constant or
variable.
In the case of the constant width, the parameter “Value”
defines the line width.
If variable width is set then the line width values On start
and On end need to be defined.
The “Start” and “End” parameters define the shape of the start and the end of the line, as follows: “None”,
“Round”, “Square”.
Joints. This parameter defines the shape of joints of a graphic line created from a 2D path, as follows:
“Round”, “Sharp”, “Mitered”.
The size of the rounds and miters depends on the line width setting. If “Round” attribute is set, the
segment joints will be rounded with the radius equal to the line half-width. With the “Mitered” setting, the
corners at the segment joints are mitered. The distance from the joint node to the miter top is defined by
the parameter “Miter limit” as a ratio of the line half-width.
Using Construction Entity Selection Options
Next, we will describe uses of the listed options in various situations.
Clicking in the situations described in the headings, accounts for the following actions: