T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
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If the selected graphic line is created based on a construction
line, then Relations for the parent construction line will
appear in the 2D window. Those relations are temporary,
meaning that those are created by the system automatically
upon entering the mode of editing a graphic line, and are
automatically deleted upon exiting the mode. Using
Relations, you can modify geometrical parameters of the
parent construction line in the transparent mode.
Besides that, if the selected graphic line is created based on a construction line, then the second click after
selecting the line (while the cursor is pointing at the line) will invoke the command of editing the original
construction line.
To modify parameters of the selected graphic line, use the option . The initial parameters are taken from
the last selected graphic line.
If the user needs to bring the parameters of a graphic line in accord with a given line parameters, then the
latter should be selected the last before proceeding with the modifications. This will automatically pre-set the
desired parameters in the dialog.
If more than one graphic line is selected then another dialog box comes on
the screen before the parameters dialog box. Its purpose is to define what
parameters of the selected graphic lines are to be modified.
After that, the graphic line parameters dialog box will appear. Now, only
the parameters will be modifyable that were specified in the previous dialog
box. For instance, if in the previous dialog only the line type was
checkmarked for modification, then only this parameter can be modified.
Other parameter modifications will be discarded.
Object properties can be also set from another object (including
image line) in command waiting mode with the help of the
Properties window. See more details in “Main Concepts of
System Operation” chapter.
The current set of graphic line parameters defined during the editing can be
saved. New graphic line creation would then be based on this particular set
of parameters.
To open the parameters dialog box for a single graphic line, one can simply double-click it ( ).
The option is used for assigning a name to the selected graphic line. The name is unique and provides
unambiguous identification to the line. The graphic line name can be used instead of its Id number. For
example, the function GET() can be used in the variable editor to query a graphic line, named NAME, as
follows: GET(“NAME”, “LENGTH”).
The option allows flipping the direction of graphic arc entity creation.