T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
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The command can also be called by pointing at a sketch entity in the command waiting mode and clicking
, or right clicking and selecting the item “Edit” in the context menu. Alternatively, the editing
command can be accessed directly from the sketch creation command by selecting the option .
Sketch lines are treated as regular graphic lines. Thus, for their editing it is also possible to use the
command “EG: Edit Graphic Line”.
After invoking this command, the following choices become available:
Select All Elements
Select element from list
Exit command
After invoking this command, a user can select the sketch line by pointing at it with the cursor and
pressing . Selected element will be highlighted. Several elements can be chosen either by using selection
with a window or by selecting successively several elements with the help of + . To undo
selection of the element, the mouse together with the pressed left key can be used.
After choosing one or several sketch lines the following options will be available in the auto-menu:
Set selected Element(s) Parameters
Select Other Element
Delete selecting Elemet(s)
Cancel selection
If only one line is selected, the following option also appears in the automenu:
Create Name for selected Element
When editing sketch lines, please pay attention to the status of the icon in the system panel. If it is
disabled, then editing will be done in the sketching mode. When the option is enabled, editing will be done in
the automatic parameterization mode. In this mode, just like when creating a sketch, the system will be
slipping construction elements tied by parametric relations beneath the edited lines. In addition, the system
will attempt to parameterize not only the edited elements themselves, but also the lines that will be employed
for the editing. For example, if the position of one of a sketched line segment nodes is changed in the
automatic parameterization mode by defining its new position with an object snap to another sketched line,
then construction lines will be slipped beneath both segments.
To delete selected elements, use the option .
Editing a Line Segment
After selecting a line segment, select one of the segment nodes, the one to move. At this moment, new
coordinates can be defined for the selected node in the property window. Besides, after selecting the node,
the segment starts rubberbanding. The rubberbanding image defines the new position of the segment being