T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
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Text supports symbols in the Unicode format. Those are entered as “\U+FFFF”, where “FFFF” – is a
four-position hexadecimal describing the symbol code. For example, use of the symbol “\U+03A9” in
combination with the “Arial” font is displayed as the Greek character “Ω”.
To insert such symbols, one can use the standard Windows symbol table (Character Map). In it,
you can find out the symbol code and insert it in the string text editor.
Editing String Text
To edit a text, start the command “ET: Edit Text”:
Keyboard Textual Menu Icon
“Edit|Draw|Text”
Upon calling the command, the following options become available in the automenu:
Select All Elements
Select element from list (for named elements only)
Exit command
Selection, editing the position and attachment, and modifying text parameters are similar to editing other
system elements.
Selection of several text, as well as multiple selection of other system elements, can be done by box or by
using the options (selection of all text) and (selection from the list of the named elements). Besides
that, the string text allow subsequent selection of elements by using with the key depressed.
Use of
editing.
in combination with the depressed key excludes the text from the list of selected for
If the selected text is attached to some construction element, this element will be highlighted.
After selecting several text, the following options become available:
Set selected Element(s) parameters
Set relation with Node
Break (kill) relations
Merge Text
Delete selected Element(s)
Cancel selection
Upon selecting a specific element, the following options are available:
Edit selected Text
Set selected Element(s) parameters