T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
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Text numbering . Turns on and off automatic numbering of
parameters.
Once turned on, the paragraph numbering begins from number 1. The subsequent
paragraphs are numbered automatically until the command is turned off.
To access additional settings of text numbering, lunch the command “Format
Paragraph” (see the description below).
Box. With this option turned on, the selected text will be framed by a box.
Show non-printing characters . Toggles the display of the formatting marks. When
viewing or editing a document, various formatting marks can be displayed, such as tabulation characters,
spaces and paragraph marks that do not appear in printouts. For example, tabs are marked by arrows,
spaces - by dots. This allows identifying, for instance, extra spaces between the words, spaces used
instead of tabulation, etc.
Show Variable names . Defines whether the values or names of the variables are
displayed on the drawing.
Besides the above, the system toolbar allows defining the color, type and size of the text being created or
selected portion of an existing text. Initially, these parameters are set “By default”, that is, their values are
taken from the text properties defined before the text creation.
To set a color different from the default color, turn off the button and select the color from the list (the
button turns off automatically as you select a color from the list). To use the color set “By default”, push
the button .
Automenu options for handling text
When inputting a text, the following automenu options are available to the user:
Standard Windows options:
Cut selected text.
Copy selected text to Clipboard.
Paste selected text from Clipboard.
When pasting a text from the Clipboard, the system checks the type of the clipboard contents
against the current variable, preventing, for instance, insertion of a character string into a numerical
variable.
Insertion options:
A black triangle in the lower right corner of an icon indicates the presence of several enclosed options behind
this icon. Holding the button depressed a bit longer over such an icon opens up a menu with additional
options.