T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Any of the enclosed options can be displayed by the automenu. Usually, it is the icon of the option
used last in this command.
Insert text from Dictionary . Opens the dictionary (see the section “Working with dictionary”
below).
Text
Insert Variable . If variables exist in the drawing
at the time of the text creation, those can be inserted in
the text using this option. Upon calling the command, the
“Insert Variable” dialog box appears on the screen.
This dialog displays the list of variables created in the
current drawing. This list can be sorted by the attributes
of the variables when displayed: “Marked only” – the
variables that were checkmarked in the variable editor
(external); “Real” – the variables with numerical value;
“Text” – the textual string variables.
Next, select a variable from the list to be inserted. The
variable name will then be automatically entered in the
“Expression” input box. You can create a new variable
by entering its name manually.
Besides a variable name, you can insert an expression – in
this case, the result of its evaluation will be displayed on
the drawing. To make a variable available for editing
directly in the text, set the flag “Editable as field”.
To edit an expression inserted in a text, call the “Insert variable” dialog box again. To do this,
while editing the text, point the mouse to the expression/variable and right click , and then select
the “Parameters…” item in the context menu.
You can control the displayed number of decimal digits of real variables inserted in the text by the
parameter “Precision”.
If the variable has a list of predefined values, then you can specify the position of the list access button
that will be displayed in the variable editing mode:
Right of text – the button will be located on the right hand side and
immediately after the variable.
Left of text border – the button will be located at the end of the line
within the rectangular text area.
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