T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
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text parameters dialog box that follows.
Adding rectangle
The following option adds a rectangle at the end of the list of the existing rectangles:
Add Rectangle
If an existing area of the paragraph text being edited was selected before calling the option, then the new
rectangle will be inserted in the list before the selected area.
The new rectangle (box) may be automatically created when the content of a paragraph text is edited.
Editing rectangle
To resize an arbitrary rectangular area of a paragraph text, first you need to select it. To do this, click on
the outer side of the rectangle. Now, you can resize it by the mouse.
Automatic deletion of rectangle
It is possible that, as you edit a paragraph text that spans several boxes, the text shrinks so much that the last
created box becomes empty. In this case, the system could maintain the empty box, or delete it from the
page, or even delete it together with the page on which it is located, provided that this text box is the only
object on that page. The specific system actions depend on the settings made in the dialog of the “Parameters
of changing Paragraph size” option (the icon ) in the text content editing mode (see the topic “Entering
text content”).
Editing text in separate window
Besides the way of editing a paragraph text directly on the drawing, there is a provision for working in the
text editor. To start the editor in the text contents editing mode, call the option . The text editor window
will be displayed.
The text editor provides all the text handling options described above (formatting and insertion), plus the
option:
Zoom. The displayed text can be zoomed for convenience.
The text editor also allows working with various text document files. The following formats are supported:
T-FLEX Paragraph Text (*.tft), Rich Text Format (*.rtf), Text files (*.txt), DOS Text files (*.txt).
The following options are used for handling files: