T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
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Controls are special elements in T-FLEX CAD used for creating userdefined
dialog boxes customized for controlling external parameters of
a parametric model.
Drawing View is a T-FLEX CAD entity that displays the content of
one drawing page on another page, appropriately scaled. This is a
rectangular area of specified size that will contain the other page
image. The main purpose of this element is combining in one drawing
several elements of different scale. A common use of the Drawing
View is for creating enlarged detail views.
Auxiliary Elements
Drawing View
Variable is a system element for specifying non-geometrical dependencies between the various parameters.
One main use of the variables is assigning their values to the construction line parameters. Consider, for
example, a line parallel to a given line, at a certain distance. This distance can be defined not only by value,
but via a variable as well.
Database is a table of information ordered in a certain way. Databases are used for storing information
required in the drawing.
Reports are textual documents that are created with the T-FLEX CAD text editor. Reports can include the
system variables and are used for creating various text documents.
Drawing Techniques
A T-FLEX CAD drawing can be created in one of the following ways:
Parametric Drawing. This is the recommended drawing technique in T-
FLEX CAD. Take the advantage of parametric design capabilities of T-
FLEX CAD to create a drawing that can be easily modified according to
your design intent. Such a drawing can also be added to a parametric model
library to be later used in other, more complex drawings. In the latter case,
one can specify a new location for the drawing as a fragment, and modify
parameters to obtain a desired shape.