T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Pictures and OLE Objects
The exact numerical values of the rotation angle and picture scale can be defined in the picture’s parameters
dialog box (the option ). The same dialog allows modifying the picture’s fixing method.
Editing Several Pictures
If multiple pictures are selected, you can modify their parameters (level, layer, priority). You can also delete
the selected pictures from the drawing.
Updating Internal Pictures
If upon creating a picture in the command's dialog box the flag “Create Internal Document” was turned on,
then such picture will be connected with two links: the first link will refer to the external source file of the
picture, the second one – to, created upon insertion, the internal (i.e. stored inside the current document)
copy of the file. Upon recalculations, an internal copy of the source file will be used for updating the picture.
This means that picture will preserve the form which the source document had at the moment of creating a
picture.
For updating the picture from the external file, it is necessary to select a desired picture in the command
waiting mode and call the context menu with the help of . For the internal picture, which maintained
connection with the external source file, the command “Update File Data” will be accessible from the
context menu.
Inserting OLE Objects
You can also insert objects into T-FLEX CAD documents, that were created by other applications. In this
way, those are displayed on a drawing as pictures or icons. To modify an OLE object, you will have to call
its authoring application. The applications of the objects to be inserted must support the OLE Automation
mechanism.
To insert an OLE object, call the command:
Keyboard Textual Menu Icon
“Draw|Picture”
Then, use the following automenu option:
Insert OLE Object
The OLE object fixing is done analogously to that of pictures: by a node, scale and rotation angle or by two
nodes. The method of fixing an OLE object can be modified in the command's properties dialog box.
Upon defining the object position, the “Insert Object” dialog appears. You can either embed an existing file
or create a new object by your authoring application. Selecting the option “Create new” brings up the
“Insert object” dialog box.
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