T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
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The command “XI: Copy with Insertion Point” - places the selected object on the clipboard with the
specified attachment point:
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“Edit|Copy with Point”
Upon calling the command and selecting objects, you need to specify an arbitrary point (2D node), to which
the objects will be attached when pasted in the T-FLEX CAD document. The following options will be
available in the automenu in this case:
Select Node
Set absolute coordinates
Cancel selection
Object snapping is active when defining the point, similar to that used in sketching. Upon pasting the copied
objects in the T-FLEX CAD document, the attachment can be defined by specifying a point or by the
characteristic points of the copied object.
When copying, the data are put on the T-FLEX CAD clipboard in a specific internal format. Besides that, to
ensure interaction with external applications, the selected drawing elements are placed on the clipboard in
the image format Enhanced Metafile (EMF). However, if a single element of the type “Text” was selected
for copying, then additionally the textual data is placed on the clipboard in the following formats:
1. T-FLEX Paragraph Text (except the string text),
2. RTF (except the string text),
3. Unformatted text.
This supports data exchange both within the same T-FLEX CAD application and across several different
applications. To insert data from the clipboard, use the commands “XP: Paste”, “XE: Paste Special”.
These commands are available only if there is some data in the clipboard.
The command “XP: Paste”:
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“Edit|Paste”
In this command, the format selection upon pasting the clipboard contents is done by the application itself.
The program scans through the clipboard, searching for the appropriate format among the clipboard data.
The data will be pasted in the first appropriate format found. The order of the format search is as follows:
1. Internal T-FLEX CAD format (used only when copying within one T-FLEX CAD application)
2. T-FLEX Paragraph Text
3. RTF
4. Unformatted text
5. EMF
6. BMP (bitmap image)