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T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

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Select the dimension and enter the new nominal value:<br />

Drawing Modification via Dimensions<br />

Then confirm the input by pressing the key or . As was already mentioned, the drawing<br />

changes only when it is possible.<br />

The command will not work correctly in the following cases:<br />

• The flag “Manually” is set in the dimension parameters, or the parameter “Dimension text” is assigned<br />

the value “No parameters”.<br />

• The referenced construction elements definition does not allow their position modifications. For<br />

example, you cannot change the value of a circle radius if the circle is tangent to three entities.<br />

• Changes in the construction entity positions caused by the dimension modification make the system<br />

unable to define the position of some element with respect to other affected entities.<br />

In all of these cases, the dimension reverts to the original value, with no changes done to the drawing.<br />

"Recalculate Dimensions to middle of tolerance field" command<br />

Besides the command that allows arbitrary modifications to dimension values, there is also a command in T-<br />

<strong>FLEX</strong> <strong>CAD</strong> to automatically recalculate dimensions to the middle of the tolerance range. This command<br />

performs a correction of nominal values for all selected dimensions in such a way as to make their values<br />

balanced about the median of their own tolerance range. The new tolerance range (also referred to as<br />

“tolerance field”, or “zone”) becomes symmetrical. This functionality can be used when adapting a 3D<br />

model to the toolpath calculation in the CNC module.<br />

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