T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Control Elements. Creating User Defined Dialog Boxes
CONTROL ELEMENTS. CREATING USER DEFINED
DIALOG BOXES
When working with parametric models and while building an assembly, the user often needs to edit the
values of external variables of the models being designed or fragments being a part of an assembly. The
T-FLEX CAD general variable editor can be used for handling external variables. However, it is much easier
and simpler to work with specially created custom dialogs containing Windows-native tools (input boxes,
drop-down lists, “Yes/No” switches, etc.).
A custom user-defined dialog provides a quite convenient and easy way of editing variables in a parametric
model. It is developed by the user when creating a model or fragment. Special T-FLEX CAD system
elements, namely, control elements, are used for creating a custom dialog. When creating a dialog, the
developer can make it clear and easy to use by adding necessary explanations and comments in the dialog
and by structuring the input of the model parameters in a most comprehensible way.
In the future, a custom dialog will be called instead of the general variable editor whenever necessary to edit
external variables of a given model or fragment. A custom dialog will be coming up upon calling the
command for modifying external variables, “Parameters|Model”, in the current document and in the
parameters window when inserting the current document as a fragment.
General Information
Types of control elements
T-FLEX CAD system supports the following types of control elements for use in the custom dialogs:
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