T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

«Bottom-Up» Design
3. Upon inserting the fragment, the connector must be chosen. The variables of the new fragment
automatically take the values straightway after the connector selection. The image of the fragment takes
the form in accordance with the values of the variables.
The connection between the fragment variables and connector values can be determined manually. To do it,
resort to the list of the fragment variables in the command of creating and editing the fragment. If the userdefined
dialog is used for controlling the variables, switch to the list of the variables. The manual setup of the
connection between the variable and the connector value is needed in case the fragment is attached to the
connector but for its variable the connector value name is not designed or that name does not coincide with
the value in the connector. In this case, clicking in the field “Connector Values…” will show the list of the
connector values and upon selecting one of the values, the connection will be established. The field will be
marked by a special symbol.
Using configuration
For specifying the values of the fragment’s external variables, it is also
possible to use configurations created in the document of the fragment.
When configurations exist in the fragment’s document, the parameter
“Configuration” is available in the fragment’s parameters dialog. Its
drop-down list contains the names of the configurations created in the
fragment’s document. When selecting a configuration, all fragment’s
external variables are automatically assigned the values stored in the
selected configuration.
In addition to the names of fragment’s configurations, the list of the
parameter “Configuration” contains additional items:
No configurations – this option is used to prevent the use of
configuration;
Variable… – allows specifying the name of the used configuration
with help of the variable. After selecting this item in the list, the
window for specifying the variable’s name will pop up on the screen.
The variable’s name can be specified either manually (in curly
brackets) or with the help of the context menu command “Insert
Variable… F8”.
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