T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Fundamentals. Two-Dimensional Design
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2. Another way of filling in the title block is by direct input in the drawing, without calling the fragment
variables. To do so, set the textual pointer inside the title block box to be filled, and click . Start typing the
text as soon as you see the blinking cursor in the specified box. The button with an arrow appears to the right
of the box allowing selecting values from the list. In usually, the list is empty (except for the entries in the
“Date” column). If it is necessary to fill in the list for selecting values from the list in future, fill the box with
the desired text, and then in the context menu called by right clicking , select the item “Add Value to
List”.
Editing BOM Groups
BOM groups are stored in a special database. The system installation includes the database with the standard
set of BOM groups (…\Program\ BOM Groups.mdb). The standard set of groups can be changed by the
command “BG: Edit BOM Groups”:
Keyboard Textual Menu Icon
“Tools|Bill of Materials| Groups…”
Upon calling the command, the “Groups” dialog box
appears.
A box in the upper portion of the dialog box displays the
path to the current used database. The current database
can be set in the command “Customize|Options…” on
the tab “BOM”.
The BOM groups are displayed as a tree, with each
group being assigned its unique Id number. To add a
new group, select the parent group to add the desired one
as a subgroup, and press the graphic button [Add…]. As
a result, the “Add Group” dialog box will appear.
It allows defining the name for the group being created,
and its ID number. The ID provides the relation between
the group database and the BOM data. The default IDs
are assigned subsequently, beginning with 10000. You
can manually assign an ID number. If the number you
try to assign is already reserved, the system will prompt
you about this. Upon the confirmation, the newly created
move will be entered in the active database and will be
displayed in the tree of groups, thus being incorporated
in the BOM definition. To delete a group, select it in the
list and press the graphic button [Delete].
Deleting listed groups is not recommended, since the relations may be lost between the groups and
the earlier created BOMs.