T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Macros
A special folder «/Program/Macros/» is provided in the T-FLEX CAD installation directory. Macros
of all Projects (*.grb files) located in this folder will be displayed in a special “Macros” window of T-FLEX
CAD.
«Macros» Window
The «Macros» window can be called by one of the following means:
Keyboard Textual Menu Icon
«Customize|Windows|Macros»
The main purpose of this window is launching macros for execution.
This window displays not only macros projects from the folder «/Program/Macros/»,
but also the macros of the current open file.
Storing a macro within a particular *.grb file does not imply that this macro can only
be used in the given document. You can launch any of the macros displayed in that
window. For example, the project «Copy layers.grb» is located in the folder
“/Program/Macros/”. The «CopyLayers» macro, which copies layers from one
document into another, can be arranged as follows: the user creates a new document or opens an already
existing one. Upon launching the macro, the «file open» dialog appears, offering to select the file from which
the layers are to be copied. After that, similar layers will be created in the current open file.
The user can create one's own macros library by placing the files from Projects with macros to the
folder»/Program/Macros/».
To launch a macro for execution, select it in the «Macros» window and double-click .
The icon preceding the macro marks its current state:
–A selected macro.
–A running macro.
Creating Macros, Macro Editor
A special Macro editor is provided for creating macros.
Macro editor is a macro development environment integrated in T-FLEX, which contains the full set of
editing and debugging tools. Writing a macro does not require any application or programming environment.
All tools are packed within the Macro editor.
The macro editor can be opened by the command:
Keyboard Textual Menu Icon
«Tools|Macro Editor»
The macro editor contains a set of tools that makes development and management of macros easier. The
figure below depicts the main tools of the macro editor.
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