T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

MAIN CONCEPTS OF SYSTEM OPERATION
Document Management
Creating New Document
Main Concepts of System Operation
For creating new documents the dialog box “Start Page” can be used (see the chapter “Getting Started”).
Recall that this dialog box is always present on the screen when the standard settings of the system are used,
and this dialog box enables to create new documents on the basis of the templates and also open already
existing documents from the list of recently used ones. In addition to the dialog box “Start Page”, the
commands grouped in the textual menu “File” can also be used for creating new documents.
To create a new document, use the command “FN: Create New Model”:
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“File|Create New Model”
Upon calling the command, a new unnamed document is created (NONAME1, NONAME2…). You will have
to specify a name when saving your drawing.
An additional command “F3: Create New 3D Model” is available in the 3D version of the system:
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«File|Create New 3D Model»
Upon calling this command, a new 3D model is created. As when creating a new drawing, you need to assign
a name to the created document.
Recall that the T-FLEX CAD does not distinguish between the 2D drawing and 3D drawing files.
In the document created as a 2D drawing, the 3D model can be generated afterwards. In the
document created with the use of the command “F3: Create new 3D model” the new 2D
drawings could be generated.
To create new documents, template files are used that are defined in the command
“Customize|Settings…”, the tab “Files”. Those may contain elements and settings that will be
automatically created or enabled with the new document creation. In the case when new document settings
need to be modified, edit the respective template file or enter another template file name. The prototype files
should be placed in the folder …T-FLEX CAD\PROGRAM\Template (the name of the directory for the
template files is set in the command “Customize|Options…”, the tab “Folders”).
A user on his own can create an arbitrary number of prototype files. A new file can be created from a
prototype using the the option “New document” of the dialog box “Start Page”. Otherwise, use a similar
dialog “New From...” by calling the command “FP: Create New Document Based on Prototype”.
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