T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Main Concepts of System Operation
Level input box . This box displays the current level of the model elements. Changing levels can be
done within element creation and editing commands. Clicking inside the box sets a text cursor. Type in
the element level. Confirm the input by pressing or clicking within the drawing window.
Priority input box . This box displays the current priority of the model elements. Changing
priority can be done within two-dimensional element creation and editing commands.
Color selection box . This box displays the color of the element being created or edited.
These are the main items that are always present on the system toolbar. The rest of elements replace
depending on the application state.
When in command waiting mode, the system toolbar contains selector controls, as follows:
Button for calling selector configuration dialog . Used for specifying exact settings of the selector
and defining named selector configurations.
Button for calling named selector configuration . Brings a pull-down list of available
configurations.
Quick selector setup buttons:
The buttons and help to quickly allow/disallow selection of all types of elements;
The buttons , , , , , , , and define and edit the current set of
elements allowed for selection. The pushed icons represent the elements allowed for selection. The set
of buttons will be different when working in the 3D window.
Other various items may be added to the system toolbar while working with various 2D commands. For
instance, a line type box appears on the system toolbar while creating lines, along with the line start and end
arrow type boxes. When creating text, the font name and size boxes are displayed.
Main Toolbar
The main toolbar has a set of buttons which, depending on the currently solved problem and the settings of
the system, can be selected by the user or automatically activated.
The button sets in the main toolbar are aimed at solving different problems – geometric construction, 3D
modeling, analysis, geometric construction on the workplane, operations with sheet metal, editing
specifications etc. Internal specialized modules, which are included into the T-FLEX CAD package, can add
their own button sets into the main toolbar. For example, the application “T-FLEX CAM” adds to the main
toolbar a set of buttons which perform the functions of this particular application.
Switching between the button sets in the main toolbar occurs automatically depending on the operations
performed in the working window of the T-FLEX CAD. For example, upon opening of the 2D document the
set “2D” is turned on automatically, and upon transition to the 3D window – the set “3D”. When a drawing is
made on the workplane, the set “Workplane” or “Workplane (Sketch)” becomes active (depending on what
has been used last time in the given situation). At the beginning of the BOM editing, the button set “BOM” is
activated. Upon the exit from the BOM editing, the set, which was active before the editing was started, turns
back on in the main toolbar.
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