T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

Main Concepts of System Operation
The flag “Large icons” allows turning on the mode of the large icons for the main toolbar (no matter what
the size of the icons in other system toolbars is).
The command “SB: Show Toolbars” provides with additional possibilities for controlling the main
toolbar. Via the tab “Main Toolbar” of the dialog of this command, it is possible to do the following:
- Hide/show main toolbar sets in the list of sets (displayed upon pressing the button );
- Rename the main toolbar sets;
- Create and remove user's defined sets;
- Create a separate toolbar on the basis of any set of the main toolbar.
Bird’s Eye View Window
The “Bird’s eye view” window helps quick navigation around the
drawing. It always displays the whole drawing image, regardless of
the working window size currently set for the active drawing
window.
Visibility of the “Bird’s eye view” window can be controlled by the
textual menu item “Customize|Tool Windows|Bird’s Eye View” or
via the context menu coming up on right mouse button click over
any of the toolbars.
The “Bird’s eye view” window can be docked along any of the
application window borders or stay floating.
The modes of the “Bird’s eye view” window can be controlled via the context menu coming up on right
mouse button click within the window.
Pan. In this mode, a box follows the cursor within the “Bird’s eye view” window indicating the area of the
drawing to be displayed. The size of the box can be changed by switching to zoom mode. To select the
area to be viewed on the drawing, press . Dragging the box across the “Bird’s eye view” window pans
the actual drawing dynamically according to the box movement.
Zoom. In this mode, no box is displayed on entering the “Bird’s eye
view” window. Press in the “Bird’s eye view” window to define
one corner of the viewing box and drag the cursor, rubberbanding
the box. Doing so, define the area of the drawing to be zoomed on,
and then release .
Once defined, the viewing area will be highlighted in the “Bird’s eye
view” window, and the respective portion of the drawing will be
zoomed on in the active drawing window.
Properties. Selecting this item brings up a dialog box for defining the
window update parameters and the pan vs. zoom mode selection.
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