T-FLEX Parametric CAD. Fundamentals. 2D Design

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Table of Contents Basic Rules of Graphic Line Creation................................................................................................................. 264 Using Grid in “Free” Drawing Mode.................................................................................................................. 264 Editing Graphic Lines ...............................................................................................................................265 Sketch. Creating a Non-parametric Drawing. Automatic parameterization mode ...............................270 Creating Lines in a Drawing .....................................................................................................................270 Two working modes of the command “SK: Create Sketch”............................................................................. 270 Using Property Window...................................................................................................................................... 271 Continuous Line Input......................................................................................................................................... 271 Using Offset from Node...................................................................................................................................... 272 Creating Line Segments ...................................................................................................................................... 272 Constructing Arcs................................................................................................................................................ 275 Creating a Circle ................................................................................................................................................. 278 Creating Polygons ............................................................................................................................................... 280 Creating Ellipses and Elliptical Arcs................................................................................................................... 281 Constructing Splines ........................................................................................................................................... 283 Creating Fillets and Chamfers............................................................................................................................. 284 Center Lines ........................................................................................................................................................ 285 Creating Offsets .................................................................................................................................................. 285 Manipulations with Line Segments..................................................................................................................... 286 Graphic Line Parameters..................................................................................................................................... 287 Working in the Automatic Parameterization Mode ..................................................................................288 Editing Sketch...........................................................................................................................................291 Editing a Line Segment....................................................................................................................................... 292 Editing a Circle, Ellipse, Arc and Elliptical Arc ................................................................................................. 293 Editing Spline...................................................................................................................................................... 293 Detailing Elements............................................................................................................... 295 Hatches and Fills ..........................................................................................................................................295 Applying Hatches......................................................................................................................................295 Hatch Parameters ......................................................................................................................................296 “Filling” Tab ....................................................................................................................................................... 296 “Outline” Tab...................................................................................................................................................... 299 Defining Hatch Parameters on the System Toolbar ............................................................................................ 299 Defining Hatch Contour............................................................................................................................299 Automatic Hatch Contour Search Mode ............................................................................................................. 299 Manual Hatch Contour Input Mode .................................................................................................................... 300 Editing Hatches and Fills ..........................................................................................................................303 Modifying Hatch or Fill Parameters.................................................................................................................... 303 Deleting the Whole Hatch or Fill ........................................................................................................................ 303 Adding a Contour to a Hatch or Fill.................................................................................................................... 304 Redefining Hatch Contour .................................................................................................................................. 304 Defining the Hatch Start Point ............................................................................................................................ 304 Displaying the Contour Point Numbers of a Hatch............................................................................................. 304 Editing a Particular Contour................................................................................................................................ 305 Dimensions....................................................................................................................................................311 Applying Dimensions ...............................................................................................................................311 Dimensions between Two Straight Lines or between Line and Node................................................................. 312 Dimensions between Two Nodes........................................................................................................................ 315 Angular Dimension by Four Nodes..................................................................................................................... 316 Linear Dimension by Three Nodes ..................................................................................................................... 317 Creating Arc Length Dimension ......................................................................................................................... 318 7
<strong>Fundamentals</strong>. Two-Dimensional <strong>Design</strong> 8 Creating Dimension by Cone .............................................................................................................................. 319 Dimensioning a Single Graphic Entity................................................................................................................ 320 Creating Dimension Chains................................................................................................................................. 320 Creating Ordinate Dimensions (Level Markers) ................................................................................................. 322 Dimensioning a Circle......................................................................................................................................... 323 Creating Radial Dimension with Jog on Leader Line.......................................................................................... 324 Drawing Leader Dimension ................................................................................................................................ 325 Dimension Parameters...............................................................................................................................326 «Value» section ................................................................................................................................................... 326 «Strings» section ................................................................................................................................................. 328 «Tolerance» section............................................................................................................................................. 329 «Style» section .................................................................................................................................................... 330 «Arrows» section................................................................................................................................................. 331 «Units» section.................................................................................................................................................... 331 «Alternative dimension» section ......................................................................................................................... 332 «Options» section................................................................................................................................................ 333 Special about Defining Angular Dimension Parameters ..................................................................................... 333 Special about Defining Parameters for Dimensions on Circles........................................................................... 334 Special about Defining Parameters of Ordinate Dimensions .............................................................................. 334 Working with the dimension parameters dialog.................................................................................................. 334 Parameters for New Dimensions (Default Parameters)....................................................................................... 334 Copying Parameters from Existing Dimensions.................................................................................................. 335 Editing Dimensions ...................................................................................................................................336 Working with dimensions in the 3D window............................................................................................338 Text ................................................................................................................................................................340 Creating Text.............................................................................................................................................340 Default Text Parameters............................................................................................................................341 “Style” Tab.......................................................................................................................................................... 341 “Font” Tab........................................................................................................................................................... 342 Creating String Text ..................................................................................................................................343 Subscript and Superscript Text. Use of Variables in Text ........................................................................345 Editing String Text ....................................................................................................................................346 Creating Paragraph Text............................................................................................................................348 Defining Text Position and Size.......................................................................................................................... 348 Inputting Text Contents....................................................................................................................................... 349 Editing Paragraph Text..............................................................................................................................356 Creating and Editing Multiline Text .........................................................................................................361 Creating and Editing Tables......................................................................................................................362 Table Properties................................................................................................................................................... 364 Working with Dictionary...........................................................................................................................367 Inserting Text from Dictionary............................................................................................................................ 369 Creating New Records in the Dictionary............................................................................................................. 370 Leader Notes .................................................................................................................................................371 Creating Leader Notes...............................................................................................................................371 Leader Note Parameters ............................................................................................................................373 «Coordinates» Section......................................................................................................................................... 373 «Leader» Section................................................................................................................................................. 374 «Arrow» Section.................................................................................................................................................. 374 «Multiple Leader» Section .................................................................................................................................. 375 «Options» Section ............................................................................................................................................... 375
Page 2 and 3: T-FLEX Parametric CAD FUNDAMENTALS.
Page 4 and 5: TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents
Page 6 and 7: Table of Contents “Commands” Ta
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Page 22 and 23: Conventions Adopted in the T-FLEX C
Page 24 and 25: System Fundamentals. Customization
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CUSTOMIZING SYSTEM Customizing Syst
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CUSTOMIZING DRAWING Customizing Dra
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Customizing Drawing Direction. Defi
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ELEMENT REPLACEMENT Element Replace
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DATABASES Databases Databases provi
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«BOTTOM-UP» DESIGN «Bottom-Up»
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«Bottom-Up» Design It is possible
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Managing Fragments in Assembly Cont
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Bill of Materials Working with BOM
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BOM Composition Any BOM is composed
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