Composition Document. Embedded Fragments

T-FLEX CAD provides a mechanism for managing references to other documents (fragments, pictures, external databases, etc.). A T-FLEX CAD document may contain references to external files ("external link") or have the external file data embedded directly within the file of the composition (assembly) document in T-FLEX CAD ("internal link"). This mechanism also helps quickly port an assembly model to another location in the file system, zipping the assembly in one file with the capability of quickly unzipping it later.

The "File|Assembly…" group of commands is often used in the system to manage references. Working with commands of this group is described in the chapter "Links Managment".

Icon	Ribbon
	Assembly → Component Links→ Update Links
Keyboard	Textual Menu
<UL>	File > Assembly > Update Links

Icon	Ribbon
	Assembly → Component Links→ Update Assembly
Keyboard	Textual Menu
<UA>	File > Assembly > Update Assembly

Icon	Ribbon
	Assembly → Component Links→ Move Assembly
Keyboard	Textual Menu
<AM>	File > Assembly > Move Assembly

The command "UL: Update Links" redownloads data from the external files of the first level which are included into the composition document. The command “UA: Update Assembly” reloads the data from all external files contributing to the composition document.

The command "AL: Links" is provided for managing the assembly document links to other documents. Each of the links can be assigned a type defining the position of the external file.

The command "AM: Move Assembly" is provided for moving an assembly document to another location in the file system or for zipping the assembly into one file. When moving the file, the moving options can be specified (embedding, substitution), as well as the name and the path to the target document of moving the assembly.