Main Toolbar
Main Toolbar |
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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.
Some of the standard sets of the main toolbar are invisible by default and shown only upon activating the corresponding command of the T-FLEX CAD. For example, the set “Text” is by default not present in the list of the main toolbar modes, but upon entering the mode of creating/editing the text, this particular set will appear on the main toolbar. When the set “Compatible” gets active, the main toolbar itself represents a copy of the standard toolbar existing in the earlier versions of the T-FLEX CAD. Switching between the button sets can be done manually by using the button on the left side of the toolbar The desired set can be chosen with the help of The user selected set is stored in the window of the current document and automatically recovered when the window becomes active. The given setting is stored in the document and gets activated when the file is open. |
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It is possible to decline automatic switching between the main toolbar sets by setting on the flag “Lock”. This flag can be found in the context menu, called with the help of One more flag is available in the same context menu which allows controlling the view of main toolbar – “Show Tabs”. It controls visibility of the tabs on the main toolbar. The tabs allow quick switching between the button sets of the toolbar. The tab of the active set is marked with the color. |
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The flag “Show Labels” enables to add annotations to the buttons of the main toolbar. This can be convenient at the first acquaintance with the system or while working with the high resolution monitor.
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 
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-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.
. In addition, several sets can be activated from the keyboard with the help of the specified for them key combinations. By default, the key combinations are assigned only for the sets “
in the auto-menu field or any other instrument toolbar. After turning on the flag, the main toolbar state is going to be modified only upon manual switching between its sets.