Types of Windows

Launching the T-FLEX CAD starts a new session of working with the system. At the start of a session a single main window is opened. However you can open several main windows synchronized between each other in a single session. A session ends upon closing all of its main windows. Launching the T-FLEX CAD again, when current session is still active, starts another session. Main windows belonging to different sessions are not synchronized between each other. More information about main windows can be found in the Working with Multiple Monitors chapter.

 

Main window contains document windows, service windows and various user interface elements.

 

A single main window may contain several windows of several documents. A single document window is opened upon opening or creating a document by default. However, you can open several document windows for the same document if necessary. Document windows representation as well as ways of handling them depends on whether document tabs are enabled. More information about document windows can be found in Document Windows Management, Open New Document Window, and Selecting Active Document Window chapters.

 

A single document window may contain one, two or four view windows. 2D and 3D views (2D and 3D windows) are used most of the time, however, other specific view types are also available. 3D view window is opened by default upon creating a new document.  When opening an existing document, a set of windows that existed upon document saving is opened. Set of windows opened by default for new documents can be customized. More information about view windows can be found in the View Windows chapter.

 

Various tool windows are available in the T-FLEX CAD. The most commonly used tool window is the Parameters window, which serves for setting active command's parameters. The brief description of tool windows is available in the Tool Windows Introduction chapter. Tool windows layout can be customized (see the Tool Windows Management chapter).

 

Also, there are modal dialog windows (dialogs) in the T-FLEX CAD system. The distinctive feature of such windows is that they pop-up over windows described above, thus making them temporarily  inaccessible. E.g.: 3D elements parameters dialog, document parameters dialog, etc. Such dialogs are described in chapters with description of their corresponding commands.