Control panel, Choosing and positioning – FlexLink Configura User Manual

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Control Panel

Selecting the language in which you would like to run the program is one of the first

settings that you have to do after installing the program for the first time. In order to do
so, go to the File menu and select Control Panel to display a dialog with four tabs –

General, User Interface, Auto 3D and JPG. All settings made in this dialog will be saved

and you do not need to select them again when installing new versions.

The General tab in the Control Panel contains two main fields: Regional Settings and

Drawing File Settings. On this tab, you will find the settings that are most important at
an initial stage.

In the Regional Settings field you choose the language in which you want to run the
program as well as the desired dimension unit. Clicking the Update dimensions button

will automatically change the dimension unit on dimensions that have already been placed

on the drawing area, provided that you have changed unit.

In the Drawing File Settings field, we recommend that you activate the Auto save at

interval function. That way, your work is being saved at regular intervals. In the text field

to the right, you can enter how often your work should be saved (every 1 to 60 minutes).
Auto save only saves the 10 most recent versions of your drawing. To find the drawings

that Configura has saved automatically, go to the File menu and choose Open Autosaved

Drawing. In the text field next to Number of recent drawings you decide how many of
your recently opened files you want displayed when clicking on Recent Drawings in the

File menu. The minimum number is 1 and the maximum is 12.

Below the two main fields, you will see the Calculate price choice. Checking this box will

allow the price of the component(s) that you position on the drawing area to be displayed.

The price information is shown in the status bar in the bottom left-hand corner of the

Configura window.

Note:

Once you have chosen the language and dimension unit, the Control Panel closes, when
you click on OK or Apply. This so that Configura can be updated according to the changes

you have made. To select additional settings, you must open the dialog box from the File

menu, by choosing Control Panel again.

Choosing and Positioning

In the program, all objects that can be picked from one of the component tabs in the left-
hand part of the program window and then positioned on the drawing area are referred to

as "components". If you hover the mouse pointer over a component, a short help text with

the name of the information about the component is displayed. You position most
components in the drawing area by choosing a component on the tab by clicking on it,