                      PARAMETRICS
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User Interface
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Parametrics under Windows works almost identically to the DOS version
(and files created under DOS will run fine under Windows). The only
significant changes are:

1) The hotkey to turn on parametrics, or to access the parametric menu,
   is "=" (same as Home under DOS).

2) Some additional functions, such as Insert/Annotations, are available.
   One technique for quickly creating a number of rectangular panels is
   to turn on parametrics, then sketch them in first using the Offset
   option, then later fill in the desired sizes.

3) Copy/Multiple now generates a parametric "dimension" for the number
   of copies. This is very useful - for instance, you can create a design
   that has either one or two locks. When re-running, you can change the
   number of copies (i.e. number of copies including the original) to 1
   if you don't want any copies.
   If you use the Copy/Move dynamic menu, you will get a parametric for
   the number of copies if you set the number of copies to 3 or more.
   If the number of copies is 2, it assumes you want exactly 2 and does
   not create a "multiple" dimension. So if you want either 2 or 3,
   start with 3.
   When re-running, parametrics must have exactly the same number of
   lines in each section as it did when first creating the design.
   So if you decrease the number of copies when re-running, the unwanted
   copies are turned into construction lines. If you increase the number
   of copies, the excess lines are created in a section called MULTI_COPY.

4) The parametrics menu automatically shows any "table" variables, in
   two columns (value on left, name on right, 9 to a page). To create
   additional table variables, or to edit the names, click on Names or
   All Names. This enables an additional blank name where you can type.
   To delete an unwanted table variable, just delete the name (highlight
   the name and press delete, or replace it with blanks).

5) In the parametrics menu, the accelerator to Re-run is Enter.

Apart from the way table variables work, the options in tha parametrics
menu are similar to the DOS program. EDIT allows you to make changes to
the parametric dimensions, which for the most part are more easily done
with hotkeys (e.g. S, T, E). Delete (or hotkey D) does not permanently
delete the dimension, but instead hides it, and you can get it back
again using Undelete (same as DOS). LINKS helps you to find what lines
were created by what dimensions (same as DOS).
