Document setting control the settings in individual files. In the Document Settings dialog box, you can specify the active styles, units of measure, sketch and modeling preferences, bill of materials, and default tolerance. These settings are stored in the document.
You can change settings for the active document. To apply the settings to new documents automatically, change the settings in the templates that you use to create documents.
Display appearance settings control how a document displays in the graphics window when it opens. To open all documents with the same display appearance, use Application appearance settings.
For example, using control at the document level, you can open one dataset as wireframe, and another as shaded. You can open documents in different visual styles without altering the appearance settings at the application level.
The document appearance settings are available for New documents. The document appearance settings for migrated documents are seeded from the application options appearance settings. After opening a migrated document, you can adjust the display appearance.
When you modify the document appearance settings, you can use the document settings for display. To take advantage of these document settings, in Application Options, turn on Use document settings.
Legacy documents without document appearance settings open with the application options appearance settings. Thereafter, you can specify the document appearance settings to use for the document.
See also: Application Options settings