You can customize this product in a variety of ways to suit your needs, including such preferences as language, colour scheme, default results displayed, and commonly used materials.
The Options dialog enables you to customize the following:
Accessing online help
There is a plethora of information available online and offline to help you become conversant, and expert with this software. The default setting is online help.
Configuring the auto-save time interval
By default, all modified studies are automatically saved every 10 minutes to safeguard against data loss. You can change the default time interval or disable automatic saves altogether.
Options dialog-General tab
The General tab of the Options dialog allows you to configure the system settings, the display colors used, modeling preferences, model import directory, the number of commonly used materials remembered and analysis option settings.
Options dialog-Mouse tab
The Mouse tab of the Options dialog is used to assign specific functions, for example rotate/zoom/pan, to the middle and right mouse buttons, either when clicked alone or in combination with the Shift, Control or ALT keys. Functions can also be assigned to a mouse wheel where available.
Options dialog-Default Display tab
The Default Display tab of the Options dialog is used to set the default display attributes for various entities in the model, and will only be available if you have a study open in the project. The options available are explained below.
Options dialog-Viewer tab
The Viewer tab of the Options dialog is used to specify the proportion that the model display is changed, per increment, when you rotate, scale, or pan the model. You can also specify lighting and Open GL Options.
Options dialog-Background and Colors tab
The Background and Colors tab of the Options dialog is used to configure the background color of the model display pane.