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.

Dialog element	Explanation
Measurement System Active units	Choose whether the model is displayed in Metric units -meters, millimeters, or US English units-(Imperial) feet, inches.
Commonly used materials list Number of materials to remember	Specifies the number of commonly used materials that will be displayed in the Commonly used materials window of the Select Material dialog. The maximum number of materials is 99. Note: The Add material to commonly used list after selecting check box in the Select Material dialog must be selected in order to remember commonly used materials.
Auto-save Auto-save every	Specify that your project is to be saved automatically at regular intervals, so that you can retrieve data if there is a system error. Select the Auto-save every check box, and then select the regular intervals (minutes) that you want your work saved.
Modeling plane Grid size Plane size	Before you can start modeling, you must define and activate a modeling plane from the Modeling menu. Enter the required modeling grid size to use (mm), and specify whether points will be created at the nearest grid point ( Snap to grid), or exactly where you click. Grid size Specifies the distance between the lines in the modeling grid. To change the units, use the Units option in the System area above, click OK and then reopen the Options dialog. Snap to grid Check this box to create points automatically on the nearest grid-point to where you click when modeling. Otherwise, the point will be created exactly where you click. Plane size Specifies the size of the modeling plane as a percentage of the models bounding box.
Analysis options	Click the Change Analysis Options to open the Select Default Analysis Type dialog, that allows you to specify whether to run a model parameter check, whether to run a full analysis, and also whether the dialog is displayed prior to launching an analysis.
Memory/Performance	This option is not selected by default. Select this option if you want the CPU to cache and recycle memory resources for use by this application. This can improve the performance of this application because the computer does not have to repeat memory resource allocation tasks for subsequent operations by this application. Cached memory is not readily available to other applications that may be running concurrently on the computer, so the performance of other applications may be negatively affected when this option is selected.
Macros/Scripts	You can write scripts or macros to run a specific instance of Autodesk Moldflow Synergy - User Interface available on your machine. Macros and scripts written prior to the 2016 release are not coded to do this. If you would like to run your legacy scripts on current versions of Synergy, without editing them for a specific instance, check this box. Note: Every time you change this selection, you will be prompted to close every running instance of the application and restart them.