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.
Currency Currency symbol	Allows you to specify the type of currency that is used in the Cost Adviser section of the results. Use the drop-down list to select a unit of currency.
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.