To save your settings

FeatureCAM uses three .ini files to store your settings:

• ezfm_ui.ini contains dialog locations, graphics settings, colors, and other user settings.
• ezfm_ui.xml contains settings for the ribbon and toolbar configuration.
• ezfm_mfg.ini contains manufacturing defaults and .cfg settings.

The ezfm_mfg.ini file contains default values for both inch and metric attributes. For example, there is an entry for zrapid in inches and also an entry for zrapid_mm in mm. In general, the name for the metric attributes is the same as the inch name, with a suffix of _mm.

Three items affect the communication with the ezfm_ui.ini and ezfm_mfg.ini files:

• Home tab > Options panel > Save Now — writes the current settings to the files.
• Home tab > Options panel > Reload — reads the settings contained in the files into the program.
• Options > General > Auto Save > Automatically save all options... — saves the current settings when you exit the program. If this option is not selected, the settings for your current session are not saved to the files when you exit.

You can make a backup copy of the .ini files before you save any changes; this way you can revert to the default settings if something goes wrong. Alternatively, you can delete the .ini files; when you restart FeatureCAM, these files are recreated automatically with the default settings.