Options dialog box

Access: Displays the Options dialog box. Sets the viewing options, colors, units and precision of measurement, and graphical and system options.

General tab

Navigation Tools
Displays or hides the Navigation toolbar.
View Cube
Displays or hides the View Cube.
Orientation
Sets orientation of the XYZ coordinate system.
Selected Color
Sets color for components selected in the browser or graphic window.
Measurement Size

Sets text size of annotation created with the Measure command.

Background tab

Color gradient

Plain applies a solid color to the background.

Graduated applies a saturation gradient. Uses selected Top and Bottom Color as the gradient limits.

Horizon applies a saturation gradient to sky and ground background. Uses selected Sky, Horizon Sky, Horizon Ground, and Ground Color as the gradient limits.

Advanced tab

Linear Units
Sets units for linear measurements.
Angular Units
Sets units for angular measurements.
Decimal Places
Sets precision for metric units.
Fraction Precision
Sets precision for imperial units.
Visibility
Displays or hides model lines.
Frame Rate
Specifies the number of frames per second that are rendered in the mockup view. The default setting is 6. You can set the frame rate from 1 through 60 frames per second. Reducing the value reduces drop-out, but can cause jerky movement during navigation. Increasing the value ensures a smoother navigation, but increases drop-out.
Graphic System
Select Autodesk for better display quality, or Basic for better performance.
Hardware Acceleration
Select to utilize available hardware acceleration on your video card. Clear the selection if your video card drivers do not work well with the viewer. Not available if your video card does not support hardware acceleration.
Cache
Sets size of cache memory. Larger cache size improves performance.