Setting User Preferences

The user preferences table is used to set defaults for units of measure, general items (fonts & language), chart settings, and ISO settings. The table is accessed by clicking Tools -> Options in the main menu. Units of measure can be defined for individual curve families and product lines by accessing the units of measure table from their respective folders. Click here to learn how.

How to set default user preferences for...

• Units of Measure

  To define default units of measure:

  1. From the main menu select Tools  then Options from the drop down menu.

   

   

  2. The User Preferences control table will be displayed.

  3. Select the Units of Measure tab.

  4. The Units of Measure table will display. Perform one of the following:

  1. Choose the option button US or Metric to set all the units of measure to that selection.

  2. Select Custom to define non-default units of measure:

  • To change units for a specific unit group: click the down arrow in the unit cell and select a unit from the drop down list.

  Note: Modifying an individual unit group will change the option button to Custom.

  
  

  5. A unit's precision is based on values less than or greater than a base value. To modify the precision of the unit, simply click in the appropriate precision cell and type in a new value.

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  7. Select from the Units and Precision Settings warning dialog pop-up box.

  To define units of measure:

  1. From the main menu select Tools  then Options

   

  2. The User Preferences control table will be displayed.

  3. Select the Units of Measure tab

  4. In the table chose the option button for US, Metric or Custom.

  •  To change units in an specific field, use the cells drop down list by selecting the down arrow.

  Note:Editing an individual cell will change the option button to Custom by default.

  • To modify the precision of a field, simply double click in the cell and type in a new value.

  5. Close the table

• Fonts

  To set the default fonts:

  1. From the main menu, select Tools -> Options from the drop down menu.

   

   

  2. The User Preferences control table will be displayed.

  3. Select the General tab. The Fonts tablewill be displayed.
     
     

  4. Click the drop-down arrow for Font, Size, or Style in the section to be modified.

  5. Select .

  6. Select from the Units and Precision Settings warning dialog pop-up box.

  To set default fonts and language:

  1. From the main menu select Tools  then Options

   

  2. The User Preferences control table will be displayed.

  3. Select the general tab

  4. In the table, click on the down arrow for the specific field/fields you want to set.

  Note: Different languages are not supported in this version

  5. Pick a setting and select to accept the change.

  6. Close the table

• Chart settings

  To set default chart settings:

  1. From the main menu, select Tools -> Options from the drop down menu.

   

   

  2. The User Preferences control table will be displayed.

  3. Select the  tab.

  4. In the table, choose a chart setting view to modify. (Default Knowledge Engineering View or Price Book View.) With Price Book View, you can choose portrait or landscape mode.

  5. Click the down arrow in the specific field(s) you want to set.

  6. Pick a setting from the drop down list.

  7. Select to accept the change.

  8. Select from the Units and Precision Settings warning dialog pop-up box.

• ISO settings

  To set default ISO Settings:

  1. 1. From the main menu, select Tools -> Options from the drop down menu.

   

   

  2. The User Preferences control table will be displayed.

  3. Select the tab.

  4. This tab controls how ISO lines are displayed on preview curves. The user can set how many lines to draw and how long they will be, as well as the precision of the label.    

  

  5. Select to accept the change.

  6. Select from the Units and Precision Settings warning dialog pop-up box.

   

• Language settings

  To set translation languages:

  1. From the main menu, select Tools -> Options from the drop down menu.

  2. The User Preferences control table will be displayed.

  3. Select the tab.

  4. Choose which languages the database will include translations for, and add them to the list on the right.

   

  

  5. Select to accept the change.

  6. Select from the Units and Precision Settings warning dialog pop-up box.