Options

Simulation...                             

Opens a dialog box with settings for the simulation. Here, parameters such as the maximum recording time, the slow-motion factor, and the priority are defined.

EasyPort/OPC/DDE Connection...                             

Opens a dialog box with options for the EasyPort/OPC/DDE connection. This is where you may define various options for interconnecting FluidSIM with the EasyPort hardware or with other applications.

Sound...                                    

Opens a dialog box in which the acoustic signal is switched on for the following component types: switch, relay, valve, and buzzer.

Didactics...                               

Opens a dialog box with settings for the didactics. These settings include factors that apply to animation speed and repeat mode.

Grid...                                       

Opens a dialog box allowing you to activate the background grid and select its style (“Point”, “Cross”, “Line”) and its resolution (“Coarse”, “Medium”, “Fine”).

Terminal Assignment Diagram...                              

Opens a dialog box where you may define the options for the terminal assignment diagrams.

Protect Text Components         

Enables or disables the protection of text components. Protected text components can neither be marked nor moved or deleted.

Create Backup Files                 

Enables or disables the automatic creation of a backup file for circuit diagrams. Backup file names have the extension bak. The backup files are created when the circuit diagram is saved and are updated each time the circuit diagram is saved.

Default Directory on Network   

Defines the default directory for circuit diagrams and presentation files. If this option is enabled the default directory for the mentioned files is on the network file server. Otherwise, the default directory is on the local PC. This menu entry is available only in the network version.

Save Settings Now                   

Saves the current global and window specific settings. Defines the circuit diagram specific settings of the current circuit diagram as the default settings.

Global settings pertain to the toolbar and the status bar, to the simulation, sound, didactic, and grid options, to the creation of backup files, as well as quitting FluidSIM. Window specific settings pertain to zoom levels, window size, and window position. The quantity display, as well as the flow direction indicator and the background grid are considered circuit diagram specific.

Save Settings on Exit              

Defines as to whether or not the current global and window specific settings should be saved upon quitting FluidSIM.