Global Settings
The global settings are found under the Options and the View menu and belong to the following groups.
Global settings for various display features:
1. View- Large Mouse Cursor Activates or deactivates the large mouse cursor.
2.
View- Toolbar
Displays or hides the
toolbar.
3.
View- Status Bar
Displays
or hides the status bar.
Global settings in the dialog boxes:
1. Options- Simulation...
2. Options- Sound...
3. Options- Didactics...
4. Options- Grid...
Other global settings:
1.
Options- Protect Text
Components
Switches the protection for
the text components on or off.
2.
Options- Create Backup Files
Enables
or disables the automatic creation of a backup file for circuit
diagrams. Backup files have the file name extension
bak.
The backup files are created when the circuit diagram is saved
and are updated each time the circuit diagram is
saved.
3.
Options- 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.
4.
Options- Save Settings on
Exit
Determines whether the
global settings and the circuit diagram specific settings of each
open circuit diagram should be saved before exiting
FluidSIM.
All global settings can be saved with Options- Save Settings Now.
By clicking on Save Settings Now under the Options menu, the circuit diagram specific settings of the current circuit will also be saved. These settings then become the default for all new circuit diagrams that are created. The following settings belong in the circuit diagram specific category: display of quantity values, the flow direction indicator, and the background grid (see next section).