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).