Display Options

In the project manager screen, users will find three options in the taskbar (Home / Options / Settings). To enter configure the display options select the Options Tab and the following option boxes will appear below.

These settings are key to the function of n4ce and a moment should be taken to understand each of their functions. 

Distances

• Units: Defines the major unit used to display linear dimensions in grid views, dialog windows and reports, unless overridden by a specific tool.  For instance, the default is meters, but when adding CAD dimensions to a floor plan, it may be necessary to set the dimension to mm for very small openings.
• Decimals: Allows users to choose how many decimal points are displayed.

Angles

• Defines the major angle unit to be used to display angular dimensions in grid views, dialog windows and reports.

Decimals

• Defines the number of decimal places to be used in grid views, dialog windows and reports for Length, Angles, Areas and Volumes.

Curves Fitting

• Chord: Defines the length of the chord used to draw arcs. Smaller values improve the appearance of curves at the detriment of node count and possibly speed. 0.5m is the default value and offers a good compromise.
• Offset: Defines a line simplification variable that is used to control the degree of curvature maintained before points are removed from polylines. Essentially for curved contours and curve-fitted features, this tries to minimise the number of points along straighter segments and keep them where there are significant changes in direction greater than this value stipulates. This option can have a huge effect when combined with the bi-arc fitting option above.  Between these two options, huge savings in exported drawing sizes and screen redraw speed can be achieved. A value of 0 turns the tool off, otherwise, values around 0.1 can achieve good results and not remove too much data. 
• Bi-Arc Fitting: This option defines how n4ce renders curved line work such as curve-fitted polylines and curve-fitted contours.  If this option is enabled then n4ce renders curved segments as a series of intersecting arcs. This is quicker to redraw and generates a lot less data. If it is disabled, then n4ce draws curved segments as a series of very short straight lines, the length of which is controlled via the Chord field.  Smaller numbers result in smoother curves, but many more nodes. 

Larger values - Less accurate, but faster to draw

Smaller values - Better looking curves, but more data

Contours

• Chord: Defines the length of the chord used when plotting contours. Smaller values improve the appearance of contours at the detriment of node count and possibly speed. 0.5m is the default value and offers a good compromise.
• Offset: 

Spreadsheet

Zoom: This function will allow users to make new spreadsheets smaller and larger as seen below:

Cursor

• Size: This function will change the size of the pick box on the cursor. For example, a smaller cursor size (pick box) would be used to query, delete or edit a single point whereas a larger cursor size allows users to select a cluster of points within the pick box as seen below.

Smaller Cursor Size
Larger Cursor Size

AutoSave

• Enabled: Allows the background autosave to operate and save a backup copy of the current project.
• Interval: If the enabled option is ticked, then this defines the time interval in minutes between which the autosave will make a backup of the current project into the Temp folder.

Windows

• CAD Move Preview: This option disables the redraw of CAD detail as it is either copied or moved. If a large number of objects require moving, then turning this off will make the copy or move process much easier to conduct.
• Cursor Scale: This function allows users to change the cursor scale depending on their preference. Automatically saves when you close n4ce.

Window Size

• Automatic: This function will open new windows in a best-fit size to match the current screen resolution.
• Width: Users can manually change the width of the new windows that are opened in n4CE.
• Height: Similar to 'Width', users can change the height of newly opened windows. 

Min Pixel Ht

• Text: This option enables users to control the size in pixels at which text starts to be rendered. To speed up the display, this stops text being plotted until it is readable.

Company

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