The settings are organized in categories and topics.

You can select the topic you want to change from the tree view at the left, the left panel will show the corresponding settings.

Application

Live Update

When enabled, the system checks for updates, services packs, news and special offers available for your product. This option requires internet access.

System language

Select the desired program language from this menu.

Skin name

Select a skin to change the appearance of the program.

Users Resources path

Set the location of the components made by the user.

Project

General

This category contains options to control how the system starts.

Units

Lets you select the measurement units used for different elements. Click the numbers in the Group column and review the brief description, indicating the elements the units apply to.

Bling

This category allows you to configure what kind of beads will be shown (Rhinestones / Rhinestuds / Nailheads / Sequins / Spangles), the cutting margin and the way of sorting them.

Workspace

General

Options for rulers, large cross cursor and ribbon fitting in 1024 pixels wide screens

Limits

Set the max. workspace size and decide if the work area is limited to the workspace (system will not allow you to place objects outside the workspace if you check the option).

Visual Aids

This group lets you control the Guidelines (or Reference lines) position and color and to define the Grid and Sub grid look and behavior.

Object References

Controls in this group allow you to define the visual aspect (color, transparency, etc.) of the marks the system uses to represent nodes, needle marks, sections references, etc.

Zoom

Use these controls to define the zoom factors and use of mouse wheel for zooming.

Auto scroll

This group controls the automatic scrolling feature: region size, speed, etc.

Video Card Settings

These are important settings related with the performance of your display system. If you are using a good video card, you will want to set the Video hardware acceleration to the highest value to get faster screen redraws. It is also recommended to activate the Enhanced line drawing.

Create and Edit

General

You will find options to control curve types (bezier or arcs), to hide and show some references while create or edit, to manage the Auto Generation mechanism, etc.

Stitch Generation

Allows setting automatic trim thread length, sensibility of small stitches filter, extra pull compensation for long corner stitches and corner roundness threshold.

Stitch Blocks

This group is related with the integrated Stitch Editor, specifically with its behavior with blocks of stitches.

Snaps

Use this controls to enable or disable the snap schema and to define what snap tools you want. Snap is useful when you need to digitize with large accuracy, for example, when creating geometric designs.

Notifications

Sounds

Into this category you will find options to configure sounds for specific events.

Message Windows

Into this category you will find options to control the Messages Window behavior.