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Setting Preferences

Setting Screen and Printer Fonts

You can change the font your template-based product uses to display text in a view, such as the name of a part or a note on the screen, or to print text to a printer. The fonts available for displaying text in a view are those available with your operating system. The fonts available for printing text are a fixed set of 12 fonts. Note that your printer may not support all of these printer fonts. Learn about Printing Models.

To select a screen or printer font:

1. On the Settings menu, select Fonts.

The Fonts dialog box appears.

2. In the Screen Font text box, enter the name of the font you want your template-based product to use to display text in a view. To browse for a font, right-click the text box, select Browse, and then select a font.

3. Set Postscript Font to the font you want to use to print text.

4. Select OK.

Specifying Working Directory

By default, your template-based product searches for and saves all files in the directory from which you ran your template-based product. You can change the working directory.

To change the working directory for the current session:

1. On the File menu, select Select Directory.

Select the directory in which your template-based product should save files.

2. Select OK.

You can also set the working directory when you start your template-based product. Learm about Starting a New Modeling Session.

To change the working directory for all sessions:

On Linux:

1. From the Adams Toolbar, right-click your template-based product's tool, and then select Change Settings.

2. In the Registry Editor, select WorkingDirectory, and then change the working directory.

For more information see Running and Configuring Adams.

On Windows:

1. On the Desktop, right-click your template-based product's shortcut, and select Properties.

2. In the Start In text box, enter the working directory.

For more information, see your Windows online help.

Setting Units of Measurement

You can set the units that your template-based product uses in modeling, importing, and exporting files. You can select individual units or select a set group of units. Learn about Units of Measurement in Adams View.

To set the unit of measurement:

1. On the Settings menu, select Units.

The Units Settings dialog box appears.

2. Select the unit of measurement for each of the dimensions using the table below for assistance.

3. Select OK.

To Select:	Do the following:
Unit for a specific dimensions	Select the individual unit from the pull-down menu associated with the dimension.
Predefined unit system	Select one of the following buttons. In all the unit systems, time is in seconds and angle is in degrees. When you select a predefined unit system, the units selected appear in the upper portion of the dialog box. ■MMKS - Sets length to millimeters, mass to kilograms, and force to Newtons. ■MKS - Sets length to meters, mass to kilograms, and force to Newtons. ■CGS - Sets length to centimeters, mass to grams, and force to Dyne. ■IPS - Sets length to inches, mass to pound mass, and force to PoundForce.

To Select:

Do the following:

Unit for a specific dimensions

Select the individual unit from the pull-down menu associated with the dimension.

Predefined unit system

Select one of the following buttons. In all the unit systems, time is in seconds and angle is in degrees. When you select a predefined unit system, the units selected appear in the upper portion of the dialog box.

■MMKS - Sets length to millimeters, mass to kilograms, and force to Newtons.

■MKS - Sets length to meters, mass to kilograms, and force to Newtons.

■CGS - Sets length to centimeters, mass to grams, and force to Dyne.

■IPS - Sets length to inches, mass to pound mass, and force to PoundForce.