Other settings

Action on start-up

This part offers a set of settings that relates to projects opened in SCIA Engineer right after start of SCIA Engineer.

None	No action is carried out when the application is started.
Last opened project	The last opened project is automatically loaded into the application on its start.
Show Open project dialogue	When the application is started, the Open project dialogue is automatically displayed to allow for the selection of the project to be processed.

This part offers setting that is related to automatic project saving functionality which protects the user against loss of data.

Enable autosave every	If this check-box is checked, the projects are automatically saved in specified interval.
Clean files after	If this check-box is checked, the automatically saved projects are deleted after specified time period.

In Directories tab it is possible to specify the folder used for saving autosave files.

This part offers the selection of language of the environment and output.

Workspace	User can select the language of the application environment.
Output	User can select the default language of the outputs from the application (e.g. print preview).

It is necessary to restart SCIA Engineer to take effect of language change of both Workspace and Output in all parts of software.

Language of output from Document or Engineering Report is controlled in particular document/report properties.

This part offers settings related to the system behaviour.

Enable system information in properties	Display system informations in Property window just for debugging purposes.
Enable data server information in properties	Display data server informations in Property window just for debugging purposes.
Enable FastOpen for document (disk caching of document layout data)	The cache file is created to speed up the loading of document data.
Enable MemSave (swapping unused objects to disk, slower but less memory)	Unused objects are saved to disk which allows to free up the memory. Efficient on computers with small memory.
Enable the Product Improvement Program (require administrator privileges and restart of SCIA Engineer)	This functionality allows to send statistics helping developers to improve the software.

This part offers setting regarding displaying the dialogue just before erase of results induced by the change of model.

Enable question before deleting results	If check-box checked, SCIA Engineer asks the user after the change of model has been done whether to accept the change and delete results or not.
Calculation time threshold [s] (0 means display always)	Defines how long last calculation must have taken to display the question. If last calculation lasted less than specified time, the question will not be displayed.

This part offers user to activate the old style GUI in some parts of SCIA Engineer.

Old project manager	If this check-box is checked, the old-style 'New project' dialogue is displayed instead of the new Start project dialogue.
Preview window	If this check-box is checked, the 'Preview' of results using old-style document is used instead of new 'Report preview' based on Engineering Report technology.
One click on main tree	If this check-box is checked, one click opening is active for main tree.
Old icon set	If this check-box is checked, old icon set is used.

For setting of application options see chapter Adjusting the application options.