Options Panel
To change program preferences in the Graphical User Interface select:
Tools > Options. On a Mac OS, the equivalent panel is called Preferences,
and is available from Cubit > Preferences The options panel includes a series of Tabs,
containing categories of global settings to customize the Cubit environment. The following
categories are available:
This menu controls how command panels are displayed and managed, including
which style of button hierarchy is displayed.
- Command Panel Behavior
- Automatic Input Field Focus -
- Automatic Panel Reset
- Panel Warnings
- Hide Mesh Warning - Hide the warning dialog that appears when trying to mesh
entities that already contain a mesh.
- Navigation Hierarchy
- Classic (Restart Required) - Toggle between entity-first hierarchy (Classic) and
action-first hierarchy (Non-classic). This changes the arrangement and navigation of
panels in the geometry mode of the command panel. The classic navigation arranges the
icons so that entities are first selected, followed by an action. For the non-Classic
mode, the action is first selected followed by the entity type.
A restart is required to see changes in the command panel navigation hierarchy.
- Boundary Condition Modules - Disable/Enable the display of
GUI tools used for managing commercial FEA and CFD model preparation. These options
are available only in non-classic navigation hierarchy. Uncheck the Classic
checkbox to enable these options.
Display
Preferences
This menu controls entity display features for the graphics window which
include the following:
General
Preferences
This menu controls general program options including the following:
- Prompt for Unsaved
Application Data - When this is checked and the user opens
a new .cub file or exits the application with unsaved changes, a dialog
box will pop up asking if they want to save changes first. The user
can uncheck this option to prevent that dialog box from appearing.
This is checked by default.
- Prompt for Unsaved
Journal Data - When this button is checked and the user closes
the journal file editor with unsaved changes the program will prompt
to save the changes. The user can uncheck this button to prevent the
dialog box from appearing. It is checked by default.
- Change to Script
Directory for Playback - When this option is checked, Claro
will change the working directory to the directory the script is in
when the script/journal file is run. When the script is finished,
Claro will change the directory back to the previous one. This is
useful when using relative paths in a journal file. When the option
is unchecked, Claro won't change the directory when a journal file
is run in which case the user may have to manually change the working
directory when their journal file has relative paths.
- Prompt When
Translating from Python - When checked, if the user translates
a python script to a cubit journal file, the journal editor will warn
them that commands may be lost. When unchecked, the journal editor
will not issue the warning. There is a checkbox on the warning dialog
that sets this option as well.
- Default Syntax
- Sets the default syntax to use when creating a new journal file
in the editor. The Cubit option is only available when the cubit component
is loaded.
- Show Startup
Splash Screen - Option to hide the startup splash screen
on opening Claro.
Geometry
Defaults
This menu controls the geometry defaults.
The user can also change the default geometry engine to one of the following:
The faceting
tolerance can also be controlled from this menu to change the way
facets are drawn in the graphics window.
History
Preferences
This menu controls the input window history and journal file options.
These include:
- Maximum Number
of Commands - The max number of commands kept in the current
command history.
- Maximum Number
of Lines - Maximum number of lines in input window.
- Journal
Command History - Whether to use a journal file to save
command history. Default is to use a journal file.
- Output
Log - When this option is checked, you can save error
log to a separate output file.
Label Defaults
This menu controls the geometry and mesh entity labels in the graphics
window.
Layout
Preferences
This menu option controls input window formatting and control panel
docking options.
- Font for command line workspace
- Font size for command line workspace
- Reset Window Layout Button
- Used to reset GUI windows to their default positions
Also included in the layout preferences is a list of available windows
with a checkbox to show/hide each window.
Cubit
Layout Settings
This menu controls the layout of Cubit specific buttons and tabs on
the GUI.
- Show script
tab - Shows the script tab on the command line window
- Use Labels on Buttons-
Option to apply a label to each button on the control panel
- Preferred Location (currently under construction)
Mesh
Defaults
- Node
Size
- Element
Shrink
- Mesh
Line Color - The same as "Color Lines" command.
- Default
Element Type - Tet/Tri or Hex/Quad
- Surface Scheme Coloring
(used in Meshing Power Tool) - This option allows you to select different
colors for surface schemes when visualized using the meshing power
tools.
Mouse
Settings
This menu controls mouse button controls. Pressing the Emulate
Command Line Settings button will cause all of the settings to
simulate mouse
controls in the command line version of CUBIT. For a detailed description
of mouse settings see the View
Navigation-GUI page.
Post Processor Settings
Post Processor
Executable Directory - Option to browse for post processor executable
directory.
Quality Defaults
This menu controls quality defaults for different quality metrics. For
a description of the different quality metrics see the respective pages: