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:
Command Panels
This menu controls how command panels are displayed and
managed, including which style of button hierarchy is
displayed.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
