SALOME preferences

To begin setting preferences for your study, select Preferences in the main menu, the following dialog box will appear:

If you've just started your study and haven't yet loaded other modules, you'll be able to change only those settings, which refer to the whole GUI SALOME session. These settings will be valid for the whole study session.

General Preferences

• Language
  • Current language - The language used by the application GUI. The language change will come in force only after the application is restarted.
• Look and feel
  • Opaque resize - Force opaque resize mode for viewers area (tabbed workspace). Clear this checkbox for less perfomant workstations.
• Study Properties
  • MultiFile Save - if checked in, your study will be saved in several HDF files (one basic HDF file which will store the main information about the saved study and several other files for the data created by each component used during the study session). Opening of this study requires that ALL saved files should be stored in the SAME directory. If you would like to copy your saved study in another directory or machine, you should copy all stored files. Otherwise, if you try to open this study, some data will be lost and it will lead to invalid functioning of the SALOME platform.
  • ASCII Save - if checked in, your study will be saved in ASCII format file (or files).
  • Store positions of windows - if checked in, positions of windows will be saved in a special file at the end of the current session and then restored for a new session.
  • Auto-save interval (min) - allows to specify the time interval (in minutes) for automatic study saving operation. If the time interval is equal to 0 ("Disabled" value is shown) the automatic saving is not performed.
  • Store/restore last GUI state - if checked in, all GUI settings are saved with the rest of the data whenever you save the study. When the study is reopened, the GUI state is restored.
  • Multi file python dump - allows to generate multiple files (separately for each component) for dumping of a study to a python script. If the option is disabled, the study is dumped to a single python script.
• External browser
  • Application - this option allows you to set an external browser (IE, Netscape) which will be used for viewing SALOME reference manuals. By default, Mozilla is used. Press the "..." button(see the picture below) to browse for the application you need in the data tree of your computer.
  • Parameters
• Python console properties - here you can quickly set the parameters (style, size, face) of the font used in your Python console.
• Show MRU items - allows to define the maximum Number of items in Most Recently Used list and the Link type:
  • Long - shows the full path to the file.
  • Short - shows the file name only.
  • Auto - shows full paths to the files only if some files from different locations have the same name.

For detailed settings in Select Font dialog box press the "..." button(see the picture below).

"..." button

Viewers Preferences

• Common
  • Drop-down buttons in toolbars for action groups - when checked, the action groups are represented in the viewer toolbars as a single drop-down button, switchable by the user. Otherwise, all the buttons from the action groups are displayed in the toolbar.
• OCC Viewer 3d
  • Trihedron size - this submenu allows to set the size of coordinate axes displayed in the viewer.
  • Navigation - this option allows to choose one of the modes of work with mouse in OCC and VTK 3D viewers.
    • Salome Standard Controls - allows to manipulate objects in the viewer with the mouse and locked Ctrl button: increase or decrease the zoom ratio with the left mouse button, translate object in any direction with the central mouse button or rotate it with the right mouse button.
    • Keyboard Free - allows to manipulate objects in the viewer with the mouse without locking Ctrl button. In this case the operations are assigned to the buttons differently: rotation is made with the left button, translation with the right and zoom with both pressed in the same time.
  • Number of isolines along U (or V) - this submenu allows to specify the number of isolines along the axes of coordinates.
  • XZ, XY, YZ and 3D View background color - these submenus allow to select background color. Click on the colored line to access to the Select Color dialog box.
  • Zooming - this option allows to choose a zooming mode.
    • Relative to the view's center - allows to zoom the view relatively to its center.
    • Relative to the cursor - allows to zoom the view relatively to the current cursor position.
• VTK Viewer 3d
  • Projection mode - allows choosing between Orthogonal and Perspective projection mode.
  • Background Color - this submenu allows to select background color. Click on the colored line to access to the Select Color dialog box.
  • Trihedron size - this submenu allows to set the size of coordinate axes displayed in the viewer.
    • Relative size - if checked in, trihedron axes scale to fit the size of the area displayed in 3D Viewer.
  • Navigation - this option allows to choose one of the modes of work with mouse in OCC and VTK 3D viewers (for more details see preferences for OCC Viewer 3d).
  • Zooming mode - this option allows to choose a zooming mode (for more details see preferences for OCC Viewer 3d).
  • Speed Increment - defines the number of units by which the speed increases or respectively decreases after pressing [+] or [-] keyboard buttons.
  • Modification Mode - allows choosing between Arithmetic and Geometrical progression used for zooming.
  • Show static trihedron - allows to show/hide the static trihedron located in the bottom-left corner of the viewer.
  • Spacemouse - a mouse-like manipulator device specially designed for working with 3D presentations, objects, etc. You can reassign the actions listed below to any of its buttons.
    • Decrease Speed Increment - decreases by 1 the speed increment used for the keyboard (same as [-] key).
    • Increase Speed Increment - increase by 1 the speed increment used for the keyboard (same as [+] key).
    • Dominant / combined switch - toggles button to switch to dominant or combined movements.
  • AVI Recording
    • Mode - allows to choose from two recording regimes:
      • Recording all displayed frames - records exactly at the FPS rate specified by the user.
      • Recording at a given FPS - records only when the contents of the viewer change (some activity is performed). In the AVI file non-recorded images are substituted with the copies of the latest recorded image, which produces files with lower quality but requires less system resources.
    • FPS - allows to define the FPS (frames per second) rate for the clip. Set greater value for better quality.
    • Quality - allows to set the quality of the clip in the interval between 0 and 100.
    • Progressive - allows to record a progressive API file.
  • Names of groups - allows to specify parameters of the titles displayed in the viewer:
    • Text color - allows selecting the text color;
    • Transparency - allows selecting the text transparency.
• Plot2d Viewer
  • Show legend - this options specifies if it's necessary to show legend by default.
  • Legend Position - this submenu allows to set the default position of the legend, it can be located to the left, to the right, on top or on bottom of the graph.
  • Curve Type - this allows to set the representation of graphs in your presentations. You can see only Points, points connected with Lines or points connected with smooth Splines.
  • Marker Size - this submenu allows you to set the size of markers in your graphs.
  • Horizontal and Vertical axis scale - this submenu allows you to set the scale for vertical and horizontal axes. It can be either Linear or Logarithmic. Note that the Logarithmic scale can be used only if the minimum value of corresponding component (abscissa or ordinate) of all points displayed in the viewer is greater than zero. If this condition is not met, the scale is switched to Linear automatically, even if it is set to Logarithmic.
  • Background Color - this submenu allows to select the background color. Click on the colored line to access to the Select Color dialog box.

Directories Preferences

• Quick Directory List - this section allows to create and manage a custom quick directory list. To add a directory in the list, press the "Add directory" button:

  

  then the "..." button and browse the data tree for the directory you need. The "Up" and "Down" buttons(see the picture below) help you to sort the directories in the list:

  
  

  To remove the selected directory from the list, press the "Delete" button:

  

Object Browser Preferences

• Enable auto-hiding checkbox - hides the Using Find Tool if nor used
• Object browser settings
  • Auto size for the first column - this checkbox enables automatic resizing for the first column.
  • Auto size for other columns - this checkbox enables automatic resizing for the other columns.
  • Resize columns after expanding an item - this checkbox enables resizing columns on expanding an object browser item.
  • Browse to the published object - this combobox allows to enable automatic browsing to the objects just published to the study (using GUI dialogs only). It means that the object browser will be scrolled to the published objects, make them visible if they are collapsed and select the first of them. Three modes are allowed for activating this feature:
    • Never - automatic browsing is disabled.
    • After Apply & Close only - browsing is activated when the dialog is accepted by Apply & Close or Ok buttons (or if the objects are published without using a dialog, for example, by clicking a context menu button) and not activated when the Apply button is pressed and therefore the dialog remains visible.
    • Always - automatic browsing is always enabled.

• Default columns - these checkboxes allow to display or hide Value, Entry, IOR and Reference entry columns in the Object Browser.

Shortcuts Preferences

• Shortcuts settings widget allows to define custom shortcuts for various operations.
  To change keyboard sequence for a certain action - select the action and press the custom keys combination.