Settings

System wide settings. Accessed from File->Settings

General

Save Recent Files

If selected, recently accessed files will be listed to the right of the File menu.

History Length

The maximum number of files to store in the recent files list.

Clear History

Erases the list of recent files from the File menu.

Reset to Default

Sets Sym3 back to the default colour scheme.

Color scheme

Can be either Black or Silver.

Enable version control for all projects

Activates version control functionality for all projects. See Version Control for further information.

Require commit message on save

Forces the user to enter a message prior to committing a change to version control. See Version Control for further information.

CSV file export format

Sets the file format for property export. Can be either UTF-8 or UTF-8-BOM (starts with 0xEFBBBF)

Log Size

Enables or disables the Sym3 minidump crash logging. Controls the level of detail written to the minidump crash file.

See windows documentation for further information on the log levels defined below:

  • Disabled - No minidump crash log will be written
  • Small - Normal windows mini dump log level (MiniDumpNormal)
  • Medium - Medium log level (MiniDumpWithPrivateReadWriteMemory | MiniDumpWithDataSegs |MiniDumpWithHandleData | MiniDumpWithProcessThreadData)
  • Full - Full log level (MiniDumpWithFullMemory | MiniDumpWithHandleData | MiniDumpWithProcessThreadData | MiniDumpWithUnloadedModules )

Graphics

Frame rate

Defines the frame rate in number of frames per second. Applies to 3D views in Sym3.

Shading

  • Flat
  • Smooth

Outline

If switched on, 3D objects will be drawn with a visible outline. If switched off, the outline will not be drawn.

Disable 3D

If switched on, 3D view mode in Sym3 will be disabled. Instead of displaying the 3D view, a message will be shown informing the user 3D mode has been disabled.

Deployment

Operator Editor Only

Configures the webservice endpoint location and credentials used when publishing a Sym3 project to Operator Server.

Host

The URL of the server.

Login

Username to use with Sym3 server when publishing.

Password

Password to use with Sym3 server when publishing.

Reports

Output Directory

Output folder path in the local file system to use when creating reports.

Simulation

Persistent properties

If a property in the tree has its checkbox ticked, its value will persist after simulation has ended.

Advanced

External text comparison tool path

Path to a text comparison tool executable. This tool is used to compare differences in simulation scripts when merging projects in the Merge Projects window. This comparison tool will be passed two arguments on the command line. These arguments are the full paths of two temporary files containing the conflicting data to compare (left and right). The temporary files will be removed when the comparison application exits.

If this field is set to empty and WinMerge is installed, WinMerge will be set as the text comparison tool.

List of compatible third party text comparison applications:

  • WinMerge - Recommended
  • Araxis Merge
  • Beyond Compare
  • Sourcegear DiffMerge