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Selection of angle units, number of repeated commands, setting of pop-up message display and control of mouse wheel rotation direction is performed in the General section of setting dialog box.

To access the section, call the Settings — Parameters... and in the dialog box that appears, select System — General.

Controls in the general system setup section


Element

Setting description


Angular units

The drop-down list allows you to select angle units. The following options are available.

Decimal system — angular values will be displayed in the format xx,xxxxxx°.

Degrees, minutes, seconds — angular values will be displayed in the format xx°xx'xx,xxx".

Radians — angular values will be displayed in the format xx,xxx rad.

The selected units will be used to display angle values in the Parameter panel fields when creating and editing objects.

When setting angular dimensions in graphic documents, angles are measured - depending on the specified accuracy (see the Dimensional captions accuracy section) —in degrees; in degrees and minutes; in degrees, minutes and seconds.


Size of the list of recent commands

Field for specifying the number of last commands in the Last commands command submenu.

To set the number of commands to be memorized, enter a number from 1 to 11. With a value of 1, the Last commands command is not available in the context menu.


Use Windows notification center

The option is used to control the way pop-up messages are displayed.

If the option is enabled, all pop-up messages KOMPAS-3D are displayed in the Windows notification center, or if disabled, in the lower right corner of the window. KOMPAS-3D.


The Use Windows notification center option is not available on computers running versions of Windows earlier than 10. On these computers, pop-up messages are always shown in the bottom right corner of the window KOMPAS-3D.


Reverse the mouse wheel direction

The option allows you to change the direction of mouse wheel rotation.

If the option is disabled, when the mouse wheel is rotated «to myself» the image gets farther away, and when you rotate it away from you, it gets closer. When the option is turned on, the opposite happens.

After completing the settings, click Apply and close the dialog box. To exit the dialog box without changing the settings, click Cancel.

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