User Interface Settings

The User Interface settings allow you to customize miscellaneous behaviors based on your preferences.


Color scheme
Change the user interface to use a light, medium, or dark color scheme.

Highlight object under cursor
Show an outline over an object when your mouse hovers over it. This indicates that clicking the object will select it.

Zoom into mouse position in Plan view
Using the Zoom tool in the Plan view will zoom into the point on the screen where you first click the mouse button. Otherwise, the zoom will be relative to the center of the screen.

Zoom into mouse position in Perspective view
Using the Zoom tool in the Perspective view will zoom into the point on the screen where you first click the mouse button. Otherwise, the zoom will be relative to the center of the screen.

Reverse mouse zoom direction
Reverses the zoom direction when using the Zoom tool or mouse wheel.

Mouse wheel zoom amount
Controls how far to zoom when using the mouse wheel.

Keyboard nudge distance
Distance the selected objects are moved when nudging them using the keyboard. See Moving Objects for details.

Paste command moves objects to the current layer
Pasted objects will be moved to the current layer. Otherwise, pasted objects will be moved to the same layers they originated from. New layers will be automatically added if needed.

Show move tool
When editing objects, the move tool makes it easy to move in a fixed direction: left and right, forward and backward, or up and down.


Enable fish food in Realtime Walkthrough (Pro, Architect)

During a Realtime Walkthrough, you can feed the fish by clicking the left mouse button to throw fish food. Uncheck this option to disable this feature.

Show print margins in Plan view (Architect)
Dashed lines will appear around the workspace in the Plan view. These represent the printable area based on the currently selected printer. Anything outside the dashed lines might get cut off when the design is printed to paper.