Preferences and settings
To access preferences:
- Click on the preferences icon in dashboard
- Or click on File | Preferences in the editor
Setting the language
To select a language, click on the language dropdown in the General preferences dialog.
Current options are:
- English
- हिन्दी
- Français
- 日本語
- Svenska
- 简体中文
- 繁體中文
- Italiano
- Português
- Tiếng Việt
- Pусский язык
- Español
- Deutsch
- Bahasa Indonesia
- ภาษาไทย
- Nederlands
- 한국어
- Wikang Filipino
Setting the keyboard increment
To set the keyboard increment:
- Click on the keyboard increment dropdown in the General preferences dialog
You can choose Auto or Custom.
If you choose Custom, you can input the value using mm, cm, m, in or px on the set increment box.
Automatically resize symbols to snap on grid
Choose this option if you want Vecta to resize symbols from stencils to automatically resize to your current grid.
This is very useful to ensure all symbols are precisely placed on your drawing.
Show confirmation dialog when modifying stencils
Choose this option to display a confirmation prompt when modifying stencils or symbols.
The dialog will be shown upon performing actions such as adding new symbols to a stencil, editing or resetting symbol icons, pasting symbols, deleting symbols, or reordering the position of symbols in a stencil.
Automatically insert title block after creating a new page
Enable this setting to let Vecta automatically duplicate the title block of the current page to the new page.
Automatically snap to nearby shapes
Enable this setting to allow shapes to snap to nearby shapes when moving. Users can move shapes to snap to the sides or the center of another shape. Snap strength determines how close the moved shape needs to be in order to snap to other shapes.
To change snap strength:
- Enable Automatically snap to nearby shapes
- Input snap value in mm, cm, m, in or px in Snap strength box
Play sound when chat message is received
Choose this option to play a sound on your computer when you receive a chat message on Vecta's build in chat box.
See also
Play sound when collaborator joins editing
Choose this option to play a sound on your computer when a collaborator joins you in editing.
Notification settings
To access notification preferences:
- Click on the notification tab on the preferences dialog
Enable or disable desktop notifications
Choose this option to enable or disable desktop notifications.
You can also choose to be notified when a drawing is created, renamed or trashed.
DWG/DXF settings
To access DWG/DXF preferences:
- Click on the DWG/DXF tab on the preferences dialog
Enable or disable Import dimensions and Import layers
You can tick or untick box to import dimensions and layers. Ticking the box will keep the dimensions and layers of the files.
You can also input a custom stroke width which means the width of the symbols outline. 0.2 px is set as default.
