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Settings

Settings → Settings… in the editor's menu bar opens the settings page (the ← Back button returns to the editor).

The Settings page.
The Settings page.

Appearance

  • Theme — Light, Dark, Midnight, or Sandstone.
  • Keep the CAD workspace light (default on) — under a dark theme, the drawing area stays on the light paper palette so linework stays readable. Turn it off for a fully dark canvas.

Editing

Two switches that mirror their menu counterparts:

  • Auto-route pipes on edit — re-route the network automatically whenever the layout changes (same as Edit → Auto-route on edit).
  • Object snapping — the master snap toggle (same as View → Snapping; hold Shift to bypass per pick).

Account

Shows who is signed in, with a Sign out button.

Where the other preferences live

A few user preferences are set elsewhere but persist the same way (per machine):

PreferenceWhere
Ortho / Polar / polar incrementStatus-strip chips
Individual snap typesView → Snapping submenu
Hide tool placement tipsSettings menu
Auto-place coverage & NFPA rulesThe Auto-place dialog remembers its last values
Material price bookView → Material costs…
Sprinkler K-factors & part numbersPer sprinkler type, in the Inspector

One view preference — View → Show nodes (calc-node labels on the routed network) — is saved into the project file rather than per machine, since it describes the drawing.

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