Settings

Customise AutoCalcs to match your workflow and preferences. Settings are organised into tabs for Visual, Hotkeys, Units, and Profile options.

Opening Settings

Click the gear icon in the top-right corner of the ribbon to open the Settings dialog.

Visual Settings

Control the appearance of the application:

  • Theme — Choose between Light, Dark, or System (follows your OS preference)
  • Node Size — Adjust the diameter of nodes in the viewport
  • Line Thickness — Adjust the width of member lines in pixels

Hotkeys

Customise keyboard shortcuts for tools and actions. Shortcuts are organised into categories:

  • Modes — Switch between draw, select, move, mirror, copy, extrude, and focus modes
  • Commands & Actions — Undo, redo, and delete operations
  • Dialogs — Open copy and extrude dialogs
  • Selection — Select all, invert selection, and select last created elements
  • View — Preset camera angles (front, back, left, right, top, bottom, isometric)

To reassign a shortcut, click on the current key and press your desired key combination. Conflicts are highlighted and must be resolved before closing the dialog.

Diagram Scales

Hold a designated key and scroll the mousewheel to adjust the visual scale of loads, results diagrams, displacements, and reactions in the viewport.

Units

Configure your preferred unit system:

  • Metric — Millimetres, metres, kilonewtons, megapascals
  • Imperial — Inches, feet, kips, ksi

Within each system, you can customise individual unit types:

  • Length — For geometry dimensions
  • Force — For loads and reactions
  • Moment — For bending moments and torques
  • Displacement — For deflection results

Internal data remains metric. Display and input values are converted. Section and material library units are based on the country of origin and do not change.

Profile Settings

When signed in, you can customise your profile:

  • User Logo — Upload your company or personal logo to appear on PDF reports

Supported formats: PNG, JPG, WebP, SVG. Maximum upload size is 5MB. Images are automatically resized and compressed to under 500KB. The logo is stored in your account and syncs across devices.

Reset to Defaults

To restore all settings to their default values, click the Reset to Defaults button at the bottom of the Settings dialog. This resets visual settings, units, and hotkeys to their original configuration.