Open settings with Project › Options. Options belong to Contours itself, not to a project, so they apply whichever project you open.
Figure 23. The Options window. Its three cards hold the controller, the defaults for new axes and the chart defaults, with Save and Cancel at the foot.
Controller
Select the game controller Contours should use. Only one device can be acquired at a time. The acquired device is shown in the status bar. This is the same choice as the Controller card on each axis's Controller tab (see chapter 6).
New axis defaults
These are used for each axis you add. Existing axes keep their own settings.
|
Setting |
Default |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
Position Range |
15 |
Default controller Position Range for new axes (the whole travel). |
|
Speed Range |
5 |
Default controller speed at full deflection for new axes. |
Chart defaults
|
Setting |
Default |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
Chart length |
36 |
The length of the chart in seconds for a show with no take yet, and when no show is selected. A show with a take is as long as its longest take. |
|
Position Minimum / Maximum |
±12 |
The position range the chart shows for an axis with no take yet, or with a take that doesn't move. |
|
Speed Minimum / Maximum |
±20 |
The same, for speed. The Test tab's Speed chart also starts with this range. |
|
Torque Minimum / Maximum |
±180 |
The range the Test tab's Torque chart starts with. |
Click Save to apply changes, or Cancel to dismiss them. Enter saves, even while you are typing in a box, and Esc cancels.
Note. Contours keeps your options, and the other choices it remembers between sessions, when you install a newer version.