Preferences

Configure the view and behavior of Virtual Wind Tunnel for ultraFluidX.

To open preferences, from the menu bar, click File > Preferences.

Workspace Preferences

Show icon labels: Display the names of the tool icons on the ribbon.
Show workflow help: Display hints when a tool is selected.
Scale UI: Scale icons up for large displays if the screen resolution is greater than 2000 pixels in width, or if the display text setting in Windows is set to Large.
Select all text when line editing: Highlight all text when you click a text field on a dialog or a microdialog. Deselect this option to position the cursor where you click without selecting the entire text field.
Theme: Select a color theme for the application.
Recent files: Enter the maximum number of recently viewed files displayed in the File menu.
Disable swipe to exit: Disable the context menu's quick swipe feature when a tool is active.

View projection

Select how to display 3D objects on a 2D plane:

Perspective: Show distant objects as smaller and close objects as larger to provide greater realism.
Orthographic: Useful when you want to create scale drawings with accurate measurements and proportions.

Front view

Select which plane to use as the front view. The default is -YZ.

Turntable rotation axis

Select which axis to use as the central axis for turntable rotation. The default is Z.

Mouse drag

Select whether a click and drag is used to Move an object or Box select objects.

Show tooltips on parts

Select to show tooltips when hovering over parts in the modeling window.

Create recovery file: Attempt to recover your model if the application closes unexpectedly, such as during a loss of power.
Step-by-step recovery on right click: If this option is enabled when you load a recovery file, it allows you to right-click to progress through the sequence of actions that preceded the crash. You can resume the application normally at any time during the step-by-step process.

Presets: This option defines the pan, view, and rotate controls assigned to the left and right mouse buttons, so they are the same as used in another application.
Presets mouse controls for Inspire can be edited. To restore the preset values, click Use Defaults in the lower left corner of the Preferences window.

Check for collisions between: Define whether Virtual Wind Tunnel for ultraFluidX should check for collisions between all parts, no parts, or only parts that specifically have collision detection applied.

Export model in run path: When this option is active, VWT will automatically save the model and place a copy of it in the path in which the output is being written.

Type

How wheel speed is calculated.

Radius: When a part is identified as a wheel, VWT will use half the z-dimension of the bounding box of all parts in the wheel group as the length scale of the wheel. This length scale is in turn used with the wind speed to compute the angular velocity of the wheel.
Axle-floor distance: When a part is identified as a wheel, VWT will use the distance between the center of the bounding box of all parts in the wheel group and the wind tunnel floor as the length scale of the wheel. This length scale is in turn used with the wind speed to compute the angular velocity of the wheel.