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 Capital Electra X 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 Capital Electra X 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 Capital Electra X's build in chat box.

Chatting with team mates

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.