Find Settings

• On the homepage, choose Settings in the upper left corner of the main toolbar.

• On the project page, choose Settings from the upper left corner of the main menu.

General setting

• Unit: click mm or in for changing the display unit of measure for numerical values, switching between millimeters and inches.
• Language: sets the language of the UIs. You can choose the language you want to use.
• Auto-snapping: enables or disables the auto-snapping function of the canvas. The function is enabled by default.
• Precise vector path selection: By default, this function is disabled.

When this function is disabled, you can select a vector path by clicking on the selection box of it. The selections boxes of multiple vector paths, however, may overlap, causing difficulty in selecting the target vector path.

As shown in the following figure, it is difficult to select the purple line because it is located within the selection box of another line.

When this function is enabled, no selection box is provided for vector paths. You need to move the mouse pointer close to a line to select it. In this way, you can select a vector path without selection box interfering.

As shown in the following figure, you can select a line by moving the mouse pointer close to it and then clicking.

• Display vector fill: sets whether to display the fill of a vector when its processing types is set to Engrave.

Note: If you reset this setting, you will need to restart the software for it to take effect.

• Hot keys: You can click View to view all the hot keys supported by XCS
• Vector quality: sets the quality of vector paths, including the following options:
  • Optimal (ideal for patterns larger than 20 inches and allows for an average speed)
  • High (good for patterns of 10 to 20 inches and allows for a moderately faster speed)
  • Medium (good for patterns smaller than 10 inches and allows for a fast speed)

The higher the quality, the lower the speed. If you need to edit complicated vector paths, which may cause software lag, empty screen, or crashes, you can set the quality to Medium to improve the performance of XCS. You don't have to worry much about the processing results. In most of the cases, the differences in processing results between the Medium and High quality are not observable. The processing precision is observably reduced only when you scale a small vector path to a very large one, for example, scale a 2-inch pattern to a 20-inch one.

File setting

• Imported image too large for the canvas: sets how to process an imported image that is too large for the canvas, including the following options:
  • Ask me every time: XCS asks you every time when you import an image that is too large for the canvas.
  • Auto-scale it: XCS automatically scales an image that is too large for the canvas when you import it.
  • Keep its size: XCS displays an image that is too large for the canvas in the original size when you import it.
• Precise DXF file parsing: sets whether to parse DXF files with new algorithms. The new algorithms ensure better parsing results without line missing or deformation and therefore use more PC memory. It is disabled by default. You are advised not to enable this function when your DXF files are properly parsed on XCS.
• DXF auto-close tolerance (mm): automatically closes paths, imported from a DXF file, that includes split points.
• Log Level: Select the type of log you want to view.
  • error: View the error log.
  • warn: View the warning log.
  • info: View the info log.
  • debug: View the debug log.
• Data use agreement: Enable it indicates that your data can be used in algorithm model training.
• Custom parameter settings: allows you to export the processing parameter settings you've saved before or import parameter settings into XCS from a local drive.

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