Project Settings
Project Settings is a dialog with two top-level tabs: Project and Editing. Open it from the settings icon in the toolbar or the main menu.
The Project Settings dialog is 4 columns wide and 600px tall. The Project tab has four sub-sections in a left sidebar: General, Annotations, Tool Defaults, and Automations. The Editing tab has four sub-sections: Snap, Display, Environment, and Layers.
General (Project tab)
Project Name — editable text field. Canvas Width and Depth — the overall extent of the drawing canvas in the active unit system. Unit System — Metric or Imperial selector. Switching units updates all displayed measurements and the grid throughout the project. Currency — dropdown for cost estimation display.
Annotations (Project tab)
Default annotation settings applied to newly created annotations: default callout type, leader style, arrow style, frame type, font, and font size. These affect new objects only; existing annotations are not changed.
Tool Defaults (Project tab)
Default values used when creating new objects: default stroke width, default fill colour, default font family and size. Also includes the default extrude height used by the Extrude tool.
Switching Unit System or Currency does not alter any stored geometry or rates — it only changes how they are displayed. Review canvas dimensions, cost rates, and existing annotations after switching to make sure the displayed values read correctly.
Automations (Project tab)
Shows a list of automations assigned to run on project events. Add or remove automations that trigger automatically on events such as entity creation or layer change.
Set annotation defaults
Click Annotations in the left sidebar. Here you configure the starting style for every new annotation you place: Dimension Arrow Style, Dimension Text Position, Default Leader Frame, Default Callout Type, and Default Callout Shape.
These defaults apply only to annotations created after you change them. Annotations already on the canvas are unaffected — edit them individually via the inspector if you need to update existing ones.
Configure tool defaults
Click Tool Defaults in the sidebar to set the starting values new objects inherit when created. For example, Default Stroke Width controls the line weight applied to new shapes before you style them individually.
Changing a tool default does not restyle anything already on the canvas — only objects placed after the change pick up the new value.
Manage automations
Click Automations in the sidebar to reach the project-wide automation master switch. Toggle Enable automatic automations on or off to enable or suspend all event-triggered automations at once.
An automation fires automatically only when both this master switch and the automation's own toggle (on its trigger pill in the Automations panel) are enabled. Turning the master switch off is useful when making bulk edits where you do not want automations to fire on each individual change.
The Locale setting controls the decimal separator — for example, a Swedish locale uses a comma instead of a period. Choose the locale your team expects before entering any measured values to avoid misread numbers.
After switching Unit System, double-check canvas dimensions, any manually entered cost rates, and text annotations that contain unit labels. The display converts automatically, but text annotations with hardcoded unit labels (e.g., typed as plain text) will not update.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do annotation and tool defaults change objects I already drew?
No. Annotation defaults and tool defaults apply only to objects created after you change them. Existing objects on the canvas keep their current styles until you edit them individually via the inspector.
Where are grid, snap, layers, and 3D environment settings?
Those settings live on the Editing tab of the same dialog. See the Editing Preferences, Canvas and Display Settings, and 3D & Lighting Settings articles for full details.
Why did all my measurements change after switching units?
Switching the Unit System converts every displayed length, area, and volume to the new system. The underlying geometry is stored in meters and is never altered — only the display labels and the grid change.
Can I disable all automations temporarily without deleting them?
Yes. Go to the Automations sub-section and turn off Enable automatic automations. This suspends every auto-trigger in the project at once without removing any automation rules. Turn it back on to resume normal automation behaviour.
Does changing Display Precision affect measurement accuracy?
No. Display Precision only controls how many decimal places are shown in the UI. All internal calculations continue at full floating-point precision regardless of the display setting.