Miscellaneous Settings
View Animation Steps Switching directly from one saved viewpoint to another can be disorienting. By default SA uses 8 sequential view steps to move from one view to another. If you find that switching from one saved view to another is too jarring or too slow, you can adjust the number of animation steps as the view transitions from one saved viewpoint to another. This has the effect of smoothing out (and slowing down) the transitions.
Arrowhead Sizes You can change the relative size of arrowheads on vectors with the Line arrow size factor setting. The Line arrow size factor control adjust the relative length of the arrow branches with respect to the length of the vector line.
Object Line The width of lines that are used to identify the edges of objects (those displayed in wireframe render mode for example) can be adjusted dynamically by holding Shft+Mouse Wheel. The default setting for newly built objects will use this setting in pixels).
Scale Indicator To get a better grasp on the scale of the current zoom setting, you can display a scale indicator—somewhat like a distance legend on a map—that indicates the size of distances in the graphical view. The scale indicator automatically updates and adjusts itself as you zoom in and out in the view.
Start With Visible Shadow Plane A shadow plane provides a helpful reference to establish relative size and orientation in a 3D space. This option enables a shadow plane on startup.
Show Ribbon Bar This option controls the display of the Ribbon Bar menus. Disabling this option will cause SA to start in classic mode.
Tree Selection When prompted to select items either in the tree the tree now adjusts to display a filtered list of items to select from, much as the F2 selection dialog does. This option can be disorienting at times and can be turned off here.