Auto Options can be used to save the following Dips display options in a Dips "options" file (.DIO file name extension):
All Display Options
All Contour Options (except the Contour Range)
Auto Options allows the user to save their favourite and most frequently used display options, which can be recalled at a later time on any given view, or saved as the program defaults. See below for details.
NOTE that the options for the ACTIVE VIEW are saved. Make sure you are on the correct view when you save options.
ALSO NOTE that customized Symbols (Symbolic Pole Plot and Scatter Plot) are saved with the Edit Symbols dialog. Symbols are NOT saved in the Auto Options .DIO files!!
Save Current Options
Use Save Current Options to save an options file with any user-defined name. When you save an options file (.DIO file extension), the filename will appear in the list at the bottom of the Auto Options sub-menu. These files can be read back in at a later time, and applied to the current view, by selecting from the list of Auto Options files you have saved.
NOTE –
If you name an options file STARTUP.DIO, then the options in this file WILL ALWAYS BE READ IN WHEN DIPS IS STARTED, AND WILL BE THE DEFAULT OPTIONS ON ALL VIEWS.
You can use the Save As Startup option (see below) as a shortcut to save a STARTUP.DIO file without having to use the Save As dialog.
You can use Restore Default Options to restore the original program defaults (see below), to the current view, or the entire program.
Save As Startup
The Save As Startup option is a shortcut for saving a STARTUP.DIO file (see above).
Restore Default Options
The original program defaults can be restored by using the Restore Default Options. When you select Restore Default Options, you will first see a message dialog:
If you select NO, then the program defaults will only be restored ON THE CURRENT VIEW.
If you select YES, then the STARTUP.DIO file will be overwritten with the original program defaults. This will restore the defaults on the CURRENT VIEW and all NEW views. It will NOT however, restore the defaults on any other views of the current document which may have been open.
Program defaults can also be restored by deleting the STARTUP.DIO file.
Applying Auto Options
To apply the Auto Options you have saved, simply select a filename from the list of saved .DIO files in the Auto Options sub-menu, and the options in the selected file will be applied TO THE CURRENT VIEW. All NEW views will always have the options saved in the STARTUP.DIO file.