Manage Settings - Favorites

Even saving any number of settings significantly simplifies the work. Additionally, it can increase workflow speed and comfort by designating certain settings that are used particularly frequently as favorites. These favorites then become directly available via the icon bar.

To have a setting as a favorite, mark that setting in the list and click on 'Favorites'. A dialog box with various options will open.

Up to 9 favorites can be configured for each function (e.g., the dowels). By entering the number in the first line of the dialog box, you determine the number of the respective favorite. This also affects the order of the favorites in the icon bar. If you choose a favorite number that has already been used for a setting of the current function, the old favorite will be replaced.

With the next option you can specify whether the function's dialog box should open when the favorite is invoked or not. For example, if I configure a dowel of 4x4 cm that I always want to use exactly like that, I do not always need the entire dowel dialog box. In such a case, set the option 'without dialog box'. When you call up this favorite, no dialog box opens, and you can enter dowels directly.

Since some functions (for example the dowel) have multiple buttons in the dialog box that allow you to choose whether to enter single dowels or groups of dowels, a conflict arises if the dialog box is not opened at all. For this reason, you can predefine this as well. Once you have selected the option 'without dialog box', the buttons in the lower half of the dialog box become active if applicable. You then press the button that should be used when the favorite is applied.

The final option determines how the favorites are displayed in the icon bar. For each favorite an entry is created in the icon bar. This can be either a 'flyout' or an icon. The 'Flyout' option creates a dropdown menu that opens downward when the function's main icon is clicked. The Icon option creates its own icon in the icon bar with the favorite's number in the lower-right corner.

Favorite 1 and 2 as icons and Favorite 3 and 4 as flyouts.

After creating favorites, they are also shown in the management dialog box in the list of settings. Each favorite receives a small number (favorite number) in a small yellow field.

List of settings with favorites.