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Options and default settings

Every setting in File ▸ Options, with its default.

Updated 11 October 2026

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Section Setting Default
Pricking defaults Mode (Auto pitch / Fixed pitch / Number of holes): the Stitching tool's Spacing, so changing either changes both Fixed pitch
Corners (Hole on every corner / All junctions / Uniform) Hole on every corner
Corner angle threshold 160°
Saving Save to the project file automatically, 2 seconds after the last change on
Editing Add to the selection without holding Ctrl off
Bevel: pick several lines without holding Ctrl on
Show pattern check warnings on
Show scale and rotate handles on
Show the position and size panel on
Scale around the centre off
Invert the Y axis (display only) off
Trim the undo history when memory runs short on
Undo steps always kept 20
Print calibration (this printer) Measured X ruler, Measured Y ruler 100 mm
Print margins Left, Top, Right, Bottom (the same as in the print dialog) 0
Box stitch Box stitch: how far to look for the matching line 100 mm
Auto pitch parameters Force-fit the last hole (Auto pitch and Number of holes; Fixed pitch never forces one) on
Attempts 50
Precision 0.001 mm
End tolerance 0.1 mm
Stitch preview Colour cycle length (multicolour thread) 1260 mm
Leather thickness 2 mm
Colour at the first hole (0–1) 0.5
Zoom & scroll Arrow keys move the view, not the drawing on
Length unit Millimetres / Inches Millimetres

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