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Settings

The Settings panel is a modal dialog opened from the gear icon in the toolbar. It has two tabs: General and Scene. Close it by clicking the X button, clicking outside the panel, or pressing Escape.

All General settings are persisted to local storage and survive browser refreshes.

General tab​

Appearance​

Theme​

A toggle switch between Light and Dark mode. The current mode label is displayed next to the toggle. Switching themes updates the entire application UI immediately.

Toolbar Size​

A three-option segmented control with Small, Medium, and Large choices. Default is Medium. This adjusts the height of the header bars in the editor, letting you trade screen real estate for larger click targets.

STL Export​

Filter floating pieces​

A toggle switch, enabled by default. When on, disconnected mesh fragments are automatically removed during STL export. This cleans up small disconnected islands of material that sometimes appear in optimization results but are not structurally meaningful.

Disable this if you intentionally want to export all geometry, including disconnected fragments.

Scene Thumbnail​

A button labeled Update Thumbnail that captures the current 3D viewport as the scene's preview image. This thumbnail appears in the Scene Browser when selecting scenes. The button shows "Capturing..." while the screenshot is being taken. A note below the button explains that it captures the current viewport.

This section only appears when a thumbnail capture function is available (i.e., when a scene is loaded in the editor).

Reset to defaults​

A text link at the bottom of the General tab that resets all settings to their defaults:

  • Filter floating pieces: on
  • Toolbar size: medium

This also resets internal settings not shown in the Settings panel (such as the status bar and grid overlay visibility) to their default values.

Version​

The application version is displayed at the very bottom of the General tab in small text (e.g., "deFlex v1.2.3"). This is useful for bug reports and confirming you are running the latest version.

Scene tab​

The Scene tab contains settings specific to the currently loaded scene.

Scene Name​

A text input showing the current scene name. Click to edit and blur (click away or tab out) to save. The name change is persisted to the server immediately.

In read-only mode (viewing someone else's scene), this field is disabled with a note: "Cannot edit scene you don't own."

Make Public​

A checkbox that controls whether the scene is visible in the Example Scenes gallery.

  • On -- The scene appears in the public gallery. Other users can view and fork it.
  • Off -- Only you can see this scene.

An info box below the toggles explains: "Public scenes appear in the Example Scenes gallery. Users can view and fork them."

Toggling a scene to private requires a paid subscription. If your plan does not support private scenes, deFlex opens an upgrade dialog explaining the restriction.

Template Scene (admin only)​

This toggle only appears for admin users and only when the scene is public. It marks the scene as a template that appears in the templates gallery for all users.

  • Labeled with a yellow "Admin" badge.
  • When on, the description reads "Shown in templates gallery."
  • When off, the description reads "Mark this scene as a template for all users."
  • Only public scenes can be templates. Attempting to set a private scene as a template produces an error.

Back to Scene Browser​

A button at the bottom of the Scene tab that closes the settings panel and navigates back to the Scene Browser (the home/project list view).