Theme :

Border, Icon, and dialog colors

To select a Theme:

1.Edit menu > Application Settings : General tab > Theme Settings  > Target Theme

2.Select a theme from:

Windows, Charcoal Dark Slate, Aqua Light Slate, Windows10 Dark, Tablet Dark, Slate Classico, Windows10 Slate Gray, Windows 10.

This help uses Charcoal Dark Slate.

3.Exit and Restart MechDesigner.

Style :

To Load a Style

1.Click the button to open:

Dark.XML - use with dark themes, for example, Charcoal Dark Slate.

Light.XML - use with light themes, for example, Aqua Light Slate.

my-style-name.XML - a style you have saved previously.

To Save a Style

1.Click the button to save

2.Save the changes you have made to my-style-name.XML.

Do NOT overwrite Dark.XML or Light.XML.

Application Settings :

Other settings that become part of your Styling:

1.Application-Settings > Graphics tab > Display Colors

2.Edit icon-sizes, number-formats, and colors for different element types

<CommonAppData> is usually C:\ProgramData\PSMotion\

If you cannot see C:\ProgramData\ ... then, in Windows File Explorer©:

a)Click the View tab

b)Click the Hidden Items check-box in the Show/hide group-box.

1.Edit menu > Application-Settings : Click the button at the bottom of the dialog.

2.Save your styling to e.g.: <CommonAppData>\Style\my-style-name.XML

DO NOT OVERWRITE the Dark.XML or Light.XML styles in this path.

On the workstation with the “Styling” that you want to move:

1.Save your Styling - see above

2.Exit MechDesigner

3.Navigate to <CommonAppData>\PSMotion\style\

4.Copy and Paste to a memory stick or network drive: my-style-name.XML

5.Navigate to <LocalAppData> e.g. C:\users\<username>\AppData\Local\PSMotion\IniFiles\

6.Copy and Paste to a memory stick or network drive: MechDesigner.INI and MechDesigner.XML.

On the destination workstation:

1.Navigate to <LocalAppData> e.g. C:\users\<username>\AppData\Local\PSMotion\IniFiles\

2.Copy and Paste from the memory-stick or network drive: MechDesigner.INI and MechDesigner.XML

3.Navigate to <CommonAppData> e.g. C:\documents\ProgramData\PSMotion\style\

4.Copy and Paste from the memory stick or network drive: my-style-name.XML

Load the styling:

1.Start MechDesigner

2.Click Edit menu > Application-Settings : Click the button, at the bottom of the dialog.

3.Explore to <CommonAppData>\PSMotion\style\

4.Find and load My-style-name.XML

The Theme, Style and Settings are now the new “Styling”, which will load automatically as defaults.