Global setting in EE10 may set from the Tools menu item on the main menu toolbar. From here select Options the user can specify project specific settings like default precision, unit and some other miscellaneous settings as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Global settings options.
Options Guide
The various options that may be set are shown in the figures below:
- This option is simply for choosing Unit System and changing Language.
- The Default Precision for Write Operation settings are for setting the output/display precisions for the indicated data types. The default settings shown are appropriate for most applications. However, for special cases (e.g. flume studies or other types of research applications) the user will likely have to make adjustments to the defaults. The settings are stored in the project specific EFDC.EE file.
- Other miscellaneous settings include:Secchi Conversion Factor(to convert light extinction coefficients to a Secchi Depth in meters); the Minimum Inorganic Sediment Thickness allowable; Carbon/Dry Weight Ratio (ratio of mg of carbon to mg of dry weight to convert POC and Algae to a solids weight); and the Maximum Number of Cells to Auto Refresh.
- This option is simply for choosing the desired program for editing ASCII files.
Figure 2. Global settings options - General.
Figure 3. Global settings options - Format.
Figure 4. Global settings options - Miscellaneous settings.
Figure 5. Global settings options - Text editor