ConcreteBending preferences are default settings that primarily affect the behavior of new projects. These are not project-specific settings, which are found in the Project Manager. The preference settings can be adjusted through Home | Preferences. Some settings do not take effect until a new project is created or until the program is restarted. Use the Restore All Defaults button to restore the ConcreteBending preference settings to their original state. While most of the preference settings are self-explanatory, a few are documented below. Preference settings are saved on your machine in the IES folder: C:\Users\<your.login>\AppData\Local\IES\Customer.

Project, History Files

ConcreteBending can create up to 10 dated-backup copies of a project-file. These are stored in the IES\Customer\HistoryProjects folder. If you have data corruption or lost a project, you might be able to recover from one of these. You can turn this feature off (to save disk space or use your own backup mechanisms) by setting the value to zero.

Project, Next Inspector Field on Enter

By default, in the Project Manager, Modify area, when you press the Enter key it sets your input data but does not change fields. The Tab key lets you move from one field to another. You can enable the movement to the next field on the Enter key with this option.

Reports, Maximum Page Count

Reports can become quite large and create performance issues. ConcreteBeding allows you to set the maximum number of pages allowed in a report before truncation occurs and a warning appears.