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title: "User Preferences"
url: "https://help.cadchat.com/en/article/user-preferences"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-07-13T00:06:46.733Z"
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# User Preferences

Customize navigation controls, rendering, and performance settings that apply to your account across all spaces.

## Open User Preferences

From inside any space, click your **initials icon** in the top right and select **User Preferences**. The panel opens with three tabs for Controls, Rendering, and Performance.

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/465abfe7-6442-4016-94e4-7097cb2a9b72)

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## Controls

-   **Mouse-Wheel Zoom for Drawings:** Use the scroll wheel to zoom in the Documents tab. Default: Off.
-   **Zoom to Cursor:** Zooming centers on your cursor position. Default: On.
-   **Invert Zoom Direction:** Reverses scroll direction for zooming. Default: Off.
-   **Rotate Around Model Center:** Rotation orbits around the model center. Default: On.
-   **Double Click Action:** Choose what happens when you double-click the 3D canvas: **Add Pin** or **Zoom To**. Default: Add Pin.

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/c744138a-5ec3-4003-86cc-917a28b81b42)

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## Rendering

-   **Enable Hover Highlighting:** Highlights parts when you hover over them in the 3D canvas. Default: On.
-   **Enable Axis Triad:** Shows the X/Y/Z axis indicator in the canvas. Default: Off.

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/724035dc-9f29-47f5-869c-cccce222d532)

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## Performance

-   **Small Object Culling Threshold:** Controls the level at which small geometry is skipped for performance. Default: High.
-   **Enable Backface Culling:** Only renders front-facing triangles. Improves performance but can hide interior or reversed faces. Default: Off.
-   **Enable Selection Outlines:** Shows an outline highlight around selected parts. Default: On.
-   **Limit Resolution:** Reduces render resolution to improve performance on slower devices. Default: Off.

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/b79537b5-be56-43a0-a5c4-1004edc3bb2a)

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## Tips and edge cases

-   User Preferences is only accessible from inside a space, the option doesn't appear on the dashboard.
-   If performance is poor, try enabling **Limit Resolution** and setting **Small Object Culling Threshold** to High.
-   The **Double Click Action** setting also affects the Documents and Whiteboard tabs.

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## Related articles

-   [Work with the 3D canvas](https://help.cadchat.com/en/article/work-with-the-3d-canvas)
-   [Change camera type](https://help.cadchat.com/en/article/change-camera-type-perspective-vs-orthographic)
-   [Update your profile](https://help.cadchat.com/en/article/update-your-profile)