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This page holds different settings and parameters that you can use to fine-tune your FreeCAD installation or overcome problems.

Option parameters

The FreeCAD Preferences Editor under menu Edit → Preferences is commonly used to set and manipulate the FreeCAD parameters table.

However, it is also possible to access, modify and create parameters manually, using the Parameter Editor found under menu Tools → Edit parameters.

The list below shows parameters that are not accessible via the preferences editor, but that you can set manually:

Mod/Part/ParametricRefine (boolean) : Set to false so Part RefineShape creates an independent copy rather than a linked one.
Mod/PartDesign/SwitchToTask (boolean): Set to false to prevent the PartDesign Workbench from switching to the Task panel when starting.
Mod/PartDesign/SwitchToWB (boolean): Set to false to prevent the PartDesign Workbench to be automatically called when a PartDesign Body is activated.
Document/SaveThumbnailFix (boolean): Set to true to fix a problem with Qt5 that prevents the generation of .FCStd file thumbnails.
TechDraw has several hidden switches documented in TechDraw Preferences.
View/SavePicture (string): Set to FramebufferObject, PixelBuffer or CoinOffscreenRenderer for different methods to produce images from the 3D view
Mod/Draft/defaultCameraHeight (int) : Sets the height of the camera when Draft starts in an empty document. 0 disables, FreeCAD default is 5, good when working in millimeters, a good height for arch work is 4500

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 * '''Mod/Part/ParametricRefine''' (boolean) : Set to {{FALSE}} so [[Part RefineShape|Part RefineShape]] creates an independent copy rather than a linked one.
 * '''Mod/PartDesign/SwitchToTask''' (boolean): Set to {{FALSE}} to prevent the [[PartDesign Workbench|PartDesign Workbench]] from switching to the Task panel when starting.
+* '''Mod/PartDesign/SwitchToWB''' (boolean): Set to {{FALSE}} to prevent the [[PartDesign Workbench|PartDesign Workbench]] to be automatically called when a [[PartDesign Body|PartDesign Body]] is activated.
 * '''Document/SaveThumbnailFix''' (boolean): Set to {{TRUE}} to fix a problem with Qt5 that prevents the generation of {{incode|.FCStd}} file thumbnails.
 * [[TechDraw Workbench|TechDraw]] has several hidden switches documented in [[TechDraw_Preferences#Hidden_Settings|TechDraw Preferences]].