Project Properties

The Project Properties panel collects per‑project settings — naming and coordinate system, how and when the project is saved, mesh storage, the map panel, interaction preferences, the 3D renderer, and the in‑situ stress field used by geomechanics tools.

Open it by selecting the project at the top of the project tree (its settings appear in the Properties pane). Settings are grouped into collapsible categories; expand a category to see its options. Hover any row for a tooltip.

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Most settings are saved with the project. A few are application‑wide (saved per user): Verbose Debugging and Use Vulkan Renderer.

General

Setting	What it does
Name	The display name of this project.
EPSG Code	The project's coordinate reference system (the EPSG projection code). Determines how coordinates are interpreted and reprojected.

Saving & Backup

Setting	What it does
Enable Auto Save	Automatically save the project at the Autosave interval.
Autosave interval	Time between automatic saves, in minutes.
Backup On Save	Keep a backup copy of the existing project file each time you save.
Backup Interval	How often a backup copy is retained when Backup On Save is enabled — Always, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly or Never.
Vacuum On Next Reload	Compact the project database the next time the project loads — removes deleted items and reclaims disk space. The flag clears itself after it runs.

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On large projects, leave Backup Interval at Daily (or longer) so saves stay fast, and run Vacuum On Next Reload occasionally to keep the database compact after lots of edits/deletions.

Meshes & Performance

Setting	What it does
Compressed Meshes	Store meshes in the compressed V3 format for smaller project files.
Optimise For Speed	Optimise meshes for fast loading and editing rather than smallest size. Turn off if you'd rather minimise on‑disk size.

Map Panel

Setting	What it does
Default URL	Map service used by the 2D map panel — Bing Maps, Google Maps or Google Earth.
Map Default Zoom	Default zoom level for the map panel (1–20).

Startup & Interaction

Setting	What it does
Reload last scene	Reopen the scene that was active when the project was last closed.
Reverse mouse wheel	Reverse the direction the mouse wheel moves the model.

Advanced & Diagnostics

Setting	What it does
Use Vulkan Renderer	Render the 3D view with Vulkan (required for VR) instead of OpenGL.
Verbose Debugging	Write detailed diagnostic messages to the log. Useful for troubleshooting; may slow the application.
Python Path	Folder containing the Python 3.13 runtime used for scripting and the machine‑learning tools.

Use Vulkan Renderer is restart‑to‑apply

Changing the renderer takes effect the next time VRGS starts — it does not switch the live 3D view. You can also set it from the command line with -vulkan or -opengl; see the VR User Guide.

GNSS Data

Shown only while a GPS/GNSS receiver is connected. Lists each tracked satellite (SV Num) with its azimuth, elevation and signal‑to‑noise ratio. This is live, read‑only telemetry — there is nothing to edit here.

Stress Field

The in‑situ principal stresses used by geomechanics / DFN tools. Each principal stress has a magnitude and an orientation (dip / dip‑direction):

Setting	What it does
Sigma 1	Major principal stress magnitude, with its orientation.
Sigma 2	Intermediate (median) principal stress magnitude, with its orientation.
Sigma 3	Minor principal stress magnitude, with its orientation.

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Set these to your interpreted or measured stress state before running stress‑dependent analyses (e.g. fracture aperture / permeability in the Discrete Fracture Network tools).