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You may or may not wish to alter Visual3DServer's default settings. To access the Settings window, shown on the right, click on the Settings button, shown above, which is found at the bottom of the screen in the middle. 
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'''Load Settings''' - You can chose to load an .xml file which holds settings for a specific project instead of entering them manually. 

'''Save Settings As'''- You can chose to save your settings as an .xml file so that they can be reused in the future without having to be manually set.

'''Thread Priority''' - Normal is the default and is usually fine for most projects. However, if you are running multiple programs and find that Visual3DServer is slowing down you can increase the priority level to avoid delays in streaming. 

'''Thread Sleep''' - As long as the sleep time is smaller than the camera frequency time (in milliseconds), everything should work. Values of 1 through 5 are good choices so as to reduce the chances of missing the occasional frame. 

If you set the thread priority to very high and the sleep time very low you will get the best capture performance, but the user interface (along with the rest of your computer) might become much less responsive. 

'''Redraw Rate''' - The higher the redraw rate the smoother the movements in the graphics will appear.  However, drawing at higher rates takes more of the computer's processing time and, depending on the speed of the computer, may result in frames being dropped.  For practical purposes, the human eye cannot appreciate the difference of a redraw rate above 50 Hz.

'''Draw Empty Frames''' - Leaving the checkbox checked will result in smoother graphics however, you will have no visual indication that frames may be missing.