What are Saved and Active Defaults, and how are they used in Chief Architect?
While most objects have one Defaults dialog that controls its initial properties and the layer it's drawn on, the following text-based objects have multiple Saved Defaults, allowing you to set them up for more than one requirement or task:
The most common use for multiple Saved Defaults is to specify a unique Default Set for each Saved Plan View. For example, dimensions drawn in the Plot Plan View may need a larger default character height than dimensions drawn in the Kitchen and Bath Plan View, as the Plot Plan View is typically zoomed out much farther than the Kitchen and Bath Plan View. They also need to be drawn on a different layer, for the purpose of creating a clean set of constructions drawings.
The currently selected Saved Defaults for all eight text-based object types are collectively referred to as Active Defaults, as they actively control the initial properties and layers of new objects drawn in the current view. In the example below, we see that the Dimensions object type has seven available Saved Defaults to choose from, and Plan Dimension Defaults is the Active Default that currently controls the initial properties and layer for dimensions drawn in the Working Plan View.
You can learn more about Saved and Active Defaults in the sections below:
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button to the right of an object type to open the New Default dialog and give it a name. Defaults must have unique names, so if you try to give a new Default the same name as an existing Default, the program will prompt you to give it a different name.
New Defaults can also be created within one of the many Saved Defaults dialogs mentioned in the section above. To do so, select an Available Default, then click the Copy button.
.Collections of Saved Defaults are called Default Sets, which allow you to quickly switch the Active Defaults all at once, rather than one-by-one. Furthermore, Default Sets, along with a variety of other settings, are often linked and/or associated to Saved Plan Views. For more information on Default Sets and Saved Plan Views, please see the Related Articles section below.
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