Read/Save Defaults
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Read and Save Defaults Commands [ Settings Menu]

When inputting data for a drawing with the New command in the File menu (Startup) or File menu (Graphics), you can elect to use default values for display parameters, rather than set these in the dialogs of the Input2menu . If no data set is in memory, the default display parameters are always read from disk; and if there is a data set in memory, you can use the current values or read the defaults from disk.

Also, when importing a file (File menu (Startup) or File menu (Graphics)), you have the choice of reading in the saved parameters or using the current ones.

Also, if you desire to convert the current parameters, which may have been read in from a.STR data file, to the standard set, you can use the Read Defaults command at any time.

The Save Defaults option saves the current display parameters, i.e. most values in the dialogs of the Input2 Menu and some in the Display Menu.

Starting with ATOMS V6.3, these values are saved in a user-specific file in a platform-standard location, rather than the DEFAULTS file in the ATOMS folder or directory. See Settings, Preferences or Configuration Files.