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Component Plugin Setup sets the default settings on a component edit window to be as you specify. The first time in a Modeling session that you Model > Component > Add , for example, a Beam Stiffeners - Beam component, the edit window for that custom component will, by default, be populated with the settings specified using Component Plugin Setup .

1 . Home > Project Settings > Job > Plugin Defaults > Component Plugin Defaults .

2 . The Select Plugin Setup dialog opens. On it is a selection list of custom components that have setup windows. Double-click one of the components on the list.

Base Plate Shear Key Beam Bearing Plate Beam Ridge Plate Beam Stiffeners at Column Dowel Path HSS VB Reinforcement Plates Reduced Beam Section Safety Holes Safety Tabs Additional Bars - Beam Base or Cap Plate Stiffeners Beam Flange to Flange Beam Nailer Holes Beam Stiffeners - Beam Column Dowel HSS Cap Plate Outrigger Reveal Safety Holes - Column Safety Tabs - Column WWF Beam Lifeline Holes Wall Dowel Web Penetration with stiffeners

These are the components with setup windows that are installed with SDS2. Since components are plugins, additional components may be available to you to set up. Also, be aware that not all components have setup windows.

3 . A setup window opens for the component that you double-clicked in step 2. Make the setup choices you want to be applied to the window, then press " OK " to close the window.

4 . The next time you open Modeling and Model > Component > Add and select the component you just set up, that component's edit window will, by default, be populated with the setup choices you made in step 3.

Default behavior for subsequently added components within a Modeling session is dependent on the plugin's programmer. Typical behavior is for the edit window for a component to use the last-entered settings as the defaults for each subsequently added component of that same type within a Modeling session, then to use Component Plugin Setup for the first time a component is added in a subsequent Modeling session.

Also see: You can use the Plugin Manager utility to copy a component plugin from the plugins folder to the plugins folder in your current Job . Doing this ensures that the same plugin will be used throughout the development of your current Job. If you do not do this, the plugin used in your current Job may be overwritten the next time a new version of SDS2 programs are installed .

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