To Insert the Connector Sizes of Default Segments

Layout preferences define—by connection type and shape—the default parts for a domain (duct, pipe, cable tray, or conduit). The default parts are the segments and fittings to use by default during layout. For more information about the Duct Layout Preferences dialog box, see Configuring Duct Layout Preferences.

When you are creating custom parts, you can retrieve the sizes defined for the connector parameters of the default segments and insert them into the custom parts. For example, suppose you have a custom square-neck diffuser with a duct connector that is rectangular and banded. To represent the width and height of the duct connector, the diffuser has 2 size parameters named RW1 and RH1. To quickly insert a list of sizes into these parameters, you can retrieve the sizes in the RW1 and RH1 connector parameters for the segment specified as the default during layout of rectangular, banded duct.

Inserting the sizes of the default segments into your custom parts is particularly useful when the list of sizes that you need is long and closely matches the values for the corresponding default segment. Be aware that the software replaces any existing values with the inserted values. After you insert the values, you can add and remove individual sizes as needed.

Note: You can only use this feature with parametric parts. In addition, you can only use this feature when the connector has a specified domain and connection type. This information is required to identify and retrieve the connector sizes of the appropriate segment in the catalog.

To insert the connector sizes of a default segment into a part

1. If necessary, open the parametric part in Content Builder.
2. In the part browser, right-click Size Parameters, and click Edit Values.
3. In the Size Parameters dialog box, select the current value for the size parameter for which you want to insert the sizes of the default segment.
   Note: The selected parameter must have a data storage type of List or Table. If the parameter is for a pipe connector, it must have a data storage type of Table.
4. In the Size Parameters dialog box, click (Default Connector Values) on the toolbar.

   Alternatively, you can right-click a value, and click Default.

5. If you selected the value of a pipe connector, in the Choose a Part dialog box, select the pipe fitting whose values you want to insert, and click OK.

   For pipe connectors only, you must select a pipe fitting because pipe fittings, not pipe segments, have connection types.

6. If the data storage type of the parameter in the default segment is not the same as that of your custom part, you must select whether to paste only the values, to paste the data storage type and the values, or to cancel the operation.

   The software inserts the values of the connector parameter in the default segment into the selected connector parameter in the custom part.