Default Lighting and Fault Current Schedules
Give us the ability to set default styles/values for fault current and lighting fixture schedules so we don't have to recreate them for every project.
Monte DePouw
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You should be able to accomplish this with the standards and master databases currently available. I wrote a support blog post to explain the process:
http://www.designmaster.biz/Support/blog/2010/09/master-and-standards-customization-databases/
If there is still something missing, post a comment to this request to let me know about it.
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I see--you can set defaults for these settings, but it is a bit buried. Go to DM Electrical->Customization->Labels->Standards and Master Lists->Edit Fault Schedule Standards List and Edit Light Fixture Schedule Standards List. You can set the defaults there.
You can also use the DM Electrical->Customization->Labels->Copy Project Lists to Standards and Master command to take an existing project with good settings and save it for future projects.
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Monte DePouw
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I don't typically show X/R ratios in my fault current calcs and it takes time when entering a fault schedule to unselect each X and R value. I would like to make a selection onetime in the standards database and not have to unselect X/R ratios in each project.
Similar in lighting fixture schedule I don't use 3 manufactures so I unselect them. As Designmaster progressed the database format changed and our master lighting fixture databases don't match the current format. The old fixture mounting now occurs under notes #1. We have to de-select both mounting columns, select note #1 and then rename it mounting. I would like the ability to set the columns that I use one time in the standards database. -
You should be able to set these values in the Standards and Master databases and have them used when you start new projects. Or is there something about that workflow that does not work for you?