How to set default pattern dimensions and settings in Fabrication

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Mar 11, 2025

Products and versions covered

Issue:

When taking off items in Fabrication products, specific dimensions and settings should be set to a default value. Manual editing is required for each item.
How to configure Fabrication to lock items-specific options to default values?

Solution:

To set default settings for a pattern:

  1. Go to the Item Folders:
  • In CAMduct or ESTmep, click "Item Folders".
  • In CADmep, enter FOLDERS.
  1. Browse to the item to edit.
  2. Right-click the Item you need to edit > Edit:
Editing items in Folders
  1. Edit the dimensions and other options as desired.
  2. Optionally lock the values that have been changed, for instance:
Lock the dimension in Takeoff window 
This will prevent entering invalid values.
  1. Click Accept to apply the changes.


Note: Specifications and Material fields are gray-out in CAMduct while editing the item.
In this case, the Specification defaults and therefore the Material have to be set in the database:

  1. Click File > Setup > Database.
  2. Click Takeoff
  3. Click "Current Specs":
Current specs under Database
  1. In the "Change Specification(s)" dialog, set the required Specifications for each item type:
Set correct Specifications as per Item type
  1. Click OK to close the dialog.
  2. Click OK to close the Database.

Products:

Fabrication CADmep; Fabrication ESTmep; Fabrication CAMduct;

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