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When inserting a custom frame generator member I get prompted for 5 fields. The first is the Standard and this is always filled in automatically. So is the second, the Family and sometimes the fourth, Material is usually set as well. I don't have any different sizes so SIZE is always going to be the same choice. The MATERIAL is almost always Bronze, Architectural except for one of my custom shapes. And Appearance is always Satin Brass except for one as well.
I'm assuming these come up as defaults because of the way I published them. How do I make these 5 fields default to my specific frame members without having to set each one? Is this possible? I've searched but can't figure out what controls this. Thank you.
I'm not sure you can set it to always prompt for the same thing, as long as there are other choices in the Content Center. I have no way of testing this, but I suspect that if you removed all of the Standards but yours form Content Center, that would lock in that field. Same with the families, if you removed all steel profile families form your CC except for the one you want... that might lock that in as well, etc. This is all theoretical, thought, since I'm really not willing to tear into my CC to test it. Sorry. 😉
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I think Blair has the sorting figured out, however in my case the first family is BK - 'U' TROUGH and this seems to get skipped when a new assy is started and the FG Insert is started. The Family seems to go to the next selection. So it appears the ' means the family gets skipped over or something else because I also can't find it in the FG Insert Family selection?
So I guess to make it the default Family make the Family Name: entry so that it is alphabetically first.