Defaults

To define the default settings for the SELEC answers, use the command syntax

Defaults
default_settings

which, as with the HEADING command, occupies two input lines.

Each SELEC question column must be set to either a definite answer (value, word, etc.) or to a - or = character (as defined in Special Characters in SPEC Data). The TYPE and NAME columns must have - (null) defaults and the Reference Pointer columns must have no default entries at all.

For example, heading and default lines for a table of Valve (VALV) Specifications might be entered as follows:

HEADING

TYPE  NAME  PBOR0  STYP  SHOP  CATREF  DETAIL  MATXT  CMPREF

BLTREF

DEFAULTS

  -    -     -     GATE   =

Any VALV selected without specifying the STYPE (for example, by using the command NEW VALV SEL in a design module) will have the word GATE assigned as the answer to the SELEC question for its SPECON type question (STYPE).