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All attribute defaults can be set by making sure nothing is selected in the drawing, then setting the attributes to what you want. To ensure nothing is selected, either click on a blank area of the drawing, or tap the X key twice. When nothing is selected, the Object Info palette should display No Selection. You can then start setting your default attributes as you wish. This applies to fonts (font, size, style, etc.), lines (colour, weight, etc.), and fills (colour, pattern, hatch, etc.). The font defaults are saved to the Vectorworks Preferences.xml file inside your user folder after you set the default font and then quit Vectorworks. The attributes (Fill, Pen, Effects) are stored as the current defaults and will remain until you deselect everything again and change them. The Attributes palette includes a utility menu for making changes to all attributes at once. A set of default attributes can be saved and then restored, and attributes can quickly be set to be “by class” or have all “by class” settings removed. To access the Attributes palette utility menu Click the Utility (hamburger/arrow) menu on the Attributes palette’s title bar. Use Default Attributes If no object is selected, restores the Attributes palette settings to the set that was specified with Set Default Attributes. When objects are selected, applies the default attributes to the selection. Set Default Attributes Saves all current parameter settings in the Attributes palette as the default set for that session. (If the file is closed or Vectorworks is relaunched, the default attributes will need to be set again.) Make All Attributes By Class Sets all Attributes palette parameters to be determined by the object’s class (see “Setting class attributes”). Remove By Class Settings Removes any “by class” settings for all Attributes palette parameters