Although the Defaults are assigned to each database when it is created, they can be modified on a project-by-project basis to meet the needs of each particular project. Criteria in the various modules, the DXF File creation, or the Report Styles are examples of where the default values can be modified and over-ridden with a different selection. Defaults modified in this way affect only the current database; it does not affect existing or future databases.

Generally any changes made to the various Criteria and settings are saved as part of the database. Thus if a change is made for a particular analysis, it will retain that value for subsequent analyses of that database. The exception to this is the DXF file settings. Changes made to the DXF file settings only affect the currently created DXF files; it does not permanently change the default DXF settings for this database.