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title: "Bay Levels"
slug: "bay-levels"
updated: 2025-02-04T11:17:39Z
published: 2025-02-04T11:17:39Z
canonical: "docs.avontus.com/bay-levels"
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Bay Levels

The Bay Levels interface of the Drawing Options dialog enables you to determine the materials Avontus Designer will use on each bay level when you create new bays.

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**Level Height (nodes)** - Specify the node height for this drawing

**Plank type** - Specify the default plank type for this drawing

**Vertical Brace type** - Specify the default fixed bay brace type for this drawing.

**Guardrail Type** - Specify the default guardrail type, and the number of guardrails for this drawing.

**Top Level Guardail Type -** Specify the top default guardrail type and the number of top guardrails for this drawing.

**Toeboard type** - Specify the default toeboard type for this drawing.

**Independent toeboards** - Enable this to add independent toeboards to all new Scaffolds by default.

> **Note: If you leave this checkbox empty, Avontus Designer links toeboards to guardrails. If guardrails are removed for a bay/level, Avontus Designer automatically also removes the toeboards as well. If this checkbox is checked, turning off guardrails will have no affect on toeboards.**

**Add guardrails to planked ground leve**l - Enable this to add guardrails to any planked bay at ground level.

**Add frame guardrails to open (unplanked) levels** - Enable this to add a frame guardrail to any unplanked levels. Only available when **Frame Guardrail** is selected under **Guardrail Type**.