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title: "Configure the Formwork Settings for the Drawing"
slug: "configure-the-formwork-settings-for-the-drawing"
updated: 2025-07-03T13:42:38Z
published: 2025-07-03T13:42:38Z
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# Configure the Formwork Settings for the Drawing

Before beginning a drawing, you should configure the Formwork settings for the drawing. Handset Designer only saves the settings you configure here in the new drawing.

To configure Formwork settings for the drawing:

1. Click **Formwork Options**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-QUYVXW8D.png) The *Formwork Options* dialog appears, with the **Drawing and Counting** tab selected.
2. Click the **Formwork Ties** tab. The *Formwork Options* dialog refreshes.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-BNM2UITF.png)

As necessary:
3. Click the **Allowable tie load** dropdown and select the appropriate tie load. Your options are: **2250 lbs** and **3000 lbs**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-PZ1AEJOX.png)
4. To have Handset Designer automatically place ties every vertical foot, click the **Always place a tie every 1 ft. vertically** radio button.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-H5AITK7Q.png)
5. To customize tie placement:
  1. Click the **Allow me to customize the layout below** radio button
  2. Click the appropriate height in the **For heights 8'** **and less** area. The heights diagram in the **For heights 8' and less** and the **For heights above 8'** diagrams refresh, showing tie placement. **Note:** For information about the contents of this tab, refer to [*Formwork Ties Tab*](/v1/docs/formwork-ties-tab).

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-0J0Q24LX.png)
6. Click the **Formwork Design** tab.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-OZNK362K.png)

The *Formwork Options* dialog refreshes. As necessary:
7. Click in the **Chord Offset** text field enter the appropriate chord offset.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-UTH28HCJ.png)
8. Click the appropriate radio button(s): **Use Footing corner bracket** in the Slab design area **Use bay corner for 45 degree wall corners** in the Bay corners area **Use pilaster forms for new pilasters** in the Pilaster area **Wall Length** and **Wall Height** in the **Panel Dimensions** area

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-8IRKTLBA.png)
9. Click in the **Decimal places in material list** text field and enter the appropriate number of decimal places. **Note:** For information about the contents of this tab, refer to [*Formwork Design Tab*](/v1/docs/formwork-design-tab).

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-F7FPUYRM.png)
10. Click the **Formwork Sizes** tab. The *Formwork Options* dialog refreshes. **Note:** For information about the contents of this tab, refer to [*Formwork Sizes Tab*](/v1/docs/formwork-sizes-tab).

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-Q8KQU234.png)
11. Click the appropriate checkbox(es) to determine the default widths and heights for walls, pilasters, columns and steel fillers.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-FTHF2COB.png)
12. Click the appropriate **Inside corner** radio button.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-4NYBO2J3.png)
13. Determine Formwork stackup preferences:
  1. Click **Add**.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-1L3SF7HW.png)

The *Wall Heights* dialog appears.
  2. Click in the **For walls at least** text field and enter the minimum height of walls for which you want to define stackup.
  3. Click in the **But less than** text field and enter the maximum height of walls for which you want to define stackup

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-997ZEYRS.png)
  4. Click the appropriate height in the **available heights** area, then click the arrow in the center of the dialog ( ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/34e2f596-0adb-4b11-a01f-3c2531dfd6bb.png)).

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-NF9SKUDN.png)
  5. Repeat the above step as many times as necessary.
  6. Click **OK**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-589XNZ4E.png)

The *Formwork Options* dialog returns.
14. Click **OK**.