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title: "Enabling Bearer Settings in the Drawing Options"
slug: "enabling-bearer-settings-in-the-drawing-options"
updated: 2025-02-12T13:36:57Z
published: 2025-02-12T13:36:57Z
canonical: "docs.avontus.com/enabling-bearer-settings-in-the-drawing-options"
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# Enabling Bearer Settings in the Drawing Options

You can enable bearer settings on an individual drawing rather than globally.

To do this

1. Click **Home** tab
2. Select **Drawing Options**
3. In the **Scaffold Bays** tab, select **Enable load-bearing sides overrides**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/Enable%20bearer%20settings.gif)

1. Next, click **OK**, or modify the Bearer material used and threshold lengths.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/enable%20bearer%20settings%202.gif)