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title: "Setting Default Bay Level Global Options"
slug: "setting-default-bay-level-global-options"
updated: 2026-04-21T08:56:58Z
published: 2026-04-21T08:56:58Z
canonical: "docs.avontus.com/setting-default-bay-level-global-options"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.avontus.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Setting Default Bay Level Global Options

The Bay Levels interface of the **Global Options** dialog enables you to determine the materials Avontus Designer will use on each bey level when you create new Bays.

To set default Bay levels options:

1. Click the **Bay Levels** tab. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-2A04MGLX.png) The *Avontus Designer Options* dialog refreshes, displaying the means for configuring default Bay level options.
2. Select the Scaffold system. You can select from
  - Cup-type
  - Ring-type
  - Kwikstage Selecting Cup-type, Ring-type or Kwikstage allows you to apply the global options to those drawing types separately. So, any changes made to Kwikstage will only apply to Kwikstage drawings. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-L3V2D8NR.png)
3. Click in the **Level Height (nodes)** text field and enter a number or use the arrow buttons

> **Note: A node is 0.5m (1.64 feet)**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-DCV5BUCK.png)
4. Click the **Plank Type** dropdown and select the default plank type. Select from
  - None
  - Steel Plank
  - Wood plank
  - Alum Ply-deck
  - All Alum Deck
  - Access Deck
  - Corner Deck ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-C5FNASON.png)
5. Set the Max Plank Width ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-XMD6HWY5.png)
6. Click the Vertical Brace type, and select the default Vertical Brace Type Select from:
  - Fixed Bay Brace
  - Tube and Clamp ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-P124KDNM.png)
7. Select the Guardrails type and the number of guardrails that will be added to a bay on all sides of the bay Select from
  - Guardrails
  - California Guardrails
  - Mesh Guard
  - Frame Guardrail
  - Child-safe Guardrail **Note: You can set a maximum of 4 guardrails and a minimum of 1** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-QPVHVNX3.png)
8. Select the top level guardrail type and the number of the guardrails - this will be the guardails on the very top level Select from
  - Guardrails
  - California Guardrails
  - Mesh Guard
  - Frame Guardrail
  - Child Safe Guardrails ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-2FLKRYL5.png)

> **Note: You can set a maximum of 4 guardrails and a minimum of 1**
9. Select the toeboard type Choose from:
  - Steel
  - Wood
  - Alum ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-4I83VO31.png)

> **Note: You can click Reset Above to Default Values to set individual scaffold systems to match the default settings**
10. Set the Toeboard text, and color. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-C0VTGO9L.png)
11. If you want Avontus Designer to add independent toeboards to all new Scaffolds by default, click the **Independent Toeboards** checkbox, to put a check in it. **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 effect on toeboards.** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-4SGGDQV0.png)
12. If you want Avontus Designer to add ground-level guardrails to all new Scaffolds by default, click the **Add guardrails to ground level** checkbox, to put a check in it. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-VKCRR8K8.png)

> **Note: If you leave this checkbox blank, level 0 (ground level) Bays will not have guardrails by default. If this is checked, each new level 0 Bay will automatically have guardrails.**
13. To add frame guardrails to open unplanked levels ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-M3NQA0US.png)

> **Note: You need to select Frame Guardrail type from the Guardrail type drop-down**
14. If you are done, click **OK**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-WHX1AHZO.png) If not, click **Apply** and then the next appropriate tab.

> **Note: Click Reset Options Above to Default Values to restore Avontus Designer default values.** ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-37XQWYV2.png)