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To Specify Default Scope Settings
You can use the following configuration file options to specify the default settings for external reference scope, out-of-scope reference handling, and reference scope modification.
To specify the default settings for the reference control environment, set the configuration file option default_ext_ref_scope to all (the default), none, subassemblies, or skeleton_model.
To specify the default setting in the Reference Control dialog box for reference handling, set the configuration file option scope_invalid_refs to prohibit or copy.
To set the default reference scope and not allow anyone to change that setting, specify the appropriate value for default_ext_ref_scope. Then set the configuration file option allow_ref_scope_change to no (yes is the default). You cannot use this option unless you have set default_ext_ref_scope.
To specify the default settings for the reference control in a new object, set the configuration file option default_object_scope_setting to all (the default), none, skeletons, or subassemblies.
To specify the default setting in the Reference Control dialog box for reference handling of new objects, set the configuration file option default_object_invalid_refs to prohibit or copy.
To control whether users can change the scope setting of components, set the configuration file option model_allow_ref_scope_change to yes or no.
To ignore object-specific reference scope settings, set the configuration file option ignore_all_ref_scope_settings to no(yes is the default). The Environment scope settings will still be enforced.