# Component Defaults Dialog

The Component Defaults Dialog allows you to specify what the default input values should be for every different type of component. To display the Component Defaults Dialog: ▪Select the Options | Environment | Component Defaults menu item. ▪Right-mouse click on the Flowsheet or on the Data Palette to display a context menu and select 'Component Defaults'. ▪Press F4. Related Information When developing a model, FluidFlow copies element data from the default values. Thus, if the next 10 pipes are to be all 4" Schedule 40 steel, 10m long, then setting the default to this makes for easy and accurate data entry. The default can be changed at any time without affecting elements already placed on the flowsheet, and the default values of an element can always be edited later. Default values can be set for every element available within FluidFlow. Whilst this may appear initially tedious, the default settings can be saved to the user-specified Environment.