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# Saving settings

In many dialogs of the component elements, there is the standard setting Save, e.g. for components, library elements, etc. The settings can be saved for various purposes:

* A setting that is used frequently, and also in other component elements, is saved under a meaningful name. As usual, the saved settings can also be divided into groups, so that you can build a clear system of templates.
* In many dialogs, some entries are repeatedly assigned the same values, e.g. 0.0. Even if one does not want to use a special setting, one does not want to enter these entries again and again. One should therefore save a setting with these default values, so to speak an empty setting.
* The saving of settings can also be used for the short-term copying of settings. The saved settings then serve as a clipboard. The current dialog is then saved, for example, in the setting 'tmp', which is overwritten repeatedly. You then move to the next entry and read 'tmp' back in there immediately. In this way, all data is transferred very quickly. Often, 2 or 3 settings are needed several times in succession, for example because the same components must be inserted under different conditions. In that case, one uses, for example, the settings 'tmp1', 'tmp2', etc. Or, if you want to type even less, simply 'a', 'b', etc.