# Configuration Window

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th align="center"></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">Detail</td><td><a href="configuration-window/detail">detail</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Layout &#x26; Array</td><td><a href="configuration-window/layout-and-array-axis">layout-and-array-axis</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Adjust Layout by Searching for other Elements</td><td><a href="configuration-window/adjust-layout-by-searching-for-other-elements">adjust-layout-by-searching-for-other-elements</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Placement Control</td><td><a href="configuration-window/placement-control">placement-control</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Helper</td><td><a href="configuration-window/helper">helper</a></td></tr><tr><td align="center">Host Faces</td><td><a href="schematic-images-of-host-faces">schematic-images-of-host-faces</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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In the Configuration window you can define settings for how Line-based and Point-based Families should be placed on the Host. Configurations are saved in your computer. Location of files is defined in Configuration Files' Location. Configurations can be created once and be used in any future projects.

1. Select category of Host element.
2. Assign Configuration to selected Group.
3. Configuration Group - here you can manage configuration groups.
4. Save, Rename, Duplicate, Create new configurations here.
5. Detail priority tabs - here you can define rules for selecting Families to be distributed on Host elements.

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1. Activate the rule.
2. Select Family which should be inserted.
3. Element position on a host's face.
4. Special options available only for Point-based elements. You can insert elements based on certain conditions, for example, only at beam intersections, only if another element is nearby, only if it's a corner/end/T connection of walls, etc.
5. Additional placement controls

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