Way to change the default for automatic layout to 'false'?

[Wim Lewis]

On Jul 7, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Kara McNair wrote:
[...]
> the work I'm doing (UI design) involves a lot of cloning of diagrams  
> (e.g.
> open finished diagram, save with new name, tweak) and this process  
> seems to
> turn auto-layout back on for the new file.
>
> I don't quite understand why it's doing that, since the original  
> diagram has
> automatic layout disabled. So after working for a while on one  
> screen, I
> move on to a different one and open-saveAs-edit and bam! it happens  
> again.

Off the top of my head, what you're doing *should* work. The auto- 
layout setting is stored in the .graffle file just like anything else,  
and it shouldn't be changed by saveAs-and-edit. Setting an outline  
style can turn on autolayout (if the outline style specifies that),  
but it doesn't sound like you're doing that.

The closest thing to a default setting is that when you create a new  
document it gets the autolayout setting from the template you use. But  
that shouldn't be affecting your document in the work pattern you  
describe.