Beaming settings in 3/4

Why is it that with these settings:

I get this result:

instead of this one?

I know why Dorico does this ‘by default’ to avoid confusing 3/4 with 6/8, but there are plenty of instances in which it would be preferable to notate it this way.

Hi @Vaughan , try to put [3]/4 in your meter popup.

Here some reference (which confirms what you say: avoiding confusion):

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I’m aware of the different beaming conventions for 3/4 and 6/8 but three consecutive eighths in 3/4 nevertheless get beamed together in a lot of repertoire and there should be a setting for it. The settings in Notation Preferences look as though they should produce the desired result. I’m aware of the [3]/4 function but unfortunately it beams together all values shorter than a quarter, which is definitely not desirable.

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