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 </details>
 
+<details>
+<summary>Implied default compartment.</summary>
+
+If you omit the `"compartments"` field from the `"space"` section, and don't
+set the `"compartments"` field in any of the segments in the `"segments"`
+section, a single default compartment is implied.
+This compartment is set up like this.
+
+```json
+		{
+			"id": "main",
+			"shape": "cuboid"
+		}
+```
+
+Each segment, when the compartment is implied, is assigned to that `"main"`
+compartment.
+
+</details>
+
 #### Output
 
 In **output**, we set a **title** and **dir**ectory to write the placement list