1. A computer-implemented method for assigning a default connection in an electronic design, comprising: identifying an object in an electronic design to process for a connection; determining that a default for an inherited connection should be employed for the object; determining, by using a processor, whether the object is associated with a scoped default connection, in which one or more scoping criteria are associated with the scoped default connection; and assigning the scoped default connection to the object if the one or more scoping criteria match for the object.