How to set Default Print Radix for $display() , $format() in Systemverilog?

The LRM does not specify a way to do this (see Mantis 2580), but with Modelsim/Questa 10.2 you can use $displayb/o/h and similar tasks to select the radix. Please note that %p is a quick but crude way to print an object; you should put some effort in to properly format it.