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share surfaces between files

Dave Brach
Expert
how do I create a central bank of surfaces that is accessed by different .pln files (solo projects) so that every time I open a file it all my surfaces are available? In other words, if I create a surface in one .pln and I want to use it in another .pln do I really need to copy and past an object that has the surface?
Dave Brach/architect
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Barry Kelly
Moderator
Surfaces are Attributes.
You can use the Attribute Manager to transfer any attribute from one file to another.
You can also save an attribute file of the surfaces you want and overwrite (replace) or append (add) them into any file - this save you opening the PLN in the Attribute Manager each time and try to find the surfaces you want to add.
An attribute file will only contain just the attributes you saved into it.

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