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Anonymous
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hey there,
i have created loads of custom objects and made all of them favourites but they are in the embedded library which i understand, makes my project file bigger. i work with solo projects only and in help it says to save them in a company folder on the BIM server so they are available for multiple files. are there any other sensible options? right now i've created a template file that has all my preferences, favourites, custom objects etc. and i use that to build new projects on. i'm afraid that the template file will one day become corrupted or something and i'll have to start all over again.
wb
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NCornia
Graphisoft Alumni
Graphisoft Alumni
WB,

You save out your embedded library in one of two ways:

1) Using Library Manager export embedded library to a folder. This will save out each GSM file individually within the folder.
2) Extract a Container file (.lcf) which will store all of your objects in a single file. It can later be extracted if you need to manage individual objects within the library.
See attached. HTH

Best regards,
Nicholas Cornia
Technical Support Team - GRAPHISOFT North America
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