Exporting
ResourcesExporting
ResourcesIf you create custom resources and reuse them frequently, you may want to organize them into resource libraries. You and other users can add the libraries to your Favorites, User Libraries, or Workgroup Libraries, and then easily use resources from them. See Concept: Resource Libraries.
In the Vectorworks Design Series products, use the export function of the Resource Manager to export one or more resources from the active file to another file, without opening the target file.
To export resources:
From the Resource Manager, select the active file from the Open Files list.
Select one or more resources to export.
Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Mac) on the resource, and select Export from the context menu.
The Export Resource dialog box opens.
Click to show/hide the parameters.
Click OK.
If the target file already contains a different resource with the same name, the Resource Name Conflict dialog box opens with three options: replace the resource, rename the resource, or do not export that resource (any other selected resources will be exported, if there are no further name conflicts). Select an option, and then click OK.
If there is a name conflict between two resources of different types (such as a symbol and an image), the option to replace the resource in the target file is not available.
A fast way to export is to simply drag and drop one or more resources from any file to any file or folder in your Open Files, Favorites, User Libraries, or Workgroup Libraries. If you drag a resource to one of the Subscription Libraries or Vectorworks Libraries, an alert displays.
