Exporting Resources

If 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 the Resource Browser favorites, or add them to the default resources, and then easily use resources from them as needed. (For more information about resources, see Resources in this guide, and Using VectorWorks Resources.)

In VectorWorks Design Series, use the export function of the Resource Browser to export one or more resources from the current document to another file, without opening the file. If an older version of the resource is already in the target document, it can be updated with the new version.

To export resources:

1.	In the Resource Browser, select the resource(s) to export.

2.	Select Export from the Resources menu.

The Export Resource dialog box opens.

3.	The Destination window displays Recent Export Files, Libraries, and Currently Open files. Either select a file from the window and click OK, or click the Browse button to select a file from another location.

4.	If the target file already contains a resource with the same name, three options display: 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 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.