Saving Loaded Families

Save a selected family or all families loaded in the current project or template in a location that you specify.

You can save the family or families to a location on your system or to a network location. Each family is saved as an RFA file and all family types are saved with the family. Only loadable families can be saved with this option.

In-place families and system families, such as walls, duct systems, and patterns, cannot be saved.

To save a selected family

1. Do either of the following:
   • Click Save AsLibraryFamily.
   • Right-click a family in the Project Browser, and click Save.
2. In the Save Family dialog:
   1. If you are using Save AsLibraryFamily, for Family to save, select the family from a list of families loaded in the project.
   2. For Save in, navigate to the location where you want to save the family.
   3. Specify the name and file type for the family, and click Save.

To save all families

1. Do either of the following:
   • Click Save AsLibraryFamily.
   • Right-click the Families category in the Project Browser, and click Save.
2. In the Save Family dialog:
   1. For Save in, navigate to the location where you want to save the families.
   2. For Family to Save, select <All Families>, and click Save.