Save a design to an ideas library

When you are finished creating a design that other users can reuse, you can save it to the Idea Center. designs are saved in idea libraries.

Complete the following steps to save a design in an idea library:

1. Open the design that you want to save as an idea, or create a new design.
   
   The design must have at least one wall or one item on the Floor Plan before it can be saved to the Idea Center.
   
   

2. Begin your save using one of the following methods:
   
   a) In the File menu, click Idea Center and select Save to Idea Center.
   
   OR
   
   b) Select the item(s) on your design that you want to save as your idea.
   
      Drag the selection to any of the libraries available in the Local Browser.
   
   

3. The Save to Idea Center dialog box opens with the list of items selected. The last used library is open.
   
   To use the open library, enter the Idea name and an Idea description in the fields of the Save to Idea Center dialog box.
   
   To use a different library, select another library folder. The Idea Center message prompts you to confirm the change, since doing so will change the criteria displayed. Click Yes. For more information about libraries or to create more libraries, see Idea libraries.

4. Click Select to choose the 3D view that will represent this idea. This step is mandatory.
   
   

5. See Select the view for the next step.

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