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Reuse components in another project

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You can use a part, a unit or a component from one project in another project. Use a file to share it, or the model library to keep it for later.

Export a selection as a file#

  1. Select the parts or assemblies.
  2. In the Properties panel, at Reuse, click Export selection…. You can also right-click the selection and click Export selection….
  3. In the Import / Export dialog, keep KerfCraft package (.kerf) to insert it into another KerfCraft project.
  4. Examine the report. It lists what the file keeps and what it loses.
  5. Click Export….

The file holds only the selection. Its origin is the back-bottom-centre of the selection. To use the selection in another 3D, CAD or BIM app, select a .glb, .step or .ifc format in step 3.

Insert a file into the open project#

  1. Open the project that the component goes into.
  2. Click File ▸ Insert from file….
  3. Select the .kerf file.
  4. Examine that Insert into this project is selected.
  5. Type the X, Y and Z position of the origin in mm.
  6. Click Insert.

If the project has a room, the default position is the centre of the back wall of the room. Z is the floor height. If the file has components that this project has already, the inserted instances use the definition in this project.

Keep it in the model library#

The model library keeps designs and components so you can place them in other projects.

  1. Select the assembly.
  2. Click Library… in the toolbar.
  3. Under Publish current design, type a Name, a Category and a Description.
  4. At Scope, select Selected: and the name of the assembly.
  5. Click Publish to library.

If you do not select an assembly, KerfCraft publishes the whole design.

Insert from the library#

  1. Open the project that the model goes into.
  2. Click Library….
  3. Find the model. You can type in the search box or select a category.
  4. Click Insert component or Insert copy.

Insert component adds a live component: insert it again for another instance, and each edit changes all of them. Insert copy adds independent parts that you can edit one by one.

To share a library model, click Export model…. To add one that someone sent you, click Import model….