How to import a section/ material library

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Important notes:

If the soon-to-be-imported sections contain user-defined materials, then import or define those new materials first!
The method for importing a material library is the same as for importing a section library.

Method for importing a section library

Open Diamonds
Go to Edit > Section library.
Click on and then on
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Choose the file of which you’d like to import the sections. The following file-formats are possible:
- *.mdb is the old ( Diamonds 2015r06 or older) library format
- *.bsf imports the sections in the selected Diamonds-project.
- *.xml is the library export format.
- *.sut is the format of a saved Section Utility-section

Click on .
Choose the items to be imported.
Please uncheck all default sections.

Click on.
Select how the items should be stored:
- you can save the items permanently in the library
- or they can only be diposible in the current project

Click on.
The items are added to the bottom of the list.

Example: timber sections

The annex of this article contains an *.xml file with common timber sections. You can import the sections usin the the above method. The default materials is set to C18. You can add/ remove sections or change the default material afterwords.

Unzip the file, otherwise you won’t be able to import it.