Tutorial: Import Specification Group from a Separate Project

Tutorial: Import Specification Group from a Separate Project

This article demonstrates importing a specification group from a separate project. 

  1. With Toolbox open, click "Toolbox Setup > Project Specification Groups."
  2. Click the "Import Specification Group from Another Project" button. 

  3. Expand the tree structure and select the project spec group to import. 

  4. Verify that the spec group was successfully imported. 

You now have the spec group from the other project available for use within this project. 

A short video that demonstrates these steps is attached to this article. 


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