# View Templates — Import and Export **Panel:** View Templates | **Menu:** Import Export button icon Tools to move view template overrides, view filters and colour fill scheme values between projects through files. Note the file formats differ: view overrides and view filters use **JSON**; colour fill scheme values use **CSV**. --- ## Export View Overrides icon Export View Overrides Exports the graphic overrides of selected view templates to a **JSON** file. - You select which templates to export. - Both **category overrides** and **filter overrides** are exported for each template — despite the button name, this is not limited to category settings. - Template-level properties such as view scale, detail level or discipline are **not** included. - A save dialog asks where to write the `.json` file. --- ## Import View Overrides icon Import View Overrides Applies overrides from an exported JSON file to the templates in the current project. - You select the export file. - Templates are matched **by name**. Templates in the file with no name match in the target project are skipped. - Custom subcategories that exist in the source project but not in the target are skipped. **Use when:** Standardising graphic overrides across projects that share a template set. --- ## Export View Filters icon Export View Filters Exports the definitions of **view filters** — rules and categories — to a **JSON** file. - You select which filters to export from a list of the filters in the project. - A save dialog asks where to write the `.json` file. --- ## Import View Filters icon Import View Filters Creates or updates view filters in the current project from an exported JSON file. - You select the file; the filters it contains are applied to the current document. --- ## Export Colour Fill Scheme Values icon Export Colour Fill Scheme Values Exports the **entries** of one or more colour fill schemes — the values and their colours — to a **CSV** file. - You select which colour fill schemes to export. - Schemes with no entries are reported and skipped. - A save dialog asks where to write the `.csv` file. --- ## Import Colour Fill Scheme Values icon Import Colour Fill Scheme Values Applies colour fill scheme values from a CSV file to a scheme in the current project. This is a four-step wizard, not a single file pick: 1. Select the **CSV file** to read. 2. Select which **scheme in the file** to import. 3. Select which **scheme in the current model** to modify. 4. Select the **update mode**: - **update existing values only** — colours are updated for entries that already exist in the target scheme; nothing is added; - **add new and update existing** — missing entries are created as well. Because source and target schemes are chosen separately, the two do not need to share a name. --- ## Notes - Import matches templates and filters **by name**; keep naming consistent between source and target projects. - The JSON exports are text and can be committed to version control to track project standards over time. The colour scheme CSV can be edited in a spreadsheet before importing. - These tools transfer settings between existing objects. They do not create templates from scratch.