Importing a design from one project into another – Winner Flex

Sometimes you may want to import an existing design from one project into another. This is possible in Winner and Winner Flex.

Open the project you want to import the existing alternative into.
At Project level, click Design on the menu bar.
Select Import > Design from local database.
This opens the Project List, select the project that contains an alternative you wish to import, then select the alternative under the Space section.
Click Open.
Winner will give the imported alternative a default name, to replace this type the new name into the Design name box, then click OK.

You will now see the imported alternative in your list.

Open the project you want to import the existing alternative into.
At Project level, click Design on the menu bar.
Select Import. You now have a choice of selecting:
Design from local database for Winner legacy designs and manually saved backups stored on your computer or server or:
Design from Flex database for Winner Flex designs stored in the Cloud.
This opens the relevant Project List, select the project that contains an alternative you wish to import, then select the alternative under the Space section.
Note: there is a sub-folder within the project folder for manual local backups. See article Automatic local backup of designs .DRW for more information.
Click Open.
Winner Flex will give the imported alternative a default name, to replace this, type the new name in the Design name box, then click OK.

You will now see the imported design in your list.

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