Saving a placed smart symbol to the library palette

Tool(s): Smart Symbol Catalog + Smart symbols

To save a placed smart symbol in the library palette

Open the Library palette in one of the following ways:
- Click Smart Symbol Catalog (How).
  Activate Smart Symbol Catalog in one of the following ways
  - Menu bar: Create Bonus Tools Smart Symbols
  - Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):
  Smart Symbols
- Open the Library palette.
  If you want to see only smart symbols, click Filter and hide Symbols and SmartParts.
Navigate to the folder where you want to save the smart symbol.
Note: You cannot create new smart symbols in the Default folder.
At the bottom of the palette, point to Insert element and click Insert smart symbol.
Select the smart symbol you want to save to the library.
- To select a single element, click it.
- To select elements in a region, use the left mouse button to open a selection rectangle around the elements you want to select
- To include all the elements in the current document, click All in the Input options or press CTRL+A. Please note that this option is not available for all tools.
For more information on the options available for selecting elements in Allplan, see Selecting elements, overview.

When selecting elements, you can use the Filter Assistant to apply a filter based on element types and/or properties. For more information, see Filter Assistant.
Select the reference point of the smart symbol.
This is the point at which the smart symbol is attached to the crosshairs when you are placing it in the workspace.
Specify whether the smart symbol is to be added as an intelligent smart symbol with Snoop functionality or as a dumb smart symbol without Snoop functionality. For more information, see Intelligent (smart) symbols.
Enter a name for the smart symbol and click OK to confirm. The program suggests the name of the original smart symbol.
Allplan saves the smart symbol as an NMK file to the selected folder, creating it as a Smart symbol with resources.