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however, you can use the Insert Copy feature to create your own custom hardware template
based on a Standard template and then edit your custom template.
• The User Templates folder contains your custom hardware templates that can be used by all
NodeBuilder projects on this computer. Any hardware templates unique to this project are located
in the Hardware Templates folder, and are not contained in the Standard Templates or User
Templates folders.
To create hardware templates, you do the following:
1. Create a new hardware template either using the New shortcut command on the Hardware
Templates or User Templates folder, duplicating an existing hardware template using the Insert
shortcut command on the Hardware Templates folder, or creating a copy of an existing hardware
template using the Insert Copy shortcut command on the Hardware Templates or User
Templates folder.
2. Set the hardware template properties for the new hardware template in the Hardware Template
Editor dialog. You can also use this dialog to edit existing hardware templates or edit the
hardware template being used in an existing device template.
Creating Hardware Templates
You can create new hardware template and add existing ones into your project from the Project pane.
To do this, right-click the Hardware Templates or User Templates folders to open a shortcut menu
that has the following options:
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