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title: "Create a labeling skeleton template"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Nexus215/11371435/Create%20a%20labeling%20skeleton%20template"
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If you cannot use one of the Vicon-supplied labeling skeleton templates (see *[Create a new subject from a template](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus215/pages/11375036)* in the *Vicon Nexus User Guide*), you must create a labeling skeleton template (.*vst* file) for each type of subject whose motion is to be captured. You can then use the custom VST to automatically label trials containing subjects of that type.

To create a labeling skeleton template in Vicon Nexus, you first define a marker set. Using the **Labeling Template Builder** in Nexus, you then create and link segments based on reconstructed markers that you select in the **3D Perspective** view, calibrate the skeleton template, and save the file for use with subsequent trials. The following topics describe how to do this:

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