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title: "Save a custom labeling skeleton template"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Nexus216/11614322/Save%20a%20custom%20labeling%20skeleton%20template"
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To complete your labeling skeleton template (VST), ensure you have completed all of the following steps:

- [Design a marker set](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus216/pages/11610985)
- [Create a subject node and prepare a subject](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus216/pages/11612976)
- [Capture and reconstruct the marker set](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus216/pages/11609756)
- [Add parameters to a labeling skeleton template (optional step)](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus216/pages/11600946)
- [Create the skeletal structure](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus216/pages/11606033)
- [Assign marker and segment properties](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus216/pages/11611286)
- [Optimize a custom labeling skeleton template](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus216/pages/11613219)

When you have completed all the above steps, you can save the completed labeling skeleton template.


    **To save the labeling skeleton template:**


1. In the **Subjects Resources** tree, right-click the name of the subject you created (see [Create a subject node and prepare a subject](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus216/pages/11612976)) and from the context menu select one of the following:
  - ** Save Labeling Skeleton As Template** Enables you to save the template for future use.  
or
  - **Save Labeling Skeleton As Template and Attach** Enables you to save and use the template immediately in the current session.
2. In the dialog box, navigate to the Nexus *ModelTemplates* folder, by default: *C:\Users\Public\Documents\Vicon\Nexus2.x\ModelTemplates*, where your template (VST) will be automatically picked up for later use.
3. Give your template a generic name that describes the type or purpose of the template, for example LeftArmReachingExperiments (avoid giving templates a subject-specific name, such as JohnSmith), and click **Save**.

> ⚠️ **Naming templates**  
> ⚠️ Ensure your custom template name does not include a period (`.`) before the extension. For example, instead of:  
> ⚠️ `PlugInGaitFullBody UpLimb Ai 2.0.vst`  
> ⚠️ name the template:  
> ⚠️ `PlugInGaitFullBody UpLimb Ai 2.vst`

If you want to start using your template immediately, you can now add subject-specific measurements and calibrate the template for your particular subject. For information, see [Prepare a subject](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus216/pages/11608510) in the *Vicon Nexus User Guide*.