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title: "Save a custom labeling skeleton template"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/Nexus220/897716515/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/Nexus220/pages/897716343)
- [Create a subject node and prepare a subject](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897716349)
- [Capture and reconstruct the marker set](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897716380)
- [Add parameters to a labeling skeleton template (optional step)](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897716392)
- [Create the skeletal structure](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897716411)
- [Assign marker and segment properties](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897716498)
- [Optimize a custom labeling skeleton template](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Nexus220/pages/897716505)

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

> Macro (scroll-pagebreak)

**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/Nexus220/pages/897716349)) 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 found by Nexus for later use.  
⚠️ **Nexus 2.17 users**: In Nexus 2.17 only, the default *ModelTemplates* folder for custom VSTs changed to *C:\Users\Public\Documents\Vicon\Nexus2.x\Configurations\ModelTemplates*. If you saved your VSTs to this folder, they are automatically moved back to the correct folder in Nexus 2.18 and later. However, if you manually moved your VSTs to this new folder and also changed them and saved them in Nexus 2.17, to use them in other versions of Nexus, you must manually move the VSTs back to the original folder (*C:\Users\Public\Documents\Vicon\Nexus2.x\ModelTemplates*), making sure you do not rewrite any VSTs you want to retain.
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/Nexus220/pages/897713566) in the *Vicon Nexus User Guide*.