# Importing variables

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-variables/36802>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [February 28, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-variables/36802 "2025-02-28T22:05:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Tiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@Tiny](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Tiny)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-variables/36802/1 "2025-02-28T22:05:55Z")

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Is there an easy way to import variables defined in one shapr project into another without bringing in all the sketches or geometry of a file? Just so I don’t have to redefine a set of universal parameters every project?

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**Author:** ![TheBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@TheBum](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/TheBum)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-variables/36802/2 "2025-02-28T23:00:12Z")

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No, but you could create a template project that you duplicate and edit any time you want to start a new design with those variables.

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**Author:** ![Tiny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/91b2a8/32.png) [@Tiny](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Tiny)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/importing-variables/36802/3 "2025-03-01T00:05:33Z")

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That’s a good workaround. Thanks.