# A More Obvious "ON" Lightbulb in Layers?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/a-more-obvious-on-lightbulb-in-layers/7036>\
**Category:** Rhino for Mac\
**Created:** [March 25, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/a-more-obvious-on-lightbulb-in-layers/7036 "2014-03-25T15:00:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeff\_hammond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/mcneel/user_avatar/discourse.mcneel.com/jeff_hammond/32/768846_2.png) [@jeff\_hammond](https://discourse.mcneel.com/u/jeff_hammond)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/a-more-obvious-on-lightbulb-in-layers/7036/9 "2014-03-25T21:49:30Z")

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here’s the automator workflow i use to add my templates upon updating rhino:

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type of document is _Application_

i use **Get Specified Finder Items** for the two files which i keep in my documents folder (i save the .3dm with ‘A’ as the first characters so they appear at the top of the templates list when using ‘New Using Template’ in rhino

then **Copy Finder Items** to place them in the rhino templates folder.

(the path to the template folder is _Applications/ Rhinoceros.app/ Contents/ Resources/ en.lproj/ Template Files_ --in which you’ll have to do as i described a couple of posts ago in order to use this path in Automator)

i then use a notification alert which pops up after i run the app so i have some feedback that it worked.

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i’ve been doing this for a couple of years now and it’s worked out fine… that said, i’ll be happy when we can just save a custom template in rhino itself and a new launch or cmmd-N will automatically start off with our saved template.

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