**Created**:: [[2021-04-26 Monday]] **Link**:: https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI **Duration**:: 3:16 ![Part 5: Intro to Obsidian-Excalidraw - Stencil Library](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI) # Summary In this video, the presenter introduces the stencil library feature in the Obsidian-Excalidraw plugin, detailing how to download and manage icon libraries. Viewers learn the steps to add, group, and delete objects from their personal libraries. The video concludes with a note on the future synchronization of libraries across devices. # Key Takeaways - The stencil library in Obsidian-Excalidraw allows users to browse and add various icon sets. - Users can create and customize their own library of objects, making it easy to reuse designs. - Currently, library management needs to be handled on each device separately, but synchronization is expected in future updates. # Content So welcome back, and this is part five of the introduction to the Excalidraw plugin in Obsidian. In this part, I want to introduce to you the stencil library. Here, if you click the library icon, you get this library of icons. Actually, you will get an empty set when you first open it. So what I want to show you is if you click "browse libraries," then this webpage comes up with the available libraries. Let's say I know there's this nice set of robots here I want to add. Don't click "add to Excalidraw," because that will direct you to a webpage that will just not work. But click "download." If you click "download," it will be saved to your downloads folder, and then if you come back... I closed the page, and if I come back here, I click "load," and here I can go and in my downloads, I can select the downloaded file. With that, I've added the objects to my library. From now on, if I want to use one of the objects, I click on the object, and I can place it in my document. [* ](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=1) Now, what you can also do is create your own library of objects. So let's say I'm going to create this very silly object. I'm going to be distributing these horizontally, and I’m going to align them centrally and put them here. Let's just make sure that they have a background color. So let's say this is the object I want to add to my library. I select the object, I group my selection, so with this, I created a group. If I click on this, then I can choose "add to library," and from then on, this newly created object is available in my library. Similarly, if there’s an item that I want to remove from my library, let’s say I want to remove this object from my library, I can just simply click "delete," and that object is removed from my library. [* ](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=30) And of course, if I create a new drawing, then in that new drawing as well, these objects are going to be available. Right now, you will need to manage your libraries on each of your devices separately. Eventually, once the settings are synchronized between your Obsidian instances on various devices, the library will synchronize as well. Thank you. [* ](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=180) # YouTube Details ## YouTube Description You can install the plugin from Community Plugins in Obsidian, or download it from GitHub here: https://github.com/zsviczian/obsidian-excalidraw-plugin If you find this helpful please say thanks by buying me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/zsolt You can reach me (@zsviczian) in the Obsidian Members Group (OMG) on Discord or on Twitter. ## YouTube Transcript [so welcome back and this is part five of](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=1) [the introduction to the xid draw plugin](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=4) [in obsidian and in this part I want to](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=7) [uh introduce to you the stencil Library](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=10) [so here if you click the library icon](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=14) [you get this uh library of icons](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=17) [actually you will get an empty set when](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=21) [you first open it so what I want to show](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=23) [you is if you click browse libraries](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=26) [then this web page comes up with the uh](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=29) [available libraries and let's say uh I](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=34) [know there's this nice set of robots](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=37) [here I want to add this don't click add](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=38) [to exol drop because that will direct](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=42) [you to a web page uh that will just not](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=45) [uh work but click download if you click](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=49) [download uh it will be saved to your](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=51) [downloads uh folder and then if you come](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=55) [back I closed the page and if I come](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=58) [back here I click load and here I can go](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=61) [and in my downloads I can select the](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=65) [downloaded file and with that I've added](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=68) [the](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=73) [uh objects to my library and from down](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=75) [on if I want to use one of the objects I](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=79) [click on the object and I can place it](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=82) [in my](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=85) [document now what you can also do is you](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=86) [can create create your own um library of](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=89) [objects so let's say I'm going to create](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=95) [this very uh silly](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=98) [uh object I'm going to be uh](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=101) [Distributing these uh horizontally and](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=105) [I'm going to align them centrally and](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=108) [put them here and let's just uh make](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=110) [sure that they have a background color](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=113) [so let's say this is the object I want](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=116) [to add to my library I select the object](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=119) [I group my selection so with this I](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=123) [created a group and if I click on this](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=127) [then I can choose add library and from](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=130) [then on uh this uh newly created object](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=134) [is available in my library similarly if](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=138) [there's uh an item that I want to remove](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=142) [from my library let's say I want to](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=146) [remove this object from my library I can](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=149) [just simply click uh Delete and that](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=152) [object is create uh removed from my](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=155) [library and of course if I uh create a](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=158) [new drawing then uh in that new drawing](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=162) [as well these objects are going to be](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=166) [available right now uh you will need to](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=170) [manage your libraries on each of your uh](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=174) [devices separately](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=177) [eventually once uh the settings are](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=180) [synchronized between your](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=185) [obsidian instances on various devices](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=187) [the library will synchronize as well](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=191) [thank you](https://youtu.be/rLx-9FvlzgI?t=194)