Create new project
A new project can be created with this function.
Workflow
| Step | Action | Result | |
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| 1 | Create project | There are three ways to create a new project: 1a) Create a blank project.¹ 1b) Create a blank project and load drawing sheets directly.¹ 1c) Create a project based on a template.² ¹ – The project configurations (definitions for classes, categories, tags, stamp templates) are loaded from individual configuration files. ² – Configuration files are disregarded, all project configurations are stored in the project template file (*.icpt). Available only in Pro version and from program version 3.2.0. |
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| 1a | Create blank project | Click New Project ( ), either under File in the menu bar, in the toolbar or on the start page or press STRG + N. | The “Project overview” window is displayed next to the drawing area. See User interface > Function window > Project overview Note 1 Only one project can be open and edited at a time. Note 2 The project is not saved yet. |
| 1b | Create project from drawing | 1) Click Create project from drawing ( ), either under File in the menu bar or on the start page.Note Available from program version 3.0.0. | 1) The file manager of the operating system opens. |
| 2) You can now import one or more drawings. See Functions > Drawings > Import drawing | The “Project overview” window is displayed next to the drawing area. See User interface > Function window > Project overview Note 1 Only one project can be open and edited at a time. Note 2 The project is not saved yet. |
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| 1c | Create project from template | Select a project template to create a project from it. Project templates provided in the template directory are listed on the Project Templates tab on the start page and under File (menu bar) > New from Template (  ).Project templates from another directory can be created on the start page via Create project from template ( ) or can be selected via File (menu bar) > New from Template ( ) > Browse ….A project can also be created by opening a project template file (*.icpt) directly from the file system. Note Available only in the Pro version and from program version 3.2.0. | A new project is created based on the project template. |
| 2 | Edit project title | 1) Next to the project title “New project” click the button  . | 1) The “Edit project” dialog box opens. |
| 2) Enter a unique name in the “Project title” field, under which you will later find the project again. The “Description” field can be used optionally. | 2) The information is entered. | ||
| 3 | Confirm information | Then click OK. | Project title and description have been taken over and are displayed accordingly. |
Customization
There are no setting options for directly influencing this function.