New Project Dialog Box, Several Template Projects

Define the properties of a new project in the dialog box.

Project use
Select one of the following:
  • Building - A project for designing a building model.
  • Building group - A project for designing a building group. You can later add the building group to any building model. When you select building group as the project use, the project's saving location is automatically BLDG_GROUPS. Building Group
Project id
Enter a label for the new project, with an up to 16 character-long alphanumeric string. Some special characters are allowed in the label. In the label, the following characters are allowed:
  • letters: a-z, A-Z
  • numbers: 0-9
  • special characters: underscore (_)
Project id, if the add-on feature DesignStream Interface is available
When the DesignStream interface add-on feature is available to you, and you have logged into the DesignStream system, you can retrieve a label for a new project from the DesignStream system.
Retrieving a Project's Id From the DesignStream System
Name
You can type a descriptive name for the project in the text field. The name is not obligatory.
Store in
Select the saving location for the project directory from the list. The program will populate the list with all ms_volume entries in the ../user/SETUP file that contain a subdirectory named Projects in their directories. The default saving location is defined in the ../user/SETUP file under the keyword project_ms. The keyword value should be an ms_volume definition.
When you are creating a new building group, the saving location is automatically BLDG_GROUPS.
When you are creating a new project template, select TEMPLATE as the saving location (the ../shared/template directory). You can then select the project as the basis for a new project from the template list, if the Template radio button is selected in the New Project dialog box.
Based on
A project can be based on a standard project (template), a project in the Vertex BD workspace or a project in the DesignStream system. All directories, databases and files are copied from the selected base project to the new project.
  • Template - Select the radio button, if you want to base a project on a template project. Select the project from the list. The template projects are customer-specific.Template ProjectsSetting the Default Template Project
  • Local project - Select the radio button, if you want to create a project based on an existing project in the Vertex BD workspace. Select the existing project from the list.
  • DesignStream - You can select this radio button, if the DesignStream Interface add-on feature is available to you. Select the radio button, if you want to create a project based on an existing project in the DesignStream system.
You can also select the base project by clicking the Browse button, allowing you to view more detailed information on the projects.
Select Project to Copy Dialog Box
Update Layer Scheme
Changes may have been done to the layer scheme defined in the system settings, which have not been updated to the project on which the new project will be based on. By selecting Update Layer Scheme, you can reload the entire layer scheme from the system settings: layer names, visibility of layers and layer groups. In this case, the changes made to the settings of the layer scheme, for example new layer groups, will be updated to all drawings of the new project.
Following drawing files will not be updated:
  • Files in the project’s macros folder.
  • Files in the project-specific component library.
  • Files in the project-specific detail archive.
When you select Based on: Template, the selection will be saved. When you select Based on: Local project, the check box will always be cleared by default.
Layer Schemes
Restore Default Layer Selections for the Entire Project
Get project data card from
If you are using a separate customer and order database, you can copy the project data card information from the system by clicking the Select button. Implementing this function requires customer fitting.

Note

  • You can also create a new project based on an existing project by saving the project under a new name. In this case, only the fields Project id, Name and Store in are to be filled out in the dialog box.