5.8.2.1. Context menu of the Folder Level
5.8.2.1.2.  New project
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5.8.2.1.2.  New project

New project creates a new project within the selected directory.

  1. Mark the desired folder under which you want to create the new project.

  2. Click on the New project context menu command.

    -> The New project dialog box opens.

  3. Enter the desired name for the project [Project name] under Name [Project name].

    [Note]Note

    Keep the project name as short as possible!

  4. Select the desired template [Template] in the list field below:

    • Template for 3D project (standard template for 3D projects)

      3D project

      3D project

    • Template for assembly configuration [Template for Assembly Configuration] (standard template for assembly configuration)

      -> The corresponding base files are created.

      Assembly configuration

      Assembly configuration

      Select *_asmcfg.asy and click on Edit or click on the context menu command Open with PARTdesigner [Open with PARTdesigner] at project level.

      -> The configuration is opened in PARTdesigner is opened. See Section 7.13, “Docking window "Configurator " / "Assembly "”.

    • Template for 3D project architecture with LOG (Z-axis above) (LOGDEST variable with default architecture [Architecture] as target market)

      or

      Template for 3D project mechanical engineering with LOG (Y-axis above) (LOGDEST variable with default mechanical engineering [Mechanical engineering] as target market)

      By selecting one of these two templates, basic variables for LOG control are automatically created with corresponding values. Basically, if you want to provide a model several times in different levels of detail, select one of these templates (target market architecture [Architecture] or mechanical engineering [Mechanical engineering] ).

      LOGDEST = Architecture

      LOGDEST = Architecture

      LOGDEST = Mechanical engineering

      LOGDEST = Mechanical engineering

      ID   BIM display Info   MECH display Info
      100 100No geometry not available/
      200 200Rough depth of representation (simple rule-based geometry) LowBounding Box
      300 300Medium depth of representation (simple geometry based on rules) MediumInterfering contour
      400 400Highly detailed (for marketing, digital sampling) HighHighly detailed

      For details, see Section 5.9.4.3.5, “Example: Specifics for project creation especially in Architecture / BIM catalogs ”.

    • Alternatively, you can use the Browse button ... to specify the template (the storage folder for templates is $CADENAS_SETUP\prjtmpl\default.)

    • Template for Categories [Template for categories project] project: See Section 5.12.3.2, “Classification (By Categories) - (By Countries) - (By Functionality)” and Section 3.2.15, “ Classification by Category / Alphabet / Country ”.

    • Template for copyright project [Template for copyright project]: See Section 3.2.19, “ Copyright Project ”.

  5. Confirm with OK.

    -> The new project is applied with basic files in the index tree.

    Project file (.prj) with subordinated 3d, table and translation file

    Project file (.prj) with subordinated 3d, table and translation file

    • *.3db: After selection, an empty 3D preview is displayed under Edit project. Use Edit to open PARTdesigner to create the 3D model. See Chapter 7, PARTdesigner .

    • *.tab: After selection, empty project details are displayed under Edit project. Use Edit to open PARTdesigner to create the characteristic attribute table. See Chapter 7, PARTdesigner .

    • *.def: Translation file, PARTproject opens the Translation tab page.

      To create and evaluate translations, use the Translation context menu command in the project file. See Section 5.8.2.1.14, “ Translation ”.

[Note]Note

Projects must have an intact table, otherwise they cannot be saved in the PARTdesigner cannot be saved.

If the following error message appears this points out that no table exists yet:

Error ZA line (ZA,DA,0), number must be greater than 0.

Error ZA line (ZA,DA,0), number must be greater than 0.

This error appears as long as a table is created. If the variable is used in the model doesn't matter.

Table with one variable and one value is sufficient to avoid an error message.

Table with one variable and one value is sufficient to avoid an error message.

The error could also occur during the QA check.

"No existing records in the file" is a subsequent error of "Error ZA line (ZA,DA,0), number must be greater than 0" (possibly caused, when subsequently removing table lines again).

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