Projects

Projects are used when external references (xrefs) and images are not found in the saved path. Project names are saved in the registry and contain one or more search paths.

Project names are especially useful to manage xrefs and images when exchanging drawings.

Opening the Projects settings

1. Click the Settings tool button () on the Standard toolbar.
   or
   Choose Settings... in the Settings menu.
   
   The Settings dialog opens.

2. Go to Program Options > Files > Projects > Project search paths.

Creating projects

To create a project:

1. Open the Projects settings.

2. Click the Browse button at the right hand side of the Project search paths settings field.
   
   
   
   The Project Settings dialog opens.
   
   
    

3. To create the first project:

• Click the New button () on the Project Settings dialog.
  
  

• Type a name to replace the NewProject1 default name.

4. To create additional projects.

5. Click Projects (on top of the projects tree) then click the New button () .

6. Type a name to replace the NewProject1 default name.

Adding search paths to a project

To add a search path to a project:

1. Open the Projects settings.

2. Select the project in the Projects tree.

3. Click the New button ().
   The Browse for folder dialog opens.
   
   

4. Do one of the following:

• Select a folder.

• Select a parent folder, then click the Make New Folder button to create a new folder.

5. Click the OK button to add the selected folder to the project search paths.

Changing the order of the search paths

1. Open the Projects settings.

2. Click the expand button (+) of the project you want to edit.

3. Select a search path, then click the up () or down () buttons to change the order of the search paths.

Assigning a project to a drawing

1. Open the Projects settings.

2. Type the name of an existing project in the Project name settings field (PROJECTNAME settings variable).