Getting Started > Creating a New Project

Menu: Project>New Project

Default command line shortcut: np

Create a new WireCAD Project structure. This involves folder structures on your operating system as well as databases and support files.

Applies To:

All product levels

Related Settings:

None

WireCAD v7 can create projects with a number of different database formats. You may choose to create a new project using file based databases for their zero admin capabilities, or SQL Server for an enterprise installation.

How To: Create a New Project

Create a New Project

Click Project>New Project

Click [Next >]

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Select the type of database you wish to use and Click [Next >]

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Enter the Name for the new project. This must follow file naming conventions because we are going to make a folder out of the name and in the Project Path that you choose. Click [Next >]

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NOTE: We recommend NOT using the possessive ' ie Bob's Project. The ' character is the SQL escape character and though we rarely use it in WireCAD it can cause some queries to fail.

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If using SQL databases enter the host information. Click [Next >]

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NOTE: SQL project names cannot begin with a numeral.

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Define some of your project preferences. Here you set your base Starting Cable Number for all sequences. Click [Next >]

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WireCAD v7 adds a new concept called the Next Numbers table. By default the Next Numbers table will suggest and test the next number. If that number is in use, the Next Numbers table is incremented and tested until an available number is found. This behaviour can be overridden to force the usage of the number in the Next Numbers table without testing for existence. To do this Check the Disable Find Next Available ......Click [Next >]

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WireCAD v7 introduces a new concept call the Locations table. This allows you to predefine locations and hopefully reduce referential errors. Enabling v7 Locations causes a subtle change in the SysName Assignment process. You will no longer be able to just type a location but rather will select your predefined locations from a drop-down list. If you wish to work as you have in previous versions of WireCAD disable v7 Locations.Click [Next >]

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Click [Next >]. Review and click [Finish]