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Opens a Windows Explorer window at the global shared data folder.
 
Opens a Windows Explorer window at the global shared data folder.
  
Default XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\WireCAD\WireCAD6
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Default XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\WireCAD\WireCAD6<br>
Default VISTA/7: C:\Users\Public\Documents\WireCAD\WireCAD6
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Default VISTA/7: C:\Users\Public\Documents\WireCAD\WireCAD6<br>
  
 
This folder and its subfolders contain shared WireCAD files and folders.
 
This folder and its subfolders contain shared WireCAD files and folders.
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Opens a Windows Explorer window at the current user application data folder.
 
Opens a Windows Explorer window at the current user application data folder.
  
Default XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USER_NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\WireCAD\WireCAD6
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Default XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USER_NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\WireCAD\WireCAD6<br>
Default VISTA/7: C:\Users\cbh\AppData\Local\WireCAD\WireCAD6
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Default VISTA/7: C:\Users\cbh\AppData\Local\WireCAD\WireCAD6<br>
  
 
This folder contains your user specific WireCAD settings.
 
This folder contains your user specific WireCAD settings.
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Product Level: All.<br>
 
Product Level: All.<br>
  
Converts WireCAD v2-v5 projects to the new v6 format. Drawings are not touched. A new project database is created and the old data is imported into it.
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*Converts WireCAD v2-v5 projects to the new v6 format.
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*Drawings are not touched.  
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*A new project database is created and the old data is imported into it.
  
 
'''NOTE:''' The Convert Old Project Wizard will '''NOT''' work on Windows 7!
 
'''NOTE:''' The Convert Old Project Wizard will '''NOT''' work on Windows 7!
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Product Level: PRO, ENT.<br>
 
Product Level: PRO, ENT.<br>
  
Opens the [[Users, Groups and Permissions]] dialog
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Opens the [[Users, Groups and Permissions]] dialog.
  
 
==Project Utilities==
 
==Project Utilities==

Revision as of 23:18, 20 December 2010

New Project

Command line shortcut: none.
User Permissions Level: ProjectsCollection - Allow Add New.
Product Level: All.

Create a new project with the New Project Wizard.


Open Project

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: All
Product Level: All.

Browse to the *.wc6plf file in the project folder.

Save Project

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: ProjectsCollection - Allow Edit
Product Level: All.

Commit any unsaved changes to the project database.


Save Project As

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: ProjectsCollection - Allow Add New
Product Level: XLT, PRO, ENT.

Save the project as a new name with the Save Project As wizard.

This function creates does the following:

  1. Creates a new project folder structure.
  2. Copies all project drawings to the new folder tree.
  3. Creates a new project database.
  4. If desired copies all project data into the new project database.


Frequently Used Folders

Open Project Folder

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: All.
Product Level: All.

Opens a Windows Explorer window at the current project path.

Open Global Data Folder

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: All
Product Level: All.


Opens a Windows Explorer window at the global shared data folder.

Default XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\WireCAD\WireCAD6
Default VISTA/7: C:\Users\Public\Documents\WireCAD\WireCAD6

This folder and its subfolders contain shared WireCAD files and folders. This folder may or may not be used depending on your Support Paths settings.

Open User Data Folder

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: All
Product Level: All.

Opens a Windows Explorer window at the current user application data folder.

Default XP: C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_USER_NAME\Local Settings\Application Data\WireCAD\WireCAD6
Default VISTA/7: C:\Users\cbh\AppData\Local\WireCAD\WireCAD6

This folder contains your user specific WireCAD settings.


Close Project

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: All
Product Level: All.

Closes the current project.


Convert Old Project

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: All
Product Level: All.

  • Converts WireCAD v2-v5 projects to the new v6 format.
  • Drawings are not touched.
  • A new project database is created and the old data is imported into it.

NOTE: The Convert Old Project Wizard will NOT work on Windows 7!


Security Tools

View Permissions Grid

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: All
Product Level: All.

Manage Security...

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: Administors
Product Level: PRO, ENT.

Opens the Users, Groups and Permissions dialog.

Project Utilities

Pack Up/Check Out

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: Administrators
Product Level: XLT, PRO, ENT.

Packs up an project for use on a different machine. It performs the following steps:

insert flow chart here.

Unpack

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: Administrators
Product Level: XLT, PRO, ENT.

Unpacks the project and synchronizes the incoming global database with the current global database.

Check In

Command line shortcut: none
User Permissions Level: Administrators
Product Level: PRO, ENT.

Checks in the project.