To design a wire harness and the corresponding outputs and documents such as nailboards, cable drawings, and reports it is necessary to create a new project first.
Note:
It is only possible to create a new project when there is none currently opened. An opened project can be closed via the File > Close project menu items or the button on the main toolbar.
Prerequisite:
There is no opened project.
- Select the File > New project menu items or the button on the toolbar to launch the New project wizard.
The New project dialog is opened. - In the first step of this wizard specify the project's Name and Location properties and click [Next].
The Project folder property is set automatically to the following entry:
<Location entry>\<Name entry>. - In the next step determine the Number of variants for the project and assign names, if desired.
Note:
Variant names can be further edited in the Project structure tab.
- Click [Next].
- The next step of the wizard allows you to determine a default library for the project: Activate the Set default project library check box and use the [...] button to browse to the required library connection (*.hxcn file).
Once you have determined a default library or deactivated the check box, the [Finish] button will become accessible.Note:
If you haven't created a connection up to this point, you should deactivate the Set default project library check box and finish project creation. You can create a connection and assign a library later in the project's General info panel.
- Click [Finish] to complete creating the project.
Create project from template
- In the New project group box of the Welcome tab select a template (*.hxpt) file or, if the list is empty, use the Browse command to browse to the location containing the templates.
- Click the New project from template command to launch the New project wizard.
- In the first step of this wizard specify the project's Name and Location properties and click [Next].
The Project folder property is set automatically to the following entry:
<Location entry>\<Name entry>. - Click [Finish] to complete creating the project.