Project Wizard
The project wizard provides a step-by-step approach to creating
or opening a project:
![Project
Wizard Project
Wizard](../TopicImages/OpenCreateProject_thumb.png)
Create a new project
If you choose to create a new project, you will be shown a list
of different project templates, similar to the following:
![New
Project New
Project](../TopicImages/ProjectDesigner/NewProject_thumb.png)
Empty Project
If you choose the Empty Project option, then a new blank project
is created, if you are starting your own automation project, then
this is where you will most likely start.
To create an Empty Project:
- Select the "Empty Project" option
- Browse for a directory in which to create the project. The best
practice here is to create a new directory with the same name as
the project you are going to create, e.g. for a project called
"Stairs", the directory might be "C:\DriveWorksSolo\Stairs"
- Optionally, if the directory doesn't have the same name as the
project, choose the name you want to give the project.
- Click Finish
Import from DriveWorksXpress
If you want to create a new project which is a copy of an
existing DriveWorksXpress project then:
Templates
DriveWorks Solo comes with some standard templates, and more can
be downloaded from the DriveWorks Solo web site:
http://www.driveworkssolo.com/.
To use a template:
- Select the template you want to use
- Browse for a directory in which to create a new project based
on the template. The best practice here is to create a new
directory with the same name as the project you are going to
create, e.g. for a project called "MyCupboard", the directory might
be "C:\DriveWorksSolo\MyCupboard"
- Optionally, if the directory doesn't have the same name as the
project, choose the name you want to give the project.
- Click Finish
Open an existing project
If you choose to open an existing project, you will be given the
option to browse for the project to open:
![Open
Project Open
Project](../TopicImages/OpenProject_thumb.png)
When opening a project created in an earlier version of DriveWorks you will be prompted to upgrade the project.
![](../TopicImages/ProjectDesigner/GroupUpgradeNotification.png)
Selecting Yes will upgrade the project to the current version. This version cannot be opened in earlier versions of DriveWorks.
Selecting No will cancel the operation.