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Create New Project

Overview​

In Next Design, you can start modeling right away by creating a new project using pre-prepared profiles and installed templates.

The following describes how to create a new project and start editing the model in the following order:

  • Create a new project
  • Prepare your first model

Create a new project​

The following describes how to create a new project in the following order:

  • Use a profile
  • Use a template

Use a profile​

To use a profile, you can choose between "Copy a profile and import it into a project" and "Refer to a published profile and reuse it" depending on how you want to use the profile. The following preparations are required for each method.
For information on the profile format, see "3. Using the published profile in each project" in Profile Definition > Profile Operation > Profile Operation Flow.

  • "Copy the profile and import it into the project" format
    Obtain the profile you want to use (.nprof or .iprof file), or confirm the path to where the profile file is stored.
  • "Refer to the published profile and reuse it" format
    Publish the profile you want to use. For details, see "How to publish a profile as a component for reuse" in [Profile Definition > Profile Operation > Publishing a profile](../../profile-definition-guide/profile-operation/publish-profile#How to publish a profile as a component for reuse).

Then, to create a new project, follow the steps below from the Next Design start page.

Create a new project

Operation procedure: "Copy a profile and import it into a project" format
  1. Click the [Start] > [Create New Project] link to display the [Create New Project] dialog.
  2. Enter [Project Name] and, if necessary, enter [Overview].
  3. Specify the profile to be used by one of the following operations.
  4. If you want to directly specify the profile file (.nprof or .iprof file), click the [Folder] button in [Profile].
  5. You can also specify it from a published profile. In this case, click the [...] button in [Profile].
  6. Specify [Copy profile] in [Mime Type].
  7. Click the [Create] button to create a new project and start editing.
Operation procedure: "Refer to published profile and reuse" format
  1. Click the [Start] > [Create New Project] link to display the [Create New Project] dialog.
  2. Enter [Project Name] and, if necessary, enter [Overview].
  3. Click the [...] button for [Profile] and specify the profile to use.
  4. Specify [Refer to profile] for [Mime Type].
  5. Click the [Create] button to create a new project and start editing.
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  • A profile is required to create a model. To create a new profile, see Quick Start > Profile Definition.

  • You can also create a new project with the same profile by exporting a profile from an existing project. For details, see [Profile Definition > Profile Operation > Modularization of Profiles](../../profile-definition-guide/profile-operation/modularization-profile#Exporting a Profile).

Use a template​

If you have installed the template extension on your Next Design, you can also create a new project using a template.

To create a new project using a template, follow the steps below.

Use a template

Operation procedure
  1. When you start Next Design, a list of available templates is displayed in [Create a new Project from a template] on the start page.
  2. Hover the mouse over the template name to display a description of the template.
  3. Click the name of the template you want to use to create a new project based on the template and start editing.
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Prepare your first model​

Immediately after creating a new project, only one project is displayed at the top of the Model Navigator. To start editing a model, add your first model from the Model Navigator by following the steps below.

Prepare your first model

Operation procedure
  1. Right-click the project in the model navigator, click [Add Model] in the context menu, and click the entity you want to add.
  2. A model is added under the project, and when you select the model, you can edit it.
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  • The entities that can be added directly under the project depend on the profile.
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