Adding a new project

CADMATIC Plant Modeller can be configured to create projects in CADMATIC eShare, but if your site does not work this way, a system administrator must manually create the required design projects in CADMATIC eShare as described below. Each project is stored in a separate database.

Prerequisites

  • You are a system administrator.
  • The database account that CADMATIC eShare uses is allowed to create databases. If this is not the case, a database administrator must create the project database as described in CADMATIC eShare Database Administration Guide before you can start creating the project.

Do the following:

  1. Click System Admin in the main menu. The system administration view opens.

  2. Click Projects. The project management view opens.

  3. Click Add project. The Project configuration view opens.

  4. Enter the following information.

    • Project Name – Enter a name for the project. This is the name that users will see.

    • Database Name – Enter a unique name for the project database, using only alphanumeric characters and underscores.

      If a database administrator has already created the database, enter the name provided by the administrator.

      If you leave the field blank, the system will generate a name that begins with EShareProject_.

    • Template Project – You can select to use an existing project as a template. If you select a template project, the new project will get complete configuration details from the template project, but this does not copy the 3D model or any documents from the template project. This is the same as using the project configuration import described in Importing project configuration, except that when using the Template Project option the properties of the default Markup Type are always copied to the new project whereas in project configuration import it is optional.

      Note: Any changes made to the template project after this, including deleting the template project, will not affect the new project you are creating.

    • 64-bit (Allow eShare App Only) – If set to Yes, the project can only be opened in eShare App which allows running CADMATIC eShare in a 64-bit environment. eShare App should be used for very large projects, but it also provides improved visualization in smaller projects.

    • Can be Template – If set to Yes, the project can be selected as Template Project for other projects. If set to No, it is still possible to export the project configuration for import to another project.

    • Image – You can add an optional image for the project.

    • Description – You can add an optional description for the project.

  5. Click Save. The new project is added to the Projects list. If you chose to use a template project, its name is displayed in gray.

Related Topics

General

Project users and groups