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New Project

Summary: Create a new project with the New Project Wizard. 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.

Displays the current user's permissions grid. This is a read only display for informational purposes.


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:


PackUp/CheckOut Flow


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.

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Check In

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

Checks in the project. See above.


Project Info

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

Displays the Project Info page. From here you can:


Project Revisions

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

This page is not fully implemented!


Account Info

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

Add/Edit the Account Info. The Account is your customer information. This info can be accessed through the AccountInfoCollection for use in reports or via custom plugins.

Application Setup

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

Displays the Application Setup Wizard. Through this wizard you can setup:


Settings

Command line shortcut: set
User Permissions Level: Varies
Product Level: ALL

Displays the Setup Dialog with the following Default panels (custom plugins can install other panels):


Exit

Command line shortcut: set
User Permissions Level: Varies
Product Level: ALL

Closes the application.