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New Project
Command line shortcut: none. User Permissions Level: ProjectsCollection - Allow Add New. Product Level: All.
Create a new project with the 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:
- Creates a new project folder structure.
- Copies all project drawings to the new folder tree.
- Creates a new project database.
- 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.
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: All Product Level: All.
