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New Project

The New Project dialog box lets you create a new Composer project.

To display this dialog box, click File > New Project . Specify the project name, location, and loading options, and then click OK. In the Add Products dialog box, select one or more product ( .smgXml) files to add to the project. For fully-shattered assemblies, specify the top-level assembly .smgXml only (not the .smgXml of all subassemblies and parts).

This page discusses:

Project
Paths
Geometry

Project

Options in this category allow you to define the project.


Command Name	Description
Name	Specifies the project name. Composer creates a .smgProj project file and folder of the specified name in Folder.
Folder	Specifies where the project file and folder are created.

Paths

Specifies the top-level product, scenario, and view files that are created in the project folder. These read-only values are generated from your Name and Folder values.


Command Name	Description
Product	Displays the project top-level product (.smgXml) file. This file references the products you add to the project.
Scenario	Displays the project scenario (.smgSce) file.
Views	Displays the project views (.smgView) file.

Geometry

Specifies how geometry is loaded.

For option descriptions, see (Default) Document Properties - Project.

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