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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).

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About Composer File Types

Project

Options in this category allow you to define the project.

Command NameDescription
NameSpecifies the project name. Composer creates a .smgProj project file and folder of the specified name in Folder.
FolderSpecifies 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 NameDescription
ProductDisplays the project top-level product (.smgXml) file. This file references the products you add to the project.
ScenarioDisplays the project scenario (.smgSce) file.
ViewsDisplays the project views (.smgView) file.


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