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New Project

Use this dialog to create new projects with the ability to use different types of templates and choose storage location.

Where do I find this dialog?

On the Project menu, select New project.

Available options

When you create a new project, you have:

  • Two options for using different types of templates
  • Three options for where the project should be stored
  • Ability to set coordinate and elevation system during creation (depending on template)

Templates

You can use templates when creating projects. There are three alternatives:

  • Simple template
  • Project template
  • Imported templates (both simple and project template)

Import of templates

Import of simple template: Import is done by browsing to a PRJ file which is then copied to the user folder. When importing a simple template, it is in practice the drawing list that is the content of the template.

Import of project template: Import is done by browsing to a project folder and key data is copied to the user folder.

Simple template

This is a PRJ file that contains a list of predefined drawings.

Some PRJ templates are included as standard in Gemini Terrain. You can also copy PRJ files into the user folder, so that these can be used on later occasions.

Tip

You can include drawings in the templates: When you have a project file you want to reuse as a template, you can copy both the project file and the drawings that are in the project directory to the user folder.

Content in simple template: The drawings can contain elements such as:

  • Sunlight
  • Inserted sheets
  • 2D/3D primitives

Note

Application layers and other inserted elements are not included in the template.

Project template

With project template, you use a project folder with a PRJ file as template for the new project. If this PRJ file refers to BIM files in the same folder, these will also be included.

Advantages of project template:

  • Ability to insert predefined and grouped application layers in drawings
  • Selected coordinate system is included
  • Creation of subfolder structure

Warning

We encourage that project templates preferably only contain Gemini files, as these are particularly supported.

Handling of geometry and GUIDs

If the project templates contain geometry, this is also transferred to the new project. Existing file and object GUIDs in GMI, SFI, EFI and XFI files are removed from the templates in the new project, and new GUIDs are created automatically after editing the new files.

Info

This applies only to Gemini files.

Folder structure

Folder structure is supported when creating new projects, since many companies have a predefined folder structure that can contain:

  • Import and export folders
  • Folders for each project participant
  • Other customized structures

Tip

This can be especially useful in cloud projects, as the folder structures automatically become part of the Gemini Connected project and will appear to the other Gemini users when creating the project.

Location

When you create a project, you have three options for where the project should be stored:

Info

In the field below location selection, you get a preview of how the folder structure will look, to avoid ambiguity.

Gemini Connected

Use this option to create projects that should be stored in Gemini Connected. Here you can also create new Connected projects if you have the authority to do so.

Predefined project folder

Used for local projects in one of the predefined directories. These can be specified in the project menu's settings.

User-defined project folder

Use this option to place the project in a freely defined location on the machine.

Warning

Projects that are not stored in predefined project folders will be listed in the project menu's recently used projects. If such projects are pushed out of the list of recently used projects, they must be opened with the Open button on the project menu.