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<a xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" name="hj-top"> </a><table xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" class="table1" id="table11"><tr><td><table class="DocHeader"><tr><td class="DocHeader1" colspan="2"><h1>New Project</h1></td></tr><tr><td class="DocHeader4" colspan="2"/></tr><tr><td class="DocHeader3"><table class="DocHeaderIntro" id="table12"><tr><td class="Intro1Only"><p class="header"><p class="abstract"><span class="shortdesc">The <span class="keyword wintitle">New Project</span> dialog box lets you create a new Composer project.</span>
<p>To display this dialog box, click 
<span class="ph uicontrol">File</span> 
<span class="ph uicontrol">&gt; New Project</span> 
<img class="image" src="../Icons3DVIA/I_CPSProfileNew.png"/>. Specify the project name, location, and loading options, and then click 
<span class="ph uicontrol">OK</span>. In the Add Products dialog box, select one or more product (
<span class="ph filepath">.smgXml</span>) files to add to the project. For fully-shattered assemblies, specify the top-level assembly 
<span class="ph filepath">.smgXml</span> only (not the 
<span class="ph filepath">.smgXml</span> of all subassemblies and parts).</p> </p>
<ul><li><a href="#c-Project" id="toc_rg" title="">Project</a></li><li><a href="#c-Paths" id="toc_rg" title="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.">Paths</a></li><li><a href="#c-Geometry" id="toc_rg" title="Specifies how geometry is loaded.">Geometry</a></li></ul>
</p></td></tr></table></td><td class="DocHeader2"><table class="DocTopics" id="table13"><tr><td class="TopicsTitle">Related Topics</td></tr><tr><td><a href="cps-c-FileTypes.htm#cps-c-FileTypes" class="link" title="Composer has several native file types.">About Composer File Types</a></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div class="related-links"/><div class="topic concept nested1" id="c-Project"><h2 class="title topictitle2">Project</h2>
<div class="body conbody"><p class="abstract"><span class="shortdesc"/>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" class="table" frame="void" border="1" rules="all"><thead class="thead" align="left"><tr class="row"><th class="entry" valign="top" id="d53173e58">Command Name</th>
<th class="entry" valign="top" id="d53173e60">Description</th>
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<tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d53173e58 "><span class="ph uicontrol">Name</span></td>
<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d53173e60 ">Specifies the project name. Composer creates a 
<span class="ph filepath">.smgProj</span> project file and folder of the specified name in 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Folder</span>.
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<tr class="row"><td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d53173e58 "><span class="ph uicontrol">Folder</span></td>
<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d53173e60 ">Specifies where the project file and folder are created.
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<div class="body conbody"><p class="abstract"><span class="shortdesc">Specifies the top-level product, scenario, and view files that are created in the project folder. These read-only values are generated from your 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Name</span> and 
<span class="ph uicontrol">Folder</span> values.</span>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" class="table" frame="void" border="1" rules="all"><thead class="thead" align="left"><tr class="row"><th class="entry" valign="top" id="d53173e100">Command Name</th>
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<tbody class="tbody"><tr class="row"><td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d53173e100 "><span class="ph uicontrol">Product</span></td>
<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d53173e102 ">Displays the project top-level product (<span class="ph filepath">.smgXml</span>) file. This file references the products you add to the project.
</td>
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<tr class="row"><td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d53173e100 "><span class="ph uicontrol">Scenario</span></td>
<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d53173e102 ">Displays the project scenario (<span class="ph filepath">.smgSce</span>) file.</td>
</tr>
<tr class="row"><td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d53173e100 "><span class="ph uicontrol">Views</span></td>
<td class="entry" valign="top" headers="d53173e102 ">Displays the project views (<span class="ph filepath">.smgView</span>) file.</td>
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<div class="body conbody"><p class="abstract"><span class="shortdesc">
Specifies how geometry is loaded. </span>
<p>For option descriptions, see 
<a class="xref" href="cps-r-DocumentProperties-Project.htm#cps-r-DocumentProperties-Project" title="The Project page lets you configure the default preferences when loading a project.">(Default) Document Properties - Project</a>.</p>

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