Create a project

Create a project to build your system design. All projects are stored in a remote repository to provide access to collaborators. When changes are pushed to the remote repository, projects with controllers generate L5X files that are stored within its FactoryTalk Vault Solution.
Project names must adhere to the following rules:
  • The first character must be a letter.
  • The subsequent characters can be letters, numbers, or underscores.
  • The last character must be a letter or a number.
  • The project name must be at least two characters.
  • The project name cannot be longer than 40 characters.
  • The project name cannot end in the reserved phrase
    l5xconvert
    .
Create a project from the
Welcome
 page or, if you close the
Welcome
 page, open a project from the menu bar.
TIP: You can have only one project open at a time.
  1. Close any open project.
  2. Either:
    • On the
      Welcome
       page, select
      New project
      .
    • From the menu bar, select
      File > New project
      .
      TIP: The first time you create a project in FactoryTalk Design Studio, the
      Getting Started
       page opens with information about features to start using FactoryTalk Design Studio. To close the
      Getting Started
       page, in the
      Getting Started
       tab, select . To reopen the
      Getting Started
       page at any time, in the main toolbar, select
      Getting Started
      .
  3. In
    New project
    , in
    Name
    , enter a unique name for the project.
  4. In
    Project Location in the FactoryTalk Vault
    , choose either to share the duplicate project by selecting from an existing list of solutions or to create and name a solution.
    TIP:
    To share an existing project, with the open project, select
    File > Source control > Share project
    .
  5. Select
    Create
    . FactoryTalk Design Studio creates the empty project.
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