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to display options to move, size, close, dock, hide, or set the transparency for
the Project Manager.
NOTE You cannot have two projects open in the Project Manager with the same
project name.
Right-click menu
You can right-click in empty space in the Project Manager to display the
following options:
Creates a project. Once created, the new project automat-
ically becomes the active project.
New Project
Opens a different project from a file selection dialog box.
In the Select Project File dialog box, navigate to the project
to open and select it.
Open Project
Creates a drawing file and adds it to the active project. The
new drawing displays at the bottom of the project drawing
list for the active project.
New Drawing
Project Selection menu
You can default to a predefined directory by adding an entry to your .env file.
Exit AutoCAD and open the .env file with any generic text editor (such as
Wordpad). Add this line:
WD_PICKPRJDLG, n:/{your directory}/, AutoCAD Electrical default pick proj
Opens a different project from a list of recent projects or
from a file selection dialog box.
Recent
Creates a project. Once created, the new project automat-
ically becomes the active project.
New Project
Opens a different project from a file selection dialog box.
In the Select Project File dialog box, navigate to the project
to open and select it.
Open Project
Allows you to browse to the vault to open a project and
make it active inside of the Project Manager. You must be
Open Project from Vault
logged into the vault. In the Select Project dialog box,
navigate to the project to open and select it. Click the arrow
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