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Setting Up and Editing the Project
6.6 Setting Up a Project
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6.6 Setting Up a Project
6.6.1 Creating a Project
To construct a solution to your automation task using the framework of a project management, you
will need to create a new project. The new project is created in the directory you set for projects in
the "General" tab when you selected the menu command Options > Customize.
Note
The SIMATIC Manager allows names that are longer than eight characters. The name of the project
directory is, however, cut off to eight characters. Project names must therefore differ in their first eight
characters. The names are not case-sensitive.
You will find a step-by-step guide to creating a project under Creating a Project Manually or under
Creating a Project Using the Wizard.
Creating a Project Using the Wizard
The easiest way to create a new project is using the "New Project" wizard. Use the menu
command File > "New Project" Wizard to open the wizard. The wizard prompts you to enter the
required details in dialog boxes and then creates the project for you. In addition to the station, CPU,
program folder, source file folder, block folder, and OB1 you can even select existing OBs for error
and alarm processing.
The following figure shows an example of a project created with the wizard.