Creating a new project

A new project can be created in one of the following ways:

Dashboard

On the dashboard via the button 'New Project' under the Overview tab.

Open the Local Projects list and click the button 'New Project' on the sidebar.

Right-click the ETS6 icon on the taskbar and then click 'New Project' in the context menu.

The New Project dialog appears on the screen.

The following options are provided in order to configure the basic project settings.

Option	Description	Default value
Name	Project name to identify the project. If a project with the same name already exists, then a consecutive number in parentheses will be added to the name, e.g. '(1)'.	New Project
Project type	Defines the building use of the project to be created.	Other commercial
Backbone	The medium for the Backbone line can be chosen between TP and IP.	IP
Create Line 1.1	If checked: the Area 1, Main line 1.0 (implicitly) and Line 1.1 are immediately created in the topology using the medium specified in the dropdown menu below. If not checked: The project has only a Backbone line created in the topology, using the medium specified in the dropdown menu above.	Create Line 1.1
Medium	The medium of Line 1.1 can be selected: TP, IP, PL and RF.	TP
Group Address Style	Defines the group address style used in the project. For more information, see Group Address & Style.	Three Level

Finally, by means of the button 'Create project' the new project will be created and opened immediately thereafter.