When setting up a new project, you have the option of using a predefined template that specifies custom project options and settings, or starting "from scratch" using default options and settings.

Following are the basic steps for this workflow. For more detailed instructions, see Create a New Project.

Steps:

Commands:

1.

Use the New Project dialog to select a template to use for your new project, or select to create a project "from scratch".

New Project

2.

Use the Project Settings dialog to specify any of the following settings as applicable for your new project:

• General Information - Review project file information and add company and user information.
• Coordinate System - Select the coordinate system you want to use for your project, and configure other various coordinate system-related settings.
• Units - Verify or select the coordinate, distance, and GPS time unit settings you want to use for your project.
• View - Verify or select settings for the various types of graphic, spreadsheet, and other views in which your project data is displayed.
• Computations - Verify or select computation settings, including tolerances for points, GNSS vectors, and meaned angles.
• Baseline Processing - Verify or select processing settings, including acceptance criteria values that, if exceeded, will cause processed baselines to be flagged or fail altogether.
• Network Adjustment - Verify or select adjustment settings, including covariance display and transformation settings.
• Default Standard Errors - Verify or select whether to use the actual standard error values contained in the imported file or the default standard error values you specify.
• Feature Code Processing - Select the feature definition (.fxl) file you want to use to process feature codes in your project.

Project Settings

3.

Use the Options dialog to review and change display and customization options.

Options

4.

Select File > Save Project to save your project.

If you are not going to save your project as a template as described in the next step, you are ready to import and process data.

Save Project

5.

If you expect to create future projects located within the same geographical area as your new project, select File > Save Project As Template to save your project settings as a project template.

Note:After saving a template, you can continue to modify it as necessary (for example, change additional project settings). These modifications would be included in the template the next time you use it.

Save Project as Template