Project Manager Palette

Summary

The Project Manager is not fully functional if

• A command is active;
• No drawing is open;
• The project is locked; or
• A layout is locked by another user.

Components of the Project Manager

The following explains which each of the components of the Project Manager are used for.

1. Project Popup Menu. Lists all the open and recently opened projects. Use the list to switch between open projects.

2. Publish Project Button. Displays and populates the Batch Publish dialog box with all the layouts in the current project.

3. Project Tree View. Displays an organized list of all layouts in the current project.

   You can perform the following actions in the tree view:

   • Double-click a layout or view to open the associated drawing.
   • Right-click to access shortcut menus of the operations that are relevant to the currently selected item. For more information, see Project Tree View Shortcut Menus.
   • Drag items within the tree view to reorder them.

4. Details Panel. Displays the properties for the item selected in the Project tree view. Click the Show/Hide Details button at the bottom of the Project Manager to toggle the display of the Details panel.

   For more information on the properties listed in the Details panel, see

   • Project Properties
   • Layout Properties
   • Group Properties
   • View Properties

5. Create Action Button. Displays a popup menu that allows you to create a new project, or add layouts and groups to the current project.

   • New Layout. Displays the New Project Layout dialog box and creates a new layout in the project or under the selected group.
   • Add Existing Drawing. Displays the Add Layout from Drawing dialog box and allows you to select a layout from an existing drawing to add to the project.
   • New Group. Creates a new group.
   • Create New Project. Displays the New Project dialog box and creates a new project data (DST) file.

6. Remove Button. Removes the selected group or layout from the project. Removing a layout does not delete the associated drawing file.

7. Show/Hide Details Button. Toggles the display of the Details panel.

8. Project Action Button. Displays a popup menu that allows you open, close, or publish a project. You can also control how layouts are opened and renamed.

   • Open Project. Displays the Open Project dialog box and loads the information in the project data (DST) file into the Project Manager.
   • Close Project. Closes the current project.
   • Batch Publish. Displays the Batch Publish dialog box and adds the selected layout, or the layouts contained in the selected group or project.
   • Page Setup Manager. Displays the Page Setup Manager and allows you to modify the page setup overrides in the current project.
   • Open Drawings to Model. Controls whether the named layout or model space is set current when opening a project layout from the Project Manager.
   • Show File Users. Controls the display of the user that created the layout or currently has a layout opened appears below the layout in the Project tree view.
   • Name Synchronization. Controls the renaming of drawing (DWG) files and layouts when changing the name and numbers of a layout in the Project Manager.
     • Layout Title. When checked, renaming a layout in the Project Manager changes the layout name in the drawing (DWG) file.
     • Prefix with Layout Number. When checked, renaming a layout in the Project Manager changes the layout name in the drawing (DWG) file to a new name that prefixes the layout title with the layout number (<number> <title>).
     • Drawing Title. When checked, renaming a layout in the Project Manager changes both the drawing (DWG) file and layout names.
     • Prefix with Layout Number. When checked, renaming a layout in the Project Manager changes both the drawing (DWG) file and layout names to a new name that prefixes the layout title with the layout number (<number> <title>).