Quick Guide to Projects

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Create and Save Project

Create from Solution Library

See Create a Solution from the Solution Library.

New Blank Project

You can only create a new project after creating a new solution.

There are three ways to create a new blank project:

After a new solution is created, a new blank project will automatically be created within that solution.
Select File New Project in the menu bar to create a new blank project.
Press Ctrl + N on the keyboard to create a new blank project.

Save Project

You can choose to save a single project or all projects in the solution.

Save a Single Project

There are three ways to save a single project:

Select File Save Project in the menu bar to save a single project.
Click on the left end of the project toolbar.
Press Ctrl + S on the keyboard.

Save all Projects in the Solution

Select File Save Solution in the menu bar to save all projects in the solution.

Rename Project

Right-click the project in the Project List, and select Rename Project. Enter a new project name and press Enter to confirm.

Open Project

Open an Existing Project

There are three ways to open an existing project:

Click Open project on the Welcome interface, and select the project folder in the pop-up window. You do NOT need to open the folder and select the MSR file.
Click File Open Project in the menu bar of the main interface (or pressCtrl + O on the keyboard), and select the project folder in the pop-up window. You do NOT need to open the folder and select the MSR file.
Double-click the MSR file in the project folder to open Mech-MSRand autoload the project.

Open a Recently Opened Project

Find the Solution/Project button on the Welcome interface, switch to Project and double-click the project you want to open.
Click File Open Recent… in the menu bar of the main interface, and then select the project recently opened from the context menu.

Run Project

Click Run in the project toolbar or press Ctrl + R on the keyboard to run the current project.

Close Project

You cannot close a single project within a solution. Instead, you can close the solution to close all the projects within it. The detailed instructions are as follows.

Right-click the corresponding solution in the Project List, and select Close Solution to close the solution and all the projects within it.

If there are unsaved changes in the project, a pop-up window will appear. You can make a choice based on actual needs.

Adjust Project ID

When Autoload Solution is selected, the projects belonging to the solution will be auto-loaded as well. Each project will be assigned a project ID.

To adjust the project ID, follow these instructions:

Select a project and drag it up and down to adjust its order.
To reset the project ID, right-click the solution or one of the projects, and select Reset Project IDs. The disordered project IDs will be re-sorted in ascending order, while the order of the projects remains the same.

Move an Existing Project to a Solution

You can move an unassigned project to an existing solution or generate a solution for the project.

Move an unassigned project to an existing solution

Open an existing solution, right-click the unassigned project in the project list, and select Move to Current Solution or Copy to Current Solution, as shown below.

After you moved the project, if the absolute path or relative path of the project is used in some Step parameters, modify the path accordingly, if necessary, and verify the project can run properly without any errors related to the project path.

Generate a solution for an unassigned project

Right-click an unassigned project in the project list, select Pack as Solution, and then click Yes in the pop-up window. A solution will be generated for the project, and the parent folder of the project folder will be used as the solution folder.

In this case, the parent folder of the project folder cannot be the root folders.