How to Start and Open Projects (PA)

Use this page if you need to get to the Project Assist home page in a new or existing project in either the Project Assist Viewer or DGLux5.


How to Create and Open a Project in the Project Assist Viewer

An installation of the Project Assist Viewer can create only one project in Project Assist.

  • To open this installation's project, log in to the Project Assist Viewer.

How to Open Project Assist and Start Working With It

To start a new project and open the Project Assist home page within the project:

  1. Log in to DGLux5.
  2. In the menu bar, select Project > Open Project > Create New > Project Assist > PA2 > Choose > Create Project ("Project Name") > Ok.

    How to Use the PA2 Project as a Template

  3. If the index page is not already open in the Project tree, double-click index.dg5.

    How to Use the PA2 Project as a Template

  4. Right-click Preview in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, and select "Open Viewer Link".

    Opening Project Assist 2.0

    This action opens Project Assist 2.0.

    How to Use the PA2 Project as a Template


How to Open a Project Assist Project in DGLux5

To open an existing Project Assist project in DGLux5:

  1. Log in to DGLux5.
  2. In the menu bar, click Project and choose Open Project.
  3. Choose the existing project, and click Open.

    The project opens in the Project panel.

  4. In the Project panel, double-click index.dg5 to open the project’s home page.
  5. Right-click Preview and choose Open Viewer Link.

    The project opens to the Project Assist home page in the DGLux5 viewer.