A project brings together the Feachrs, machining operations, tools, and materials for one job. Use a separate project for each part or setup you want to keep organized.

Create your first project

  1. Open the main menu at the upper left.
  2. Under Projects, choose New Project. You can also choose Create a new project at the bottom of the Projects list.
  3. Enter a Project Name. In this example, use Documentation.
  4. Choose Create.

The project opens automatically. Its name appears at the top of the left panel.

Create a project by entering its name and choosing Create.

Create a project by entering its name and choosing Create.

Your project workspace

The left panel contains the project controls. The right side displays the camera view. Scroll within the left panel to move through the project without scrolling the camera image.

The project has four sections, in this order:

Area What it contains Where to start
Feachrs The geometry used to describe your part or locate work on the material, such as points, lines, circles, and paths. Open the section and browse the Catalog to create a Feachr.
Operations CAM operations that use geometry and machining parameters to generate toolpaths and G-code. Choose Add from catalog, then select an operation.
Tools The physical cutters available to this project. Choose the + beside Tools to open the tool finder.
Materials The stock materials available to this project. Choose the + beside Materials to open the material finder.

Use the chevron at the upper right of a section to collapse or expand it. Collapsing a section hides its contents without removing them. The badge next to each section title shows how many items are in the project.

The new Documentation workspace. Feachrs and Operations are collapsed so all four section headings are visible.

The new Documentation workspace. Feachrs and Operations are collapsed so all four section headings are visible.

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A new project starts empty. The Feachr catalog may already show example shapes, even when the Feachrs badge is 0. Those cards are choices for creating geometry; they are not yet items in your project.

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Reopen a project

Open the main menu and choose Projects → Projects. In My Projects, find the project and choose Open Project. Use Load More Projects if it is not in the current list.

Project cards can show a saved camera-frame thumbnail, item counts, the last update time, and the recorded machine coordinates. No frames means the project has no saved camera frame; it does not prevent you from opening the project.

The Samples tab contains shared example projects. Copy Shared Project makes a copy and opens it for you to use.

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Open Project opens the workspace. Go To Frame requests machine movement to position the camera at a saved frame. Use Open Project when you only want to view or edit the project. Go To Frame is unavailable when no frame is saved.

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