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1.4 Other

1.4.1 Creating Projects

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1.4.1.1 Creating Projects Quickly

Problem

How do I create new projects quickly ?

Solution

Themes

It doesn't need to take a lot of time to create attractive PICED Projects. See the help file for hints

on good design practices. Themes in particular can be used to create attractive projects quickly.

Templates

If you are going to be creating several PICED Projects, it is worthwhile taking the time to create a

sample project first with the look and feel that you like. This includes :

Project Details (location, Installer details etc)

Background colours / images

Component Styles

Fonts

Common Schedules / Scenes

Start-up page

Main Page

Irrigation control page

Audio control page

Any other pages which will be used often

Default access control

Then save this project as one or more templates.

Each time you start a new Project, you can load the necessary templates, and much of your work

will be done for you.

Scene Creation

See auto scene creation.

Keyboard Short-cuts

See Keyboard Short-cuts for components and pages and for logic.

Group Address Copy

The

Edit | Copy Group

menu item allows the copying of a Group Address (or System IO variable)

from the Primary Selection to the Secondary Selection.

Format Painting

Format Painting can be used to quickly copy the appearance of one component to another.

1.4.1.2 Impressing People

Problem