Think of the Project Explorer as the trunk of the hierarchical tree structure that develops into a project. While within each drawing, Carlson keeps track of the files that you create (such as grids and coordinates). These are related to the drawing and you can use Drawing Explorer to manage them. When management reaches the top level, the Project Explorer is used to tie these together.
When you initiate the Project Explorer, you will be prompted to select an existing or create a new Project File. Project files end in the PRJ extension. Once a project file is open, the following dialog will appear.
Add: When you choose the Add button, you
are prompted to select a drawing
file to add to the project. The
selected drawing file is added to the project tree along with any files
related
to the drawing.
Remove: When any branch of the tree structure (except the top
root) is selected,
it is removed. Keep in mind that
removing any node of a tree structure removes all nodes under it.
Up/Down: When you select a branch of the tree structure that can
be moved, the Up
and Down buttons become available. This
allows you to rearrange the items vertically.
Report: This option displays the Report Formatting Options for
formatting the
report of the Drawing Explorer (see Drawing Explorer).
When you choose the Add button you will be presented
with a dialog to select a
drawing to add to the project. Once a drawing is selected, it will be
added to the project tree along
with any files related to the drawing.
The Report Formatter
can be used to move to the right side all items
that are desired for
reporting, with the up-down options used to set the report order (e.g.
File type first, File name second, etc.).
Click the Display button that appears at the bottom
of the Report
Formatting Options dialog, to obtain the report shown here.
Pulldown Menu Location: Settings > Project
Keyboard Command: prjxplore
Prerequisite: None
File Name: \lsp\gisutil.arx