5.3
Creating the project
5.3.1
"New Project" Wizard usage
PCS 7 "New Project" Wizard
The PCS 7 New Project wizard starts automatically when you open SIMATIC Manager using
default settings. You can enable or disable this option in the PCS 7 New Project wizard.
The New Project wizard guides you in creating a new project and offers default settings. The
PCS 7 wizard automatically creates various objects according to the default settings or user
defined settings.
color_gs objects
The following objects are essential for the color_gs project:
● Hardware objects: SIMATIC stations, for example a SIMATIC 400 station for the AS, a
SIMATIC PC station for the OS.
● Hierarchy folders representing the hierarchy levels of the plant structure. The number of
hierarchy folders created corresponds to the setting you enter in the PCS 7 wizard.
● A CFC chart
● An SFC chart
● One picture per plant hierarchy folder
● A master data library
5.3.2
Background knowledge for the PCS 7 Wizard
What happens in the background when a new project is created?
The next two sections provide you with some theoretical background knowledge for the
PCS 7 New Project wizard. Two objects that are of great importance for working with PCS 7
SMART are:
● Multiproject
● Master data library
How does a multiproject function?
When you create a new project with the PCS 7 wizard, a multiproject is created automatically.
A multiproject consists of a number of single projects.
In the context of the color_gs project, the multiproject is structured as follows: The multiproject
represents the entire plant and all of the single projects within this multiproject based on the
Initial work for the project
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