The program loads the desired project with File menu - Open project command. After opening the project, each related drawing is displayed in a separate window.
When you activate the Open project command, a dialog box appears where you can select which .pro file you want to open. By default, the program offers you the path of the last project you worked on.
If you cannot find the desired file in the list, choose another directory.
Preview
Enable the Preview option to display the name of the drawings related to the selected project in the right hand side of the dialog box.
This helps you to clearly identify the project.
The program displays images only if you click on the name of the drawing. This way you can scroll the names of the drawings within each project.
Importing of ASCI file from another project
If you enable this option, the program will load the selected drawing only.
„Are you sure you want to import a file from this project?”
If you click Yes, you can:
Merge into current drawing
If the Import file option is enabled, you can add the imported drawing file to the active drawing of the current project by enabling Merge into current drawing option, so as to make it a part of the project.
2Use this option if you want to place a finished drawing saved as a project onto the terrain. If you manage multiple buildings, you should load the buildings with this option. To do so, select the floor plan from project drawings.
If you want to place the reference point of the drawing to a selected point instead of the global coordinate origin, press Open and enable the Place with new origin option in Merge files dialog box. The reference point of the drawing is the (0;0) point.
!You can make full use of this option if you place the first element of the drawing to be merged at the (0, 0) point. Then the starting point of the first object will be the point of reference.
2Import file option is similar to File menu - Importcommand; however, you can only import project files here.
After selecting the name of the desired project (the File import option is switch off) and pressing Open, click OK in the Save project dialog box. If you have not saved changes to the current drawing, the program asks you if you want to do so.
If you click Exit without saving, the program asks “Are you sure you want to exit without saving?”
Drag and drop files in ARCHLine.XP
To open a project, there are other options than using a dialog box.
You can open files by drag and drop, that is by dragging and dropping files from Windows Explorer to ARCHLine.XP® , as it is used in Windows. You can use the following files:
Projects, ASC drawings, DXF, DWG, DWF drawings, image files (e.g. BMP and JPG files), 3D Studio objects (3DS).
Double click on filename
If ARCHLine.XP® is not running, double click the project file name (.pro) or the .asc file name in Windows Explorer to start the program; the project and the drawing will be loaded.
Opening last used files
The last used 6 projects appear on the bottom of the File menu. You can load any of those by selection:
File name rules
Inside a project the renaming of files is not allowed, thus you can avoid creating name conflicts in a project. Only the changing of the pseudo name is possible in the Project properties dialog box. This new rule makes easier the handling and identifying of drawings on plot layouts, too.