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Video Script:  Welcome! In this video, we’ll demonstrate creating a new project from the Paragon Projects App. To launch the Projects App, click user icon from the Header menu. Then click the Projects App Icon. Once the app launches click the plus icon, which is the Add Project tool. From the Project Properties panel, rename the project and define all project settings for the current project, like organization, customer name and address, as well as the other relevant areas. After defining and verifying project properties, be sure to click, Save Now. Once the project is created, select the project so the row is highlighted and click Design Project from the upper right side of the window. Next we will modify the settings. From the Projects Settings Menu, select Load Settings. Here make sure to verify all settings are properly specified for this project. Whether it be Roof Loads. Floor Loads. or Wind and Snow. Along with others. Select Analysis within the same menu from the top and verify all settings are applicable for your current project. Make sure to set your deflections and other settings as needed. Then click save. Return to the Projects Settings Menu and select Material Settings. Here, be sure to specify the desired Lumber List, Plate List and Hanger List for your current project. If changes were made click to change defaults and apply to all components in the project. It is a best practice to verify and define all of your settings prior to creating your layout or any truss designs. With that, you are now able to create new projects from within the Paragon Projects App.
* Open [Projects](https://projects.paragontruss.com) * Click `Add Project` . * Fill out the required fields and click `Save` . * Select your project by clicking on it and then click `Design Project` to open it in Paragon Design. * Click the gear icon to access `Project Settings` . Each truss you create using the Insert Component feature will inherit the project's settings by default. You can override the inherited settings for each component 1. To save your changes, click one of the Change Settings buttons at the bottom of the panel * Load Settings: Check the box next to each type of loading your project will have and make sure the settings in each active section are correct * Analysis Settings: Expand each section to see the values, and modify them as needed * Material Settings: Choose the material lists the project will be designed with as well as defaults for each member type * Feature Pattern Settings: If your project will contain feature pattern trusses, you can modify the default end conditions and create new ones --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.paragontruss.com/projects/how-to-guides.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.