Add an Installed Extension to a Project

NOTICE

To avoid inconsistencies, make sure to exit the Desigo CC client before adding or removing an extension.

Add an Installed Extension to a Project

Do the following procedure to add a previously-installed extension to the project.

  • You have installed the extensions that you want to add to the project.
    NOTE: If the extensions were installed after the project was created, you must restart SMC to make the newly installed extensions available for selection.
  • The Desigo CC client is not running.
  1. In the SMC tree, select Projects > [project].
  1. Select the Project Settings tab.
  1. Click Add to Project .
  1. Expand the desired extension suite and select the extension that you want to add to the project.
    Note that mandatory extensions and the extensions on which the mandatory extension depends, both are not available for addition in the Select Project Extensions dialog box.
  1. Click OK.
  1. Click Save .
    NOTE: A message may display indicating that the ports of the project you are working with are in use, and are the same as those of ports of an already running project. You must edit the ports that are in use using Edit and save the project again.
  • On successful completion, the selected extension module is added to the selected project. However, the Add to Project icon may still be available if there are other extension modules that are installed but have not yet been added to the selected project.
  • The newly added extension becomes available when you restart the project and restart the Desigo CC client.

Remove an Extension from a Project

Do the following procedure to remove an extension from a project. Removing an extension does not uninstall it, but only removes it from the specified project.

  • The Desigo CC client is not running.
  1. In the SMC tree, select Projects > [project].
  1. Select the Project Settings tab.
  1. Click Remove from project .
  • The Select Project Extensions dialog box displays.
  1. Expand the desired extension suite and select the extension modules that you want to remove from this project.
    Note that mandatory extensions and the extensions on which the mandatory extension depends, both are not available for removal in the Select Project Extensions dialog box.
  1. Click OK.
  1. Click Save .
  • On successful completion, the selected extension modules are removed from the project.