# New Project

The New Project option allows you to create a new Cognex Designer vision application either from scratch, or by using a predefined project template (called Project Type). When creating a new project, Cognex Designer creates a folder using the new project's name, and stores all project files there. The main project file has a .cdp extension, and has the same name as the specified project name and the created project folder.

The dialog has the following settings:

Setting | Description
Project Name | Specifies the name of the vision project. The Cognex Designer GUI will refer to the project with this specified name (for example in the Recent Projects list). Also, the project's folder and CDP file will also be named as specified here. Note: The project's name cannot contain special characters, like " < > | : * ? \ / and/or a space.
Project Path | Specifies the location where the project files will be saved. The default location is the following: <X>:\Users\<Username>\Documents\Cognex Designer\Projects Use the (Browse) button to select a new location, or type the new path into the textbox. If the specified folder does not exist, Cognex Designer creates it automatically when setting up the project.
Project Type | Allows you to select a project template on which you can build your vision application. Project templates (or "project types") contain predefined Task Blocks, Web Pages and Camera Devices that you can use to speed up application development. The available project types are the following: Blank project: Launches the Cognex Designer IDE with no predefined project elements, allowing you to develop a new vision application from scratch. Single Camera: Launches the Cognex Designer IDE with a predefined simple single-camera vision application. This application contains a Camera Device, a Camera Device block, a VisionPro Tool Block called InspectImage, a Script Block called CalculateResult, an Image Recorder block, and a pre-edited WebPage. Multi Camera: Launches the Cognex Designer IDE with a predefined multi-camera vision application suited for inspections with four cameras simultaneously. This application contains a pre-edited WebPage, four Camera Devices, and one respective Camera Device block, VisionPro Tool Block, Script Block and Image Recorder block for each camera device, all of them logically grouped with the applicable Structure Blocks and Regions in the same Task. Results calculated from each camera are summarized and calculated in a common Script Block. Independent Multi Camera: Launches the Cognex Designer IDE with a predefined multi-camera vision application suited for executing inspections with each camera separately. This pre-defined application is essentially four Single Camera project in one, with each camera receiving its separate Task and WebPage (along with a main web page, showing the acquisitions of all four cameras, and allowing you to switch to the web page of each camera).
Plugins | Allows you to select optional plugins to be included in your vision application. The drop-down list includes all plugins that are compatible with the current version of Cognex Designer and are installed on the PC. Use the checkboxes on the left to select or deselect plugins from being included in the project. Note: In case you have compatible versions of the In-Sight ViDi and/or AlignPlus plugins installed on the PC running Cognex Designer, these plugins are selected to be included by default. Other compatible plugins are also listed, but are not selected by default to be included. See the Enabling Optional Plugins in a Project and the Optional Communications Plugins topics for more information on enabling, disabling and using optional plugins.

Once you configured all settings as needed, click Accept. Cognex Designer then launches its IDE and starts creating the project if a template has been selected.