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When you start the program, the first window wind you will see is the start-up screen:

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. From here, you have multiple options to open an existing file, or to start a new project.

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To start a new project, click on job, the user can use one of the large icons program default files in the center of this screen.  When you click on one of the large icons, a short preview will be shown on the right side.

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Pressing the Enter key will load the selected start up project.

On the left-hand side, you have two options, Open file and a Recent file list.

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An existing job can be opened by selecting “Open File” on the left or selecting recent job from the recent file list immediately below the Open File icon.  A new job can be started by selecting one of the new job types on the right.  The new job selections can be changed by modifying the job files found under ‘…\Documents\Eriksson Software\Eriksson Wall\StartUp Files’.  These are regular job files that when opened in this menu will open as new jobs.

Pressing the “User Options” button will display some options in the left-hand pane that allows the user to change the appearance of the start-up screen and set the default file locations.

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The “show file explorer” button changes the icons on the start-up screen to a folder tree to allow you to navigate to a different folder on your computer.

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the screen or click ‘Use Custom Start Up Files’ to access user defined start up files. These files exist at a user specified folder on disk which can be edited using the buttons at the top of the window here:

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It is typical to create a library of start up files containing the typical values the user inputs. These are often stored at a central location to be shared between multiple users.