PROJECT SELECTION

The first step in using TransGen is to create/select a Project on which to work. This is done via the Project Information window accessed by clicking on the Folder icon in the TransGen Control Menu.

The TransGen Project Information window.

The Project Infomation window allows creation/selection of a TransGen project runfile (<project>.TGDATA file).  In addition, it allows the user to manage the TransGen component processes (see Managing TransGen tasks).  

If you are opening a new TransGen project, click on Create a new project... to open the Create a new project window as shown below.  

Browse through the directories in the Directories box to an appropriate directory (e.g. Fault64) and append the new TransGen project name (e.g. F64_light) to the directory path in the Enter new project name window, as shown below.

HINT:- Earlier versions of TransGen required the Project filename (both the basename and .TGDATA extension) to be input at this point in uppercase.  In TransGen3.0, the restriction on the project name has been relaxed to allow lower case letters and/or numbers, but must start with a letter and the uppercase .TGDATA run file extension is now automatically added to the Project name when it is accepted by clicking on either the Apply or OK button in the Project Information window.  

Click on OK to update the Project Information window with the new TransGen Project Name and Project Directory as shown below.

NOTE:- The Project Name and Project Directory are only editable via the Create a new project or Open an existing project options.

Click on Apply to confirm project details and move the window to a convenient position on the screen so that the component TransGen tasks can be managed (see Managing TransGen tasks) or click on OK to dismiss the window.

Having clicked on the Apply option for a newly created TransGen project, the following pop-up window will be displayed.

Click on OK to close the pop-up window and return to the Project Information window.

Optionally toggle the Allow access to FileGen option "on" to enable FileGen if you need to filter the Eclipse input files.
Then click on OK to quit the Project Information window.

The newly created Project name will be displayed on the title bar of the Control Menu (as shown below) and the run file (<Project_name>.TGDATA) plus two new directories (<Project_name>_INPUT  & <Project_name>_OUTPUT) will be automatically added to the Project Directory.

Optionally, if you have toggled the Allow access to FileGen option "on", click on the FileGen icon and refer to the section on Preparing Eclipse input data to filter very large Eclipse input files into a number of smaller files based on essential keywords and create an initial project file to be used by WizGen.

Otherwise, click on the WizGen icon and refer to the section on Using WizGen to create a TransGen runfile.

To open a previously created project, click on the Open an existing project... button in the Project Information window (as shown below).

Browse through the Directories to the directory containing the relevant *.TGDATA run file and either double click on the *.TGDATA filename or single click on it and then on OK to update the Project Information window (as shown below).

NOTE:- The project file selected MUST be a previously created *.TGDATA run file, i.e. it must have a name of the form "<project_name>.TGDATA" with the TGDATA suffix in uppercase. An Error message window will be displayed if an incorrectly named file is selected.

Click on either the OK or Apply button in the Project Information window to open this project.

HINT:- Click on Apply and refer to the section on Managing TransGen tasks to use any of the other options in the Project Information window.

Once a project has been selected, the active project name will be displayed in the title bar of the TransGen Control Menu.

Click on the WizGen icon and refer to the section on Using WizGen to create a TransGen runfile to edit the existing run file or to create a new run file in "Flexible project" mode.