Manage projects

A project must be created before you can begin working in ArcGIS Reality Studio.

When you open ArcGIS Reality Studio a blank, untitled project is automatically available. You can use this project or create your own.

You can navigate the globe, add data, and perform quality assurance before saving the untitled project. The following sections describe how to create, open, save, and export projects.

Create a project

To create a project, complete the following steps:

1. Start ArcGIS Reality Studio.
2. Close the start window.
3. On the Project tab, click New.
4. Type a name for the project in the Give Your Project a Name text box.
5. Click Browse and browse to the location where you want to export the project, or accept the default project location, and click OK.
6. Click Next.

The project is created, opened, and saved in the specified location.

Change the default project location

Set a folder for all new projects to be saved in automatically.

1. On the Project tab, click Options and click the General tab.
2. Expand Create projects if necessary, and under Project location, click the New Projects are saved in a custom location radio button.
3. Click Browse , browse to the desired folder, and click OK.
4. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.

Open an existing project

You can open a project directly from the project file location or in ArcGIS Reality Studio.

Open a project from its file location

ArcGIS Reality Studio projects are stored as .arsx files. To open a project from the file, complete the following steps:

1. Open File Explorer.
2. Browse to the project directory and locate the project file.

   Note:

   The .arsx file is stored at the top level of the project folder.

3. Double-click the .arsx file.

ArcGIS Reality Studio starts and the project is loaded. If ArcGIS Reality Studio is already open, a new instance of ArcGIS Reality Studio opens with the project loaded.

Open a project in the start window

To open a project in the start window, complete the following steps:

1. Start ArcGIS Reality Studio.

   The start window appears.

2. In the Recent Project section, click the project.

The project opens.

Open a project from the Project tab

To open a recent project from the Project tab, complete the following steps:

1. Click the Project tab.
2. Click Open.
3. In the Open Recent Project section, click the project.
   If the project doesn't appear in the list of recent projects, you can open another project.
4. Click Open Another Project.

   The Open Project dialog box appears.

5. Browse to the project directory, select the project file, and click OK.

The project opens.

Save a project

You can manually save a project at any time. Some tasks automatically save a project, such as when you create an alignment or a reconstruction.

Note:

The first time you save an untitled project, the Save Project As dialog box appears. Browse to a folder, type a name for the project, and click Save.

To save an open project, do any of the following:

• On the Quick Access Toolbar at the top of the application, click Save Project .
• Press Ctrl+S.
• On the Project tab, click Save Project.

All of the actions above save the project on disk in the specified location, and a project directory with the specified name is created, which stores the settings, processing outputs, and other project information.

Export a project

You can export a project any time after it is created.

The export project functionality creates a folder containing a geodatabase with relevant data for alignments, reconstructions, and datasets. It also includes a layer file that stores the layer symbology and a similar structure to your project tree.

To export a project, complete the following steps:

1. Click the Project tab.
2. Click Export Project.
3. In the Give your exported project a name text box, name the project.
4. Under Select where to export your project, accept the default project location, or click Browse and browse to the location where you want to export the project. Click OK.
5. Click Export Project.

The project is exported to the specified location.

Tip:

You can drag the layer file into a global scene in ArcGIS Pro to inspect the results and products.