Using data from the “New” folder

Resources that you can modify in Allplan (i.e. data from the office standard such as hatchings, patterns or fonts) are not overwritten during an update or upgrade. So that you can still use the new resources if necessary, they are installed in the ...\New folder. From there you can apply them to your office standard or to a project.

To determine the location of the “New” folder

In Services application, in the Service menu, click Hotline Tools.
Double-click showcfg: Shows system variables.
In the Services application application window the path where the folder ...\New is located is displayed at DATPATH.

To copy data from the “New” folder to a project or to the office standard

Start Allplan.
In the title bar of the Allplan application window, click the Allplan icon and then click ProjectPilot.
Set the external path to the ...\New folder.
To do this, right-click External Path in the Projects and Folders window, click Select External Path on the shortcut menu, and set the path to the ..\New folder in the Find Folder dialog box.

For certain data you have to select a subfolder, e.g. Font for fonts or Test plot for the drawing files and layouts of the test data.

Note: If you do not know where the ...\New folder is located, retrieve the information using the hotline tools (see “To determine the location of the ...\New folder”).
To determine the location of the “New” folder
1. In Services application, in the Service menu, click Hotline Tools.
2. Double-click showcfg: Shows system variables.
  In the Services application application window the path where the folder ...\New is located is displayed at DATPATH.
Copy the required data to a project or to the office standard.