Creating a PLC project

The Plastic Application Templates can be used to create projects in TwinCAT version 4026 via the Visual Studio dialog. The following instructions show an example of how a new TwinCAT project can be created.

To create a project, the workloads or packages must already have been installed via the TwinCAT Package Manager.

1. Open the TwinCAT XAE Shell (or the Visual Studio version in which you have integrated your TwinCAT installation).
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2. In the menu under File (1) > New, select the option to create a new project (2).
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3. In the following dialog, scroll (3) in the list of project variants to the TwinCAT XAE Plastic Application projects.

4. Select the preferred variant (4) for your development.
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5. Press Next (5) to create the project.

6. Assign a project name (6) and confirm the creation of the project with Create (7).
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You have successfully created your TwinCAT project.
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