Step Action
7 In step 4(4):
● Enter "fast" in the "Directory name" input box.
● Select a different storage location for the project if necessary.
● Click "Make".
8 With an unmodified standard installation of PCS 7, the "Selection of the message number 
assignment" dialog box appears.
Note:
In SIMATIC Manager, you can adjust the default setting for assigning message numbers for 
new projects (standard setting: "Always query settings").
1. Select Options > Customize ... .
2. In the "Message numbers" tab, change the default for future projects/libraries as follows:
– Select the "Assign CPU-oriented unique message numbers" radio button.
– If you specify a default that differs from the standard default, the prompt for the 
message number assignment selection in the PCS 7 Wizard is discarded.
3. Click "OK".
9 On completion, the wizard is closed automatically and the Plant View and Component View 
are displayed in SIMATIC Manager.
Close the Plant view and select View > Process Object view.
10 Select Window > Arrange > Tile vertically.
The "Process Object view" and "Component view" windows are arranged vertically.
Note
By selecting the Options > Customize ... menu command in SIMATIC Manager, you can select 
the view to be displayed when you open a project from the "Default project view" entry in the 
"View" tab of the "Settings" dialog box.
Creating the PCS 7 project
2.1 How to create the PCS 7 project
Getting Started (V8.1 with APL)
10 Getting Started, 07/2014, A5E32713210-AA