The Projects page, project statuses, and how to create, update, duplicate, archive and recover a project.
6 articles
The Projects page
An overview of the Projects page in ZeroCount: the table and card layouts, what each column shows, how to search and sort, and how to open a project.
Updated 4 September 2026
Creating a project
How to create a new project in ZeroCount using the New Project dialog, what each field is for, the validation rules, and what happens after you click Create.
New, Active, Complete and Archived
An explanation of the four project statuses in ZeroCount, how New, Active and Complete are worked out from the drawings inside the project, and how to move a project from one status to another.
Updating a project
How to change a project's name, client, type or description in ZeroCount using the Update Project dialog from the project view's Actions menu.
Duplicating a project
How to make a full copy of a project in ZeroCount from the Actions column or the project view, and exactly what the copy contains.
Archiving and recovering a project
How to archive a finished project in ZeroCount so it leaves the Projects page, what happens to its drawings while archived, and how to find and recover it later.