The Project Navigator is an auto-hide window that provides for quickly opening a Project and the files within the Project. Additionally, the Project Navigator provides for creating Projects and files as well as performing many other file management tasks. Because of the central role that the Project Navigator plays, you cannot close this window like you can close other auto-hide windows. For more information, see Auto-Hide Windows.

The first time that you start Windchill Risk and Reliability, the Project Navigator operates in auto-hide mode. To slide the Project Navigator into view, you place the mouse cursor over the Project Navigator tab, which appears in the left border of the window.

The next time that you start Windchill Risk and Reliability, the Project Navigator opens in the mode in which it was operating when you exited the application. The following topics provide additional information about the Project Navigator: