Creating new projects Information about creating new projects. Create a new project Create a new project to manage the project source files, libraries, and database schemas. Import existing files as a new project Files in a file system can be imported as a new project using the Project > Import menu option. mkproject - Convert a Makefile to a project mkproject can be used to automatically create 4pw project files from the older build system make. Connect to existing build systems To connect to an existing build system, edit the build rules or link rules to execute the building system commands.