The information screen is displayed when MERLIN-Expo is launched. It is used to create, open and save projects. It also lets you describe the study being made and attach files related to the study.
![]() | New | Starts a new project. See Creating projects |
![]() | Open | Opens a previously saved project. |
![]() | Save | Saves the current project. |
![]() | Save As | Saves the current project to a new location with a new name. |
![]() | Save Assessment | Saves the current project together with all simulation results (as an assessment) |
![]() | Preferences | Displays the preferences window. |
![]() | Help | Displays this page |
You create a new project by clicking the toolbar button. You can select to either start from scratch with a blank project, or choose a template model for your study.
MERLIN-Expo uses the file extension .eco for project files and .eas for assessment files. An assessment file is a project file which also contains simulation results data.