Systems are managed via the "Project – System" menu.  This menu offers options to create new systems, rename, duplicate, or delete existing systems, and import systems from other projects (Figure 6).

Figure 6.  Menu option and interface for creating a new system.


All projects start with a system called "<Default>" that allows users to define states and even populate recommendations before creating a new system.  The default system is provided only as a starting point and has limited utility in HEC-RPT.  Users are encouraged to create new systems for their projects.  If recommendations are created for the default system, users can import those recommendations to a system of their choosing to enable the full suite of RPT features.

Details on importing systems and components are provided in the “Importers for systems and components” section of this manual.