AR Works

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Dashboard & projects

Your dashboard is home base - every project you own shows as a card with a live thumbnail.

Your dashboard - every project is a card with a snapshot thumbnail.

Creating and opening projects

  • New project opens a chooser: start a blank project, or import a .works file - a project previously exported from AR Works (see Export & backup). Either way, the new project opens in the editor. An import is a new project of your own, so it counts towards your project and storage limits.
  • Open (or clicking the card) opens a project to edit.
  • Rename changes its name; Delete removes it for good (this can't be undone).

A green Published badge marks projects that are currently live. Card thumbnails update automatically as you work and when you publish.

Project limits

Your plan sets how many projects you can have. A usage strip at the top of the dashboard shows projects used / your limit. When you're at the limit, New project is greyed out (creating and importing both need a free project slot) until you free up space or add more.

  • Buy an extra project - the usage strip has a button to buy one more project slot. It's a one-time payment that permanently raises your limit (it stays even if your plan changes).
  • Upgrade your plan for a higher limit (see Account & billing).

Note

Students don't buy anything - if a student needs more projects, their teacher grants them from the Extras page.

Locked projects

If you end up over your project limit - for example after downgrading your plan - your extra projects (the oldest ones) become locked. A locked card is greyed out and marked Locked: you can't open or edit it, and if it was published its public link is unavailable to viewers until it's unlocked.

To bring a locked project back:

  • Click Unlock on that card to buy a single project slot for it, or
  • Upgrade your plan (or delete other projects) so you're back under your limit.

Tip

Nothing is lost while a project is locked - it's just paused. Unlock it or get back under your limit and it works exactly as before.

Project details

Click Details on a card to see everything about a project at a glance:

  • Whether it is published, and its share link.
  • How many scenes, objects and assets it contains.
  • How much storage it is using (the total size of its uploaded media).
  • When it was created and last updated.

The dialog also has an Export .works button that downloads the whole project as a single backup file - see Export & backup.

The Details dialog - storage and everything else about a project.

Note

Storage counts the media you import (images, video, audio, models). Card thumbnails don't count against your storage.