# Create a new experiment based on an existing experiment

Aim

To create a new experiment with settings (arena shape, detection settings etc.) imported from an existing experiment. Note that the new experiment will not contain data from the existing experiment.

Procedure

1.Do one of the following:

Choose File > New From Template (Ctrl+T), or in the EthoVision Startup window, under New experiment, click New from template.

2.In the Select a template option window, click Use a custom template.

3.Browse to the experiment folder of the existing experiment, click the experiment file (*.evxt) and click Open.

4.In the Name field, enter a name for your experiment.

Select GLP Experiment if you want EthoVision to help you making a Quality Assurance-compliant experiment. See EthoVision XT and Quality Assurance

5.Browse to the location in which you want to store your experiment. Then click OK. The default location is the location that you specified during installation.

6.The EthoVision XT Overview window appears. Click the buttons to check and adjust settings if necessary.

Notes

▪When you create an experiment based on an existing experiment set to Live tracking, the new experiment imports the camera settings from that existing experiment. Check that the camera settings, for example the frame rate and the exposure time, still apply to the new situation. See Adjust camera settings in EthoVision XT

▪If you create an experiment based on an existing experiment, which used Live tracking and was created on a different computer, you must remake the Video source settings for the new experiment.