Managing Your Workspace
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This section explains how to configure your account, manage projects, coordinate with teammates, and connect external tools.

Creating a New Project
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To start a new chip design:

1. Click the **Create Project** or **New Project** button.
2. Fill out the project parameters form:
   * **Project Name**: Give your design a recognizable name.
   * **Description**: Explain the target of this design.
   * **Qubit Count**: Set the number of qubits on the chip.
   * **Topology**: Select how the qubits are arranged (Grid, Ring, Chain, Star, Heavy-Hex, etc.).
   * **Target Frequency (GHz)**: The target operating frequency.
   * **Substrate Material**: Choose the chip base (Silicon or Sapphire).
   * **Metal Layer**: Select the superconducting metal (for example, Aluminum).
3. Click **Create** to launch your project workspace.

*What you just did:* You initialized a project database with all the baseline physics and material defaults.

Managing Your Profile and Appearance Settings
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* **Profile Management**: Go to the **Profile** screen to set your profile picture, change your display name, edit your email, and select your job title/role.
* **Platform Customization**: Go to the **Settings** screen to choose your interface theme (Light or Dark mode), adjust notifications, and generate developer API tokens for external script access.
* **Customizing Rules templates**: Under settings, you can edit or import custom `rules.json` files to override system-wide design rules (like spacing constraints or default frequencies).

Managing Your Team
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If you are working on a team project:

1. Go to the **Team** screen.
2. You will see a list of current members, their status (Active or Pending), and their role:
   * **Owner**: Full access, including deletion and billing control.
   * **Admin**: Can invite members and change project settings.
   * **Editor**: Can modify chip designs.
   * **Viewer**: Read-only access.
3. To add a team member, type their email address in the invite field, select their role, and click **Send Invite**.

*What you just did:* You shared your workspace with a colleague. They will receive an email invitation to join.

Monitoring Usage and Billing
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1. Go to the **Billing** screen to review your subscription plan (Free, Pro, or Enterprise).
2. Look at the **Usage Metrics** section to track your consumption of resources:
   * **Simulation Hours**: Computing time spent running electromagnetic analyses.
   * **Storage Space**: Total size of layout database snapshots.
   * **Render Count**: Number of visual layouts generated.
3. Manage payment cards and view your billing invoice history.

Connecting External Integrations
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1. Go to the **Integrations** screen.
2. Toggle and configure connections to:
   * **Qiskit Metal**: Enables advanced layout compilation.
   * **Ansys HFSS / Q3D**: Connects high-performance simulators.
   * **scQubits**: Power-user physics solver integration.
   * **GitHub**: Syncs layout snapshot history to a git repository.
   * **Slack**: Sends simulation completion reports to your channels.