The new Project templates are a nice addition, but they would even be nicer with a few additions. Most people are storing the templates in a source versioning system like SVN or GIT. 1. it would be nice to remove all svn/git files on copying the files (though this could also be done in a automatic post-ant-file) 2. also it would be great to have the checkout update automatically before copying the files, so you always create your project with the newest version from SVN/Git. Now you navigate to the FDT templates folder manually and update your checkout before you 'can' create a new project. I don't know if it can be done with a pre-ant file or if there is some other way, but I hope it is doable