diff --git a/sw/tools/qt_project.py b/sw/tools/qt_project.py
index 648b4b5fe3..49d6ade3a4 100755
--- a/sw/tools/qt_project.py
+++ b/sw/tools/qt_project.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import sys
 import re
 from os import path, getenv
 from lxml import etree
+import fileinput
 
 # Get the paparazzi home dir (if not set assume this folder is correct)
 home_dir = getenv("PAPARAZZI_HOME", path.normpath(path.join(
@@ -108,4 +109,19 @@ creator_file.close()
 
 # Close the ap_srcs.list
 ap_srcs_list.close()
+
+#Create a .user file, which contains user settings such as editor settings and build settings
+with open(path.join(home_dir , "sw/tools/qtc.creator.user_template")) as input:
+    with open(path.join(home_dir, target + ".creator.user"), 'w') as output:
+        for s in input:
+            if "!TARGET1!" in s:
+                output.write(s.replace("!TARGET1!", aircraft + " " + target + ".compile"))
+            elif "!TARGET2!" in s:
+                output.write(s.replace("!TARGET2!", aircraft))
+            elif "!PPRZHOME!" in s:
+                output.write(s.replace("!PPRZHOME!", getenv("PAPARAZZI_HOME")))
+            else:
+                output.write(s.replace("!PPRZSRC!", getenv("PAPARAZZI_SRC")))
+
+
 print("Done generating the Qt Creator project!")
diff --git a/sw/tools/qtc.creator.user_template b/sw/tools/qtc.creator.user_template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5869247310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sw/tools/qtc.creator.user_template
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE QtCreatorProject>
+<!-- Written by QtCreator 4.1.0, 2017-01-23T23:23:44. -->
+<qtcreator>
+ <data>
+  <variable>EnvironmentId</variable>
+  <value type="QByteArray">{3799acf3-eb9e-4a06-886d-992bd0f8d07a}</value>
+ </data>
+ <data>
+  <variable>ProjectExplorer.Project.ActiveTarget</variable>
+  <value type="int">0</value>
+ </data>
+ <data>
+  <variable>ProjectExplorer.Project.EditorSettings</variable>
+  <valuemap type="QVariantMap">
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.AutoIndent">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.AutoSpacesForTabs">false</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.CamelCaseNavigation">true</value>
+   <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="EditorConfiguration.CodeStyle.0">
+    <value type="QString" key="language">Cpp</value>
+    <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="value">
+     <value type="QByteArray" key="CurrentPreferences">qt3</value>
+    </valuemap>
+   </valuemap>
+   <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="EditorConfiguration.CodeStyle.1">
+    <value type="QString" key="language">QmlJS</value>
+    <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="value">
+     <value type="QByteArray" key="CurrentPreferences">QmlJSGlobal</value>
+    </valuemap>
+   </valuemap>
+   <value type="int" key="EditorConfiguration.CodeStyle.Count">2</value>
+   <value type="QByteArray" key="EditorConfiguration.Codec">UTF-8</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.ConstrainTooltips">false</value>
+   <value type="int" key="EditorConfiguration.IndentSize">1</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.KeyboardTooltips">false</value>
+   <value type="int" key="EditorConfiguration.MarginColumn">80</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.MouseHiding">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.MouseNavigation">true</value>
+   <value type="int" key="EditorConfiguration.PaddingMode">1</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.ScrollWheelZooming">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.ShowMargin">false</value>
+   <value type="int" key="EditorConfiguration.SmartBackspaceBehavior">0</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.SmartSelectionChanging">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.SpacesForTabs">true</value>
+   <value type="int" key="EditorConfiguration.TabKeyBehavior">1</value>
+   <value type="int" key="EditorConfiguration.TabSize">2</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.UseGlobal">false</value>
+   <value type="int" key="EditorConfiguration.Utf8BomBehavior">1</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.addFinalNewLine">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.cleanIndentation">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.cleanWhitespace">true</value>
+   <value type="bool" key="EditorConfiguration.inEntireDocument">false</value>
+  </valuemap>
+ </data>
+ <data>
+  <variable>ProjectExplorer.Project.PluginSettings</variable>
+  <valuemap type="QVariantMap">
+   <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ClangStaticAnalyzer.SuppressedDiagnostics"/>
+  </valuemap>
+ </data>
+ <data>
+  <variable>ProjectExplorer.Project.Target.0</variable>
+  <valuemap type="QVariantMap">
+   <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DefaultDisplayName">Desktop Qt 5.7.0 GCC 64bit</value>
+   <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DisplayName">Desktop Qt 5.7.0 GCC 64bit</value>
+   <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.Id">qt.57.gcc_64_kit</value>
+   <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.ActiveBuildConfiguration">0</value>
+   <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.ActiveDeployConfiguration">0</value>
+   <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.ActiveRunConfiguration">0</value>
+   <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.BuildConfiguration.0">
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildConfiguration.BuildDirectory">$PAPARAZZI_SRC</value>
+    <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildConfiguration.BuildStepList.0">
+     <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildStepList.Step.0">
+      <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="GenericProjectManager.GenericMakeStep.BuildTargets"/>
+      <value type="bool" key="GenericProjectManager.GenericMakeStep.Clean">false</value>
+      <value type="QString" key="GenericProjectManager.GenericMakeStep.MakeArguments">-C $PAPARAZZI_SRC -f Makefile.ac AIRCRAFT=!TARGET1!</value>
+      <value type="QString" key="GenericProjectManager.GenericMakeStep.MakeCommand"></value>
+      <value type="bool" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildStep.Enabled">true</value>
+      <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DefaultDisplayName">Make</value>
+      <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DisplayName"></value>
+      <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.Id">GenericProjectManager.GenericMakeStep</value>
+     </valuemap>
+     <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildStepList.StepsCount">1</value>
+     <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DefaultDisplayName">Build</value>
+     <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DisplayName"></value>
+     <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.Id">ProjectExplorer.BuildSteps.Build</value>
+    </valuemap>
+    <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildConfiguration.BuildStepList.1">
+     <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildStepList.Step.0">
+      <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="GenericProjectManager.GenericMakeStep.BuildTargets"/>
+      <value type="bool" key="GenericProjectManager.GenericMakeStep.Clean">true</value>
+      <value type="QString" key="GenericProjectManager.GenericMakeStep.MakeArguments">-C $PAPARAZZI_SRC -f Makefile.ac AIRCRAFT=!TARGET2! clean_ac</value>
+      <value type="QString" key="GenericProjectManager.GenericMakeStep.MakeCommand"></value>
+      <value type="bool" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildStep.Enabled">true</value>
+      <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DefaultDisplayName">Make</value>
+      <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DisplayName"></value>
+      <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.Id">GenericProjectManager.GenericMakeStep</value>
+     </valuemap>
+     <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildStepList.StepsCount">1</value>
+     <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DefaultDisplayName">Clean</value>
+     <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DisplayName"></value>
+     <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.Id">ProjectExplorer.BuildSteps.Clean</value>
+    </valuemap>
+    <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildConfiguration.BuildStepListCount">2</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildConfiguration.ClearSystemEnvironment">false</value>
+    <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildConfiguration.UserEnvironmentChanges">
+     <value type="QString">PAPARAZZI_HOME=!PPRZHOME!</value>
+     <value type="QString">PAPARAZZI_SRC=!PPRZSRC!</value>
+     <value type="QString">PAPARAZZI_QT_GEN=0</value>
+    </valuelist>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DefaultDisplayName">Default</value>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DisplayName">Default</value>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.Id">GenericProjectManager.GenericBuildConfiguration</value>
+   </valuemap>
+   <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.BuildConfigurationCount">1</value>
+   <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.DeployConfiguration.0">
+    <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildConfiguration.BuildStepList.0">
+     <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildStepList.StepsCount">0</value>
+     <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DefaultDisplayName">Deploy</value>
+     <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DisplayName"></value>
+     <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.Id">ProjectExplorer.BuildSteps.Deploy</value>
+    </valuemap>
+    <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.BuildConfiguration.BuildStepListCount">1</value>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DefaultDisplayName">Deploy locally</value>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DisplayName"></value>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.Id">ProjectExplorer.DefaultDeployConfiguration</value>
+   </valuemap>
+   <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.DeployConfigurationCount">1</value>
+   <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.PluginSettings"/>
+   <valuemap type="QVariantMap" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.RunConfiguration.0">
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.QmlProfiler.AggregateTraces">false</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.QmlProfiler.FlushEnabled">false</value>
+    <value type="uint" key="Analyzer.QmlProfiler.FlushInterval">1000</value>
+    <value type="QString" key="Analyzer.QmlProfiler.LastTraceFile"></value>
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.QmlProfiler.Settings.UseGlobalSettings">true</value>
+    <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.AddedSuppressionFiles"/>
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.Callgrind.CollectBusEvents">false</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.Callgrind.CollectSystime">false</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.Callgrind.EnableBranchSim">false</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.Callgrind.EnableCacheSim">false</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.Callgrind.EnableEventToolTips">true</value>
+    <value type="double" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.Callgrind.MinimumCostRatio">0.01</value>
+    <value type="double" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.Callgrind.VisualisationMinimumCostRatio">10</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.FilterExternalIssues">true</value>
+    <value type="int" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.LeakCheckOnFinish">1</value>
+    <value type="int" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.NumCallers">25</value>
+    <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.RemovedSuppressionFiles"/>
+    <value type="int" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.SelfModifyingCodeDetection">1</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.Settings.UseGlobalSettings">true</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.ShowReachable">false</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.TrackOrigins">true</value>
+    <value type="QString" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.ValgrindExecutable">valgrind</value>
+    <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="Analyzer.Valgrind.VisibleErrorKinds">
+     <value type="int">0</value>
+     <value type="int">1</value>
+     <value type="int">2</value>
+     <value type="int">3</value>
+     <value type="int">4</value>
+     <value type="int">5</value>
+     <value type="int">6</value>
+     <value type="int">7</value>
+     <value type="int">8</value>
+     <value type="int">9</value>
+     <value type="int">10</value>
+     <value type="int">11</value>
+     <value type="int">12</value>
+     <value type="int">13</value>
+     <value type="int">14</value>
+    </valuelist>
+    <value type="int" key="PE.EnvironmentAspect.Base">2</value>
+    <valuelist type="QVariantList" key="PE.EnvironmentAspect.Changes"/>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.CustomExecutableRunConfiguration.Arguments"></value>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.CustomExecutableRunConfiguration.Executable"></value>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.CustomExecutableRunConfiguration.WorkingDirectory">%{buildDir}</value>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DefaultDisplayName">Custom Executable</value>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.DisplayName"></value>
+    <value type="QString" key="ProjectExplorer.ProjectConfiguration.Id">ProjectExplorer.CustomExecutableRunConfiguration</value>
+    <value type="uint" key="RunConfiguration.QmlDebugServerPort">3768</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="RunConfiguration.UseCppDebugger">false</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="RunConfiguration.UseCppDebuggerAuto">true</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="RunConfiguration.UseMultiProcess">false</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="RunConfiguration.UseQmlDebugger">false</value>
+    <value type="bool" key="RunConfiguration.UseQmlDebuggerAuto">true</value>
+   </valuemap>
+   <value type="int" key="ProjectExplorer.Target.RunConfigurationCount">1</value>
+  </valuemap>
+ </data>
+ <data>
+  <variable>ProjectExplorer.Project.TargetCount</variable>
+  <value type="int">1</value>
+ </data>
+ <data>
+  <variable>ProjectExplorer.Project.Updater.FileVersion</variable>
+  <value type="int">18</value>
+ </data>
+ <data>
+  <variable>Version</variable>
+  <value type="int">18</value>
+ </data>
+</qtcreator>