Here is how to set up a project locally managed by SVN.
Firstly, download TortoiseSVN and install it. After the installation, it is integrated into the Windows Explorer. Create an empty folder to hold the coming project,for example, D:\Projects\bnct, and enter it.
Secondly, in this folder, right click and select SVN Checkout, then a property window pop out for setting.


Fourthly, right click on bnct, tortoiseSVN -> Settings, go to context menu. In the Cascaded context menu, make these options: Checkout.., Update, Commit.. , Diff and Check for modifications... checked then click OK for sure.
Next, go to Diff Viewer in the settings of TortoiseSVN, configure the program used for comparing different revisions of files as the External program. Here we use WinMerge. Set it like this:

TortoiseSVN -> Repo-browser, here is the view of the svn repository in sourceforge. You can check the project in sourceforge conveniently.