### Save As

Selecting the File | Save As option or saving a part program for the first time will display the Save As dialog box.

Save As Dialog box

This allows you to store the current part program under a new file name or under a previous version.

Using the PC-DMIS part program list you can choose to save the part program in a format usable by the current version and previous versions of PC-DMIS. Available formats include version 3.202 and above.

PC-DMIS Part Program list showing available version formats

About Schema Numbers and Saving to Older Formats

Each new version of PC-DMIS has new capabilities and stores new commands into a part program that cannot be understood by older versions. Thus, each part program has an internal schema number assigned to it that's associated with a specific version of PC-DMIS. By default, a part program will be assigned the current version's schema number when you choose File | Save. This number ensures that only that version (or a later version) can open that part program.

For example, if you have a part program that was saved in version 2011, it will have schema number of 5008. If you try to load that part program into version 2010, because the older version cannot handle changes that were made in PC-DMIS 2011, it will be incompatible. You can, of course, choose to save a the part program back to the version 2010 format. This will drop the internal schema number for the program down to 4555, allowing you to then open that program inside version 2010. However, the newer commands won't be used. Instead, PC-DMIS will store unsupported commands inside of DOCUMENT comments. See "Document" in the "Using the Edit Window" section.

Important: Please note that custom reports, templates, label templates, and other reporting modifications are NOT backwards compatible.

If you need to view the schema numbers for the available part program formats, access the Schema dialog box by choosing Help | About and then clicking the Schema button.

Schema dialog box showing schema numbers associated with various part program formats

Click the Save button from the Save As dialog box to save the part program. The Cancel button closes the dialog box without saving.

Save CAD as Reference - This check box lets you save the CAD file as a reference to the original CAD file. Use this check box to reference your CAD model instead of copying a new one. This helps save disk space. This option becomes available for selection whenever you have a CAD model loaded for your part program and access the Save As dialog box. If the original CAD file that is being referenced is ever deleted, moved, or renamed, when you try to open the part program, PC-DMIS will prompt you to locate the original CAD file.