#### Exporting to a Generic Text File

PC-DMIS can export your part program's feature and dimension data to a simple text file as comma separated values. You can then import this data into other software applications, such as Microsoft Excel, as needed.

After choosing where to export the file and clicking the Export button, PC-DMIS displays a dialog box asking for you to choose the alignment to use when exporting the data and the type of data to export:

Generic Postout Options dialog box

Item | Description
Alignment list | This list lets you choose what alignment to apply to the data when exported.
Output Type area | This area lets you determine the type of data to export. You can choose to export dimensions and features.

An Example Exported Circle Feature:

CIR1, 93.486348, 19.488589, -1.269350, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 14.997670 CIR1 HITS, 85.984616, 19.473057, -1.279984, 0.999998, 0.002070, 0.000000 CIR1 HITS, 93.479917, 11.992677, -1.287909, 0.000858, 1.000000, 0.000000 CIR1 HITS, 100.988033, 19.458504, -1.285809, -0.999992, 0.004010, 0.000000

CIR1 HITS, 93.486169, 26.984522, -1.265512, 0.000024, -1.000000, 0.000000

The format for the first line of the feature is: [Feature Label], [X], [Y], [Z], [I], [J], [K], [D] The format for the hits lines, lines 2 - 5, is: [Hits Label], [X], [Y], [Z], [I], [J], [K]

An Example Exported Location Dimension:

LOC1 AX:X, 93.485000, 0.010000, 0.010000, 93.486348, 0.001348, 0.000000 LOC1 AX:Y, 19.500000, 0.010000, 0.010000, 19.488589, -0.011411, 0.001411 LOC1 AX:D, 15.000000, 0.010000, 0.010000, 14.997670, -0.002330, 0.000000

The format for the lines is: [Dim Label]AX:[Axis Indicator], [Nominal], [+ Tol], [- Tol], [Measured], [Deviation], [Out of Tol]