#### Importing the Inspection Plan

You can import the Inspection Plan and any rules by either importing a IP CAD file that has the Inspection Plan embedded in it, or by importing a previously exported Inspection Plan.

The IP Import option must be enabled on your portlock to import an Inspection Plan into PC-DMIS.

To import an embedded Inspection Plan from an IP CAD file:

1. Select File | Import | CAD. The Open dialog box appears.

Tip: Importing the CAD file using the CAD by Reference menu option will allow your file to be updated in PC-DMIS if any changes are made to the IP CAD file as saved from PC-DMIS Planner.

2. Browse to and select the needed IP CAD file and click Import. PC-DMIS imports the IP CAD file.

3. Select File | Import | Inspection Plan. The Select IP Name dialog box appears.

Select IP Name dialog box

4. Select the needed Inspection Plan and click OK or click Cancel to browse to and select an exported Inspection Plan via the Open dialog box.

5. Follow any on-screen instructions.

- Select the IPD file that will be applied to the imported Inspection Plan if you have not previously selected it. See the "PC-DMIS Planner Parameters and Rules" topic for more information.

- If the insertion point is not at the end of the part program, you will be prompted to move the cursor to the end of the part program before continuing.

- If the CAD file comes from a CATIA v5 model, any comments associated with a feature in the eTool data of the CATIA model will be imported as Feature Locator Text for the feature. Note that eTool is a proprietary format used by Chrysler. For information on Feature Locator Text, see the "Providing and Using Feature Locator Instructions" topic located in the PC-DMIS CMM documentation.

- Specify the Optimize Path options and click OK, or click Skip to ignore this step. See the "Performing the Path Optimization" topic for more information. Review the "Path Optimization Summary" and click OK.

- Specify the options for "Automatically Inserting Move Commands" and click OK to complete this process or click Cancel to skip this step.

Your imported Inspection Plan will be proceeded by a start comment that provides basic information for the imported Inspection Plan (date/time, IP file name with path, IPD file name and path). An end comment is also added to indicate the end of the translated Inspection Plan.

To import an Inspection Plan from an exported text file:

1. Select File | Import | Inspection Plan. An Open dialog box appears letting you select a file with an “.IP” filename extension.

Open dialog box

2. Browse to the directory containing your Inspection Plan.

3. Select the Inspection Plan, and click Import.

4. Follow any on-screen instructions.

- Select the IPD file that will be applied to the imported Inspection Plan if you have not previously selected it. See the "PC-DMIS Planner Parameters and Rules" topic for more information.

- If the insertion point is not at the end of the part program, you will be prompted to move the cursor to the end of the part program before continuing.

- Specify the Optimize Path options and click OK, or click Skip to ignore this step. See the "Performing the Path Optimization" topic for more information. Review the "Path Optimization Summary" and click OK.

- Specify the options for "Automatically Inserting Move Commands" and click OK to complete this process or click Cancel to skip this step.

Your imported Inspection Plan will be preceded by a start comment that provides basic information for the imported Inspection Plan (date/time, IP file name with path, IPD file name and path). An end comment is also added to indicate the end of the translated Inspection Plan.