### Exporting to an Inspection Plan (IP) File

Usually, inspection plans are created using PC-DMIS Planner, a separate light-weight application which shares many similarities to PC-DMIS. However, you can also use the File | Export | Inspection Plan menu option in PC-DMIS, to export your part program as an inspection plan (or IP file). Inspection plans determine which features of the geometry and GD&T/dimension to use in the inspection process.

You can then import the IP into a part program (see "Importing an Inspection Plan File") or load the plan into PC-DMIS Planner for further development.