## Recalling an Existing Alignment

The Alignment Block is the block of text in the Edit window that defines the alignment. It consists of the ALIGNMENT/START command and ends with the ALIGNMENT/END command. | The Insert | Alignment | Recall menu option allows you to recall an alignment that was previously created in the current program (Internal Alignment) or saved from another program (External Alignment). You can also recall an alignment using the Alignment list on the Settings toolbar. See "Settings Toolbar".

This command can only be inserted outside an alignment block.

Note: The Recall button inside the Alignment Utilities dialog box also allows you to recall an existing alignment, but it only allows you to recall alignments previously created in that part program (internal alignments).

Before an alignment can be recalled to another part program, it must be saved using the Insert | Alignment | Save menu option. See "Saving an Alignment"

If the alignment being recalled was saved with different units of measurement than the current part program, the alignment units will automatically be converted to the units of measurement of the current part program.

Note: Beginning with PC-DMIS v2012, all recall external alignment commands re-load their external alignment file when the part program is first opened. In prior releases, they were not re-loaded when the part program was first opened, but might be re-loaded in response to other user actions in PC-DMIS, possibly at unpredictable times. During this process, if the new alignment transforms differ from the existing alignment, PC-DMIS will display a prompt asking if you want to update affected commands in the Edit window to use the new alignment. See "Updating Commands When Loading a Part Program" in the "Updating Dependent Commands When the Alignment Changes" topic.

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To Recall an Alignment