## Working with Planner CAD Files

PC-DMIS Planner uses .cad files to store the imported .cad and any embedded Inspection Plans. This allows you to store multiple Inspection Plans in the PC-DMIS Planner .cad file. When you import a Planner .cad file into PC-DMIS and it has one or more embedded plans, PC-DMIS allows you to select Inspection Plans using the File | Import | Inspection Plan menu item.

Inspection Plans are included with a Planner .cad file when the plan has been "released". To release a plan, right-click on an "in process" plan and select Release Plan from the pop-up menu. You can also release plans using the Save button from the Main toolbar. "Released" plans will be available for import from the saved Planner .cad file in PC-DMIS.

Any changes made to a plan will change its status to "in process", requiring that it be "released" again.

Alternately, you may choose to import an Inspection Plan into PC-DMIS that you have exported from PC-DMIS Planner via an .ip file.

The following commands are used to create, open, save and close PC-DMIS Planner .cad files:

- Click New from the Main toolbar or select the File | New menu item. This displays a Units Selection dialog box.
  This allows you to create new PC-DMIS Planner .cad file named "Untitled" based on the selected units. Be sure to select the same units as the part model you will use since you will not have the ability to change the measurement units later. The .cad file is not saved at this point. When you try to close the .cad file, Planner will request if you would like to save it.

- Click Open from the Main toolbar or select the File | Open menu item. This opens the Open dialog box. Browse to and select the needed .cad file. Click Open to open the file.

- Click Save from the Main toolbar or select the File | Save menu item (or Save As) to save the file or release plans. The Release Plans dialog box appears. Saving and releasing plans is discussed in more detail in the "Saving and Releasing Inspection Plans" subtopic of the "Working with Inspection Plans" topic.

- Select the File | Close menu item to close the current file without closing PC-DMIS Planner.