Importing a Legacy Inspection Plan

To import a Planner Inspection Plan as an .ip file, perform the following tasks first:

Once you have completed these tasks, you can then execute your imported inspection plan as a newly-created PC-DMIS measurement routine.

If you have problems using the PC-DMIS Planner commands inside PC-DMIS, ensure that there is an InsPlan.dll file located in the directory where you installed PC-DMIS.

You must have an Inspection Plan Default file or .ipd to import a .ip file into PC-DMIS. The "Legacy Planner Parameters" topic provides more information on this file.

The IP Measure option must be enabled on your LMS license or portlock to use the capabilities that are discussed in this section.

Once you've performed the above preparatory steps, you can import the legacy inspection plan and any rules by importing an inspection plan's .cad file that has the inspection plan embedded in it or by importing a previously-exported inspection plan.

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

When importing a CAD file using the CAD by Reference menu option, PC-DMIS updates the file accordingly if any changes were made to the IP CAD file by the legacy PC-DMIS Planner application.

Browse to and select the needed IP CAD file, and click Import. PC-DMIS imports the IP CAD file.
Select File | Import | Inspection Plan. The Select IP name dialog box appears.

Select IP name dialog box

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.
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 "Legacy PC-DMIS Planner Parameters and Rules" topic for more information.
If the insertion point is not at the end of the measurement routine, you are prompted to move the cursor to the end of the measurement routine 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 are 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 in the PC-DMIS CMM documentation.
Specify the Optimize Path options and click OK, or click Skip to ignore this step. See "Optimizing the Path" for more information.
Specify the options for "Inserting Clearance Moves Automatically" and click OK to complete this process or click Cancel to skip this step.

Select File | Import | Inspection Plan. An Import dialog box appears.

Browse to the directory containing your file with an .ip filename extension.
Select the inspection plan, and click Import.
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 "Legacy PC-DMIS Planner Parameters and Rules" topic for more information.

If the insertion point is not at the end of the measurement routine, you are prompted to move the cursor to the end of the measurement routine before continuing.
Specify the Optimize Path options and click OK, or click Skip to ignore this step. See "Optimizing the Path" for more information.
Specify the options for "Inserting Clearance Moves Automatically" and click OK to complete this process or click Cancel to skip this step.

Once you've imported your inspection plan, the imported commands are preceded by a start comment that provides the following basic information for the imported inspection plan:

Importing a Legacy Planner Inspection Plan (.ip)