You can import the Inspection Plan from Planner into PC-DMIS by importing a .planxml or .xml file exported from Planner. The .planxml or .xml file contains XML elements with the inspection plan information.
To import a .plancad, .planxml, or .xml file:
Select File | Import | Inspection Plan to open the Import dialog box.
From the file type list, select the file type that filters the current folder. If you select All Plan Files, you can import a .plancad, .planxml, or .xml file.
If you import a .PlanCAD file, the software imports both the plan features and the embedded CAD model.
If PC-DMIS detects changes in the original .PlanCAD file that you're referencing, it asks if you want to use the Change Manager to handle those changes. For information on the Change Manager, see "Updating Inspection Plans with the Change Manager".
Your file to import should have the same measurement units as the measurement routine that takes the import. If the files don't have the same measurement units, you can still import the file, but the measurement routine ends up with incorrect information. For example, if you have a circle with an X value of 4 inches in the file to import, the software imports it as 4 millimeters if the measurement routine that takes the import expects millimeters.
Click Import to import the inspection plan and create a measurement routine from it. For .plancad and .planxml files, once you click Import, the software opens the Sensor Mapping dialog box so that you can map features to sensors. For more information, see the "Mapping Features to Sensors" topic.
PC-DMIS uses registry settings to determine the settings for the imported features. You can use the Measurement Strategy Editor or the Auto Feature dialog box to modify these settings.