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Import External Format File to a New Cimatron File
Access: Open this function from the following location:
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Select File > Import > Import to New File from the menu bar.
From the Import dialog, select the appropriate option from the Files of Type field.
Import a file from an external file format to a new Cimatron file.
Files that were created on a system supplied by a different vendor can be imported by digitally exchanging data from this system into a new Cimatron file, either by using the Data Interface Import Dialog mechanism or by dragging the external format file into a Cimatron window.
Importing a file from an external file format into a new Cimatron file
Files from an external format can be imported into a Cimatron file in the following ways:
Data Interface Import dialog mechanism
Follow the import procedure using the ImportImport function. When the Import dialog is displayed, follow the import process.
After the part has been converted to the Cimatron format, it is placed in a new file positioned according to the default UCS of the new file.
Notes:
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For additional import and export operations, see Data Interface.
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For information regarding associativity in import/export operations in the Part application, see Associativity.
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