Import

Introduction

Three ways are possible for importing a part in a user’s library:

Import of parts from another library
Import of parts from a folder
Import of parts from a zip file

Note: Importing of parts is possible only in a user’s library. Whatever is the selected import mode, if you select a Reference library, the icon "Import" is disabled.

Clicking on the icon "IMPORT" opens a dialog box, allowing select one way for importing the parts.



How to import a part in a library (Part Library) ?
1	Selection of a user’s library in which the parts to import will be stored. Note: In this example, the library in which parts will be imported is currently empty.
2	Click on the button “IMPORT”.
3	Clicking on the icon "IMPORT" opens a dialog box, allowing three ways for importing parts.
4	1st solution: Import parts from another library.
5	2nd solution: Import a part from a folder.
6	3rd solution: Import a part from a zip file.

These three ways for importing parts in Part Library are illustrated below.

Import of parts from a library



How How to import a part from another library ?
1	Selection of a user’s library in which the parts to import will be stored. Note: In this example, the library in which parts will be imported is currently empty.
2	Click on the button “IMPORT”.
3	Clicking on the icon "IMPORT" opens a dialog box, allowing three ways for importing parts. Select the first one: “import from a library. Clicking on this icon allows access to the Part Library. This allows to visualize, compare, choose, and import another part topology in the selected library as illustrated in the next table.



How to select parts to import?
1	Visualization of reference libraries i.e. the libraries of slot topologies provided with FluxMotor®. Select them to view their content and choose slots among them.
2	Visualization of user libraries. The default user library is “UserOuterSlot”.
3	Area where the selected slot is displayed (static picture) – Topology + dimension labels.
4	Button to visualize the list of documents attached to the part. See additional information.
5	Button to display thumbnails as a slide show.
6	Button to display thumbnails as a list.
7	Button to display thumbnails as a matrix view of pictures.
8	Area to visualize all the topologies of slots from the selected library (ref. 1).
9	Button to close the dialog box and cancel importation of slots.
10	Button to choose and import the selected slots.

Import a part from a folder



How to import a part from a folder ?
1	Selection of a user’s library in which the parts to import will be stored. Note: In this example, the library in which parts will be imported is currently empty.
2	Click on the button “IMPORT”.
3	Clicking on the icon "IMPORT" opens a dialog box, allowing three ways for importing parts. Select the second one: “import from folder. Clicking on this icon opens a dialog box to browse and find the folder to be considered.



How to select parts to import?
1	Dialog box to browse and find the folder to be considered.
2	Visualization of the folder content.
3	Select the part to be imported. When the selected folder corresponds to a part, an icon representing a part is displayed before the part name. When the selected folder is not identified as a part, a warning message is written in red (Must be a part folder). Please see the following illustration
4	When a part is selected, its picture is displayed on the right side of the dialog box to facilitate the selection of the right part.
5	Two button allows confirm or cancel the selection. The “Open” button is enabled only if a valid part is selected.



How to select the right part to be imported?
1	Dialog box to browse and find the folder to be considered.
2	When the selected folder is not identified as a part, a warning message is written in red (Must be a part folder). The “Open” button is disabled if the selected folder is not a part.

Import a part from a zip file



How to import a part from a folder ?
1	Selection of a user’s library in which the parts to import will be stored. Note: In this example, the library in which parts will be imported is currently empty.
2	Click on the button “IMPORT”.
3	Clicking on the icon "IMPORT" opens a dialog box, allowing three ways for importing parts. Select the third one: “import from zip”. Clicking on this icon opens a dialog box to browse and find the zip file to be considered.



How to select parts to import?
1	Dialog box to browse and find the folder to be considered.
2	Visualization of the folder content.
3	Select the zip file (part) to be imported. When the selected folder is not a zip file, a warning message is written in red (Must be a Zip file). Please see the following illustration. When the selected zip file is not identified as a zipped part, a warning message is written in red (Must be a part folder). Please see the following illustration.
4	When a zip file with a part in it is selected, its picture is displayed on the right side of the dialog box to facilitate the selection of the right part.
5	Two button allows confirm or cancel the selection. The “Open” button is disabled if a selected folder is not a zip file containing a part.



How to select the right part to be imported?
1	Dialog box to browse and find the zip file to be considered.
2	When the selected folder is not a zip file, a warning message is written in red (Must be a Zip file). The “Open” button will be disabled if a selected folder is not a zipped part.
3	When the selected zip file is not identified as a zipped part, a warning message is written in red (Must be a folder). The “Open” button will be disabled if a selected folder is not a zipped part.

Note: The selected user’s library and the part to be imported must be compatible.



Compatibility between selected user’s library and the part to be imported?
1	Selected user’s library in which the part must be imported: in that case Inner slot.
2	Selection of the part to be imported: in that case an outer slot (os_PllTooth_01B).
3	As the two previous selections are not compatible an error message is written in red to explain why it is not possible to finalize the operation.