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Import Plants, Parts, Processes, Tools and variant codes

Almost anything related to the necessary dataset can be imported from Excel to AVIX. In AVIX there’s a built-in wizard to import from Excel (.xls/.xlsx).

Watch video: Import variant codes

Watch video: Import tools and parts

Following steps below is the same regardless of what is beeing imported.

How it works:

  1. Click menu File → Import
  2. Select Excel file import and click next.


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  3.  Select the Excel document where your data is stored
  4.  Select what to import and click next.


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  5. Select the sheet from Excel document that contains the data
  6. Map the fields containing data
  7. Click next to see a preview or click finish.

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8. Follow the wizard and map the data in AviX to the columns in Excel. Done!

Properties for all import types that can be imported via Excel is listed below:

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Documents and images (also linked) can be imported to parts and tools. This is done by adding the source of the image, e.g. c:\images\hammer.jpg.

Multiple images can be imported by separating the link using a semi-colon (;) e.g. c:\images\hammer1.jpg;c:\images\hammer2.jpg

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