Interface > Creating Profiles for Import and Export > Creating Import Profiles > To Create or Modify an Import Profile at Runtime
  
To Create or Modify an Import Profile at Runtime
1. Click File > Open to import a part or assembly model or open a part and click Model > Get Data > Import to append an import feature to the part. The File Open dialog box opens.
2. Select a file type in Type.
3. Select a part or assembly model file from the working directory or an alternate location.
4. Click Import. The Import New Model dialog box opens. If you are inserting an import feature in a part, the File dialog box opens.
Profile in the Import New Model or the File dialog box displays the import profile in use or the profile designated as the default for the format.
5. Click Details to modify the import profile in use or select an import profile from the Profile list in the Import New Model or the File dialog box before you click Details. The import profile you want to modify opens in the format-specific import profile editor.
6. Include or exclude import settings on the various tabs of the import profile and change the values of the import settings.
 
* The Misc tab is available in the import profile editor only if the model selected for import or append belongs to the Creo Elements/Direct, CATIA V5, IGES, STEP, VDA, STL, MEDUSA, or Wavefront format.
7. To modify another import profile of the same format, click Load Profile in the import profile editor. Browse and select an existing import profile and modify its settings.
8. To create an import profile for the format, click Reset to discard the changes you made to the existing import profile and revert to the system default values of the import settings in the format-specific import profile editor. Customize the settings of the import profile editor.
9. Click Save Profile in the import profile editor to save the new or modified import profile. The import profile is saved by default with the *.dip extension followed by the format name (*.dip_<format>) in the profiles directory or the last-accessed location of the current session.
10. Click OK in the import profile editor.
 
* If you do not click OK in the import profile editor, a message window asks you whether you want to save the default settings in the import profile to the configuration file or whether you only want to apply the default profile settings to the current session.
11. Click Yes in the message window to save the default profile settings to the config.pro file or click No to use the default profile settings in the current session.
12. Click OK in the Import New Model or the File dialog box.