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To Import a Creo Elements/Direct Modeling File
1. Click File > Open. The File Open dialog box opens.
2. Select Creo Elements Direct (.bdl, .pkg, .sdp, .sda, .sdac, .sdpc) in the Type box.
3. Select the Creo Elements/Direct Modeling file or browse to the file in the File Open dialog box.
4. Click Import. The Import New Model dialog box opens with the model type set to Part or Assembly. The following options are selected by default:
Include face parts
Include wire parts
Include empty parts
Enable ATB
Generate log file set to Short
 
* If you select a *.sdpc part content file for import, the Import New Model dialog box does not include the options for the inclusion of containers, face, wire, and empty parts.
5. Click the Include Containers / Stock-Finish Relation option to include containers and their contents in the import when you select a *.pkg file for import.
The options for the inclusion of containers, face, wire, and empty parts in the import are also available in the import profile in use. Click Details under Profile and access these options on the Misc tab of the import profile.
6. Set Generate log file to Long, select a profile for the import from the Profile list, and accept or change the default name of the model in File name.
7. Click OK in the Import New Model dialog box. The Model Tree displays the ATB-enabled Creo Elements/Direct model that is imported. The Sections folder on the Model Tree contains the clipping features and the docuplane sets.