Import NID File

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You can use this tool to import an NID Internet Document. When importing the file, the program always creates a new project. This is to prevent any data in the current project from being overwritten.

In addition to NID files of versions earlier than Allplan 2023, you can also import NID files of subsequent versions, where data do not need to be converted.

To import an NID Internet Document

1. Click Import NID File (How).
   

   Activate Import NID File in one of the following ways

   • Actionbar:Task Layout Editor Grupo de herramientas Layout Editor

   • Menu bar: Create Layout

   • Palette: Tools Create area in the following module(s):

   Layout

2. Select the file you want to import. You can see the information supplied with the file - comments, bitmap, date and so on.

   Note: The date indicates whether you have included the resources (line types, hatching styles etc.) when you created the NID file.

   The program always imports the data to a new NID project, thus avoiding the risk of data in the current project being overwritten.

3. The new NID project name is based on the name of the original project. For example

   TownHall	(name of original project)
   TownHall (NID 4.0)	(NID project name)

   The name consequently indicates

   • that the project was created based on an NID import operation
   • the name of the original project
   • the layout number (in this example: 4)
   • the NID import version number (in this example: 0)

     If the NID file was already imported previously, you can choose whether the program is to create a new project or whether the existing NID project is to be updated - the second alternative is recommended if updates in the layout make the old version of the layout obsolete.

4. Click OK to automatically create or update the NID project and to import the file.

Tip: You can also import NID files into Allplan by dragging them from Windows Explorer to Allplan’s workspace.

Note: After having imported the file, Allplan 2023 automatically switches to the new project.