The Set Import Parameters option (in the Edit menu) is designed to provide flexibility when importing designs into Hydrolink.  Using this option it is possible to change the way that Hydrolink imports the current file format, allowing you to conveniently import data from a number of applications without any need to “tweak” the data later.

This dialog is broken up into two sections – the first one we will cover here is the Import Parameters section.  This is the section to the right of the list box and contains a number of radio buttons which allow you to change the way that data is imported into the application.  You can change the axis ordering, or flip the orientation of particular axes, set the default units for the import, alter arc segment lengths (DXF only), and even reverse U/W ordering and swap the U/W axes (IGES only).

The second section, on the left of the dialog, contains the Import Configurations list, along with an edit field below and two buttons called Add and Delete.  An Import Configuration is a way of storing the import parameters specified used for a particular file format.

You can freely add and delete and rename configurations, and then set the Import Parameters differently for each configuration. 

This allows you to be able to set up configurations for the applications or file formats you most commonly use, and all you need to do is select the configuration you wish to use and all of the parameters that you set along with it will be set up automatically.