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# Import Planes / Tools File

The Import Planes / Tools File option in the File menu allows you to read in a Dips .DWP file.

A .DWP file may contain:

- ADDED planes (created with the Add Plane option)

- Set Windows and MEAN planes (created with the Add Set Window option)

- Drawing Tools added with the options in the Tools menu (e.g. Lines, Cones, Text etc).

DWP files can be saved with the Save Planes / Tools File option, or they can be saved automatically when the Dips file is saved. When the DWP file is saved automatically, it is given the same filename as the corresponding Dips file. In this case, the DWP file will automatically be opened when the corresponding Dips file is opened.

It is only necessary to use the Open Planes / Tools File option if the DWP file has been saved with a different file name from the Dips file you are working with (or if the Automatic open option for DWP files, has been turned OFF in the Preferences dialog).

NOTE: prior to Dips version 5.1, only Sets and Planes were saved in the .DWP file. Tools were not saved. Also, there was no automatic save / open feature, .DWP files always had to be saved manually and opened manually.

When a .DWP file is read back into Dips:

- Any ADDED planes in the .DWP file will be added to the current document, as if they had been added with the Add Plane option.

- Any Set Windows in the .DWP file will be read in, and new Sets will be created, as if they had been added with the Add Set Window option (i.e. MEAN PLANES WILL BE CALCULATED, BASED ON THE DATA IN THE CURRENT DOCUMENT WHICH FALLS WITHIN THE WINDOW LIMITS.)

- Any drawing Tools in the DWP file will be displayed on the stereonet.