I'm in the process of 'learning' a new text editor and it struck me... what do other PcDmis users use? I use a few depending on the task...It's super helpful, makes life less of a pain especially when typing those really long variables.
I use these frequently:
Visual Studio (w/ emacs keyboard)
Notepad++ (has multi cursors!)
GNU Emacs
and of course regular old Notepad
Unfortunately you can't paste text into PC-DMIS, so an external text editor is only useful if you do programming in other languages (PC-DMIS Basic, VB, C# etc.).
There is some possibility for PC-DMIS to import CSV-definitions of features, but I believe that's an option.
Your best bet for automating programming might be CAD-files with embedded annotations, GD&T etc.(PMI), as PC-DMIS can generate an almost complete program from that (if the annotations are correct). The STEP import is available in all versions, and supports PMI,
There is some possibility for PC-DMIS to import CSV-definitions of features, but I believe that's an option.
Your best bet for automating programming might be CAD-files with embedded annotations, GD&T etc.(PMI), as PC-DMIS can generate an almost complete program from that (if the annotations are correct). The STEP import is available in all versions, and supports PMI,