Authoring manufacturing process plans > Managing product and manufacturing information (PMI)
Import PMI objects from a BCT Inspector file
BCT Inspector exports PMI objects from NX in an XML format that you can subsequently import into Teamcenter.
Note
You must use the following configuration settings:
In the NX session, in the .ipxml file from BCT Inspector, set the PMI XML relation as a relation type to enable PMI import.
A PMI dataset of the type ipxml should be attached with a PMI XML relation.
In the BCT configuration file bct_inspector_cfg.xml, use the following settings:
(<ExportProject Enable="1" DatasetType="Mci0PMIXml" DatasetNamedRev="Mci0ipxml" FileExtension="ipxml" batchProcessing="0" IgnoreBalloons="0" />)In Teamcenter, set the value of the preference INSPECTOR_DATASET_RELATION_TYPE to Mci0PMIXmlRel.
Procedure
From a product structure, right-click the part to which you want to import PMI information and choose Open with→PMI Manager.
In the PMI Manager view, click Import PMIs .
Teamcenter imports the PMI objects, places them on the appropriate parts, and extracts PMI information into the PMI property cells. You can now assign the PMI objects to operations.
Source: https://docs.sw.siemens.com/en-US/doc/282219420/PL20251212545240207.mse/xid833720-1 · retrieved 2026-07-11