Follow these steps to import various files into Object Manager.

1. Select Insert > Import Files on the ribbon.
   The Import file toolbar opens.
2. Optional: In the Task group, you can Name your import task and add it as a Subtask of a summary task.
3. Optional: Select Documentation and use the dialog to enter descriptive text and attach reference files related to the import task.
   Note: The Documentation drop-down arrow may only be enabled in certain scenarios. For example, if you have a text file that represents boring log locations and a PDF that shows the data, you can import the .txt and attach the .pdf so that a user can view it in the future.
4. In the Input section, select from the following:
   • Web: Import from the Connected Project. For more information, see Import from Projects.
   • Select Files: Import from your local storage.
   • Select from Folder
   • WFS: Import features from a Web Feature Service. For more information, see Import Features from a WFS
   • ProjectWise
   Tip: In the Open dialog, select the dropdown arrow to specify the file type to narrow the results. For some formats, you can import multiple files of the same type simultaneously.

   Tip: To manage the information from a specific file later, import one file at a time since the import task keeps track of what was imported. If a set of files is considered to be one package of information, it is efficient to import all in one operation.
5. Choose the files you want to import and select Open.
   Note: You may have to select the file format first to see the files you need. Because you can only import files of a single format at a time, if you select the wrong format, you will need to cancel and restart the task to select the right format.
6. Depending on the file format you want to import, an additional dialog with options opens. Choose data-specific import settings there and select OK.
   Note: Press F1 in the dialog or see Supported File Formats to open the file format-specific topic with descriptions of these options.
7. Optional: To re-open the settings dialog and make edits, select Settings in the Options group.
8. In the Conversion section, select Select Rules to specify how the data in the files you have selected for import are converted into data that Object Manager can use. See Conversion Rules for details.
9. In the Conversion Rule Editor, you can select more than one conversion rule where conversion rule 1 is first used, then 2, and so on. If there is still information left to convert after conversion rule 1 is performed, then conversion rule 2 is used, and so on, until either all information is converted, or all the conversion rules have been run through. By default, information left after the conversion process is finished will not be imported.
10. select OK when you are done selecting conversion rules.
11. Optional: In the CRS section, toggle Switch X/Y if you find that the northing and easting (x,y) have been switched in the source file.
    If the source file has geometry with a different coordinate reference system than the target workset of the Shared Object Model, a coordinate transformation needs to be performed before it is imported. This happens automatically, but you will get pop-up dialogs that explain what happens.
12. In the Selection section, select Select Objects to choose types that you want to import into the workset of the Shared Object Model. Select by feature types and/or by location. For example, select Area to make a polygon.
    Note: If applicable when importing a file, you do not have to import everything, but you can select based on converted features or location.
13. In the Preview section, select Preview to see the data in your files in a Plan View before it is imported.
    A (temporary) plan view opens.

    Ready for Import: Presents the information that has been successfully converted (and transformed, if a coordinate transformation was performed).

    Note: If nothing shows up in the Ready for Import plan window, it's possible that:

    • No conversion rule was selected.
    • The conversion rules do not match the information in the selected files.
14. In the Finish section, select Finish to complete the import process.
    If you select Finish without having used the Preview option, the information will be imported directly. This may save time during the import of larger files. Object Manager creates a task with the name of the file (or the name you gave it). You can right-select this task and view its data in Plan or 3D View.

    See Insert a Model.