Managing Network Plans 59To open a network plan:1 Establish a connection to the 3WXM Services host on which the networkplan is saved.You can do this by restarting 3WXM or selecting File > Open, and thenentering the IP address of the 3WXM Services host in the 3WXM ServicesConnection dialog box.2 After the connection is established with the 3WXM Services host, selectFile > Switch Network Plan.If any changes were made to the currently loaded network plan, you areprompted to save them and close the file. The Switch Network Plandialog box appears.3 Select the network plan you want to open and click Next.3WXM establishes a new connection to the host running 3WXM Servicesand loads the specified network plan.Importing a NetworkPlanYou can import objects from another network plan into the currentlyopen plan. When you import objects from another plan, objects areadded to the currently open plan as follows: If an object (object name) exists in the plan you are importing but notin the open plan, the object is added to the open plan. If an object (object name) exists in both plans, the copy of the objectin the imported plan replaces the object in the open plan.If both plans have the same floor name, the floor in the plan youare importing completely replaces the floor of the same name inthe other plan.3Com recommends that you save a backup copy of the plan beforeimporting objects from another plan. To save a backup copy, you can usethe File > Save As option.To import a plan:1 In the main 3WXM window, select File > Import Network Plan.2 Select the network plan you want to import, from the Select Plandrop-down list.
