Attaching and Downloading Collision Repair Articles

ALLDATA Repair Planner allows you to attach ALLDATA Collision repair procedures, OEM recommendations, specifications and other documents to your estimates. These can then be referred back to as bookmarks, printed, or bundled together and downloaded as a conveniently packaged PDF document.
 

Attaching a Repair Article

  1. From an imported Repair Planner document, access a Collision repair article from the Vital Repairs menu or from either the OEM Alerts or OEM Procedures area of a line item.
    open collision info
  2. In the Collision (Limited View) window, click the attach icon (paper clip) in the upper right corner.
    click attach button
     

Printing and Downloading Documents

  1. From the Document screen, click the Attached button to open the Attached Articles window.
    click attached button
  2. Navigate the attached articles by:

    • Searching for a specific article with the the search bar.
    • Using the tabs to group and sort the documents.
      • Articles can be sorted by:
        • Date
        • Component
        • Article Type
        • User

    sort attachments

  3. Select groups or individual Articles that you want to include in your print/download.
    select attachments
  4. Click Print/Download.
    print / download attachments
  5. Note: The following steps may vary based on your device's operating system and browser settings
    1. Choose a location to save your exported document.
      save attachments file
    2. Open the downloaded file.
      open downloaded file
    3. Select print.
      click print