# Importing Alias Files

> Learn how to import Alias .wire files into Pixyz by configuring the necessary API settings and ensuring Autodesk Alias is installed.

Importing an Alias file (.wire) requires Autodesk Alias to be installed (with a valid license) on the same computer on which the process is running.

> **Important:**
>
> The `libalias_api.dll` is not the only file required to import a .wire file: other files located in the same directory where `libalias_api.dll` file is located are needed.

## Configuring Pixyz API

The Alias lib path needs to be configured prior importing .wire files:

```python title="Python"
pxz.core.setModuleProperty("IO", "AliasApiDllPath", "*PATH_TO_ALIAS_INSTALL_FOLDER*/libalias_api.dll")
```

```csharp title="C#"
pxz.Core.SetModuleProperty("IO", "AliasApiDllPath", "*PATH_TO_ALIAS_INSTALL_FOLDER*/libalias_api.dll");
```