Import Points from a Text File

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Points can be entered either graphically using a cursor (most common) using the New Point dialog window, or they can be read from an ASCII file.


The ASCII file has to be formatted as follows:


  1. Two or three coordinates (for two- and three-dimensional problems) of a single point are given on a single line. All length units must be in meters.
  2. Numbers can be delimited using a space, a semicolon, or a tabulator.


When reading of nodal coordinates from a text file is finished, the Create New Object dialog appears that summarizes the number of imported points, how they should be numbered, and whether the points should be connected into a polyline or spline.



An example of the text file:


1.500000e+000 1.000000e+000 0.000000e+000

2.500000e+000 1.000000e+000 0.000000e+000

3.500000e+000 1.000000e+000 0.000000e+000

4.000000e+000 1.000000e+000 0.000000e+000

4.500000e+000 1.000000e+000 0.000000e+000

2.500000e+000 1.000000e+000 1.000000e+000

3.500000e+000 1.000000e+000 1.000000e+000

4.000000e+000 1.000000e+000 1.000000e+000

0.000000e+000 1.200000e+001 5.000000e+000

0.000000e+000 0.000000e+000 5.000000e+000

4.919253e+000 1.077135e+001 5.000000e+000

4.073954e+000 1.084530e+001 5.000000e+000

4.000000e+000 1.000000e+001 5.000000e+000

2.919253e+000 1.077135e+001 5.000000e+000

2.073954e+000 1.084530e+001 5.000000e+000

2.000000e+000 1.000000e+001 5.000000e+000

1.000000e+000 8.500000e+000 5.000000e+000


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