{"id":161563,"date":"2023-01-25T07:16:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T07:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-import-points-using-a-file-in-scdm-2\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T12:35:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:35:30","slug":"how-to-import-points-using-a-file-in-scdm-2","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/how-to-import-points-using-a-file-in-scdm-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to import points using a file in SCDM?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In SCDM, we can open a text file (*.txt) containing the points coordinates of curves. It will generate automatically the curves. From the menu File > Open, select “All Files” filter and select a .txt file. The syntax in the file for 2D curves is the following: polyline=false 1 1.5 2.0 1 1.0 3.2 1 0.5 2.1 2 0.3 4.2 2 4.8 1.9 The first column contains the number (ID) of the generated line, the second column the x-coordinate and the third column the y-coordinate. The file format for 3D curve is the following: polyline=false 3d=true 0 0 1 0 1.5 1.2 1.5 0 2.3 1 1.5 4.2 1.5 1.2 5.1 2.3 4.2 6.2 5.7 3.1 2.6 With the option 3d=true, the different curves are delimited by a linebreak. The first column contains the z-coordinate, the second column the x-coordinate and the third column the y-coordinate of the points. If we attempt to import only points, we should leave a linebreak after each coordinate data. For more details on keywords and text file import option, please refer to the following section of the SCDM help: File Operations > Importing and exporting > Point curve text<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-161563","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-2019-r1","topic-tag-ansys-spaceclaim-directmodeler","topic-tag-fluid-dynamics","topic-tag-import-export-ascdm"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t