Importing .dat files into NX3 1

[pudney]

Hi all
Could someone please indicate wheither it is possible to import .dat files into NX3 and if so how to do this.

Thanks a lot
pudney

 

[cowski]

The .dat file suffix is pretty generic, I don't think there is any standard for what a .dat file contains or how it is formatted. Can you be more specific as to what you are trying to import?

 

[pudney]

hi cowski
I am trying to import a set of data points into NX3. The file would contain X and Y coordinates of a required shape.

thanks
pudney

 

[ewh]

Yes, it is possible. The spline creation operation has an option for -> through points -> points from file. The file would be a .dat file.

 

[pudney]

thanks ewh, most helpful

 

[JohnRBaker]

If the data was intended to represent a surface, as long as the file is formatted as if the points defined a series of section curves that the surface would pass through, there is also an option in the Surface Through Points function to use a .dat file as input.

John R. Baker, P.E.
Product "Evangelist"
NX Product Line
UGS Corp
Cypress, CA
Phone: 714-952-6032
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