points from a table?

[GeorgeEllwood]

Hello, this question may seem a little simple to some but hopefully someone can help me. I'm trying to plot a rather complicated curve that is made up of several other curves that has been generated by someone else. The easiest way for me to get the information is simply an x, y plot of points which I would then run a line through to give me the curve. Is there a way I load a table of points into Pro E? I'm using Wildfire 2. I could put then in by hand but its quite labour intensive and the more points I can use the better the fit on the curve.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
George

 

[jeff4136]

(Menu) Insert -> Model Datum -> Curve -> ...
(Menu) Help -> What's This?
Click on "From File" in the menu manager.
(Click on "Show Navigation" in the Help window
it you want to see where you are and poke around.)

What will be of interest is Example: Sample Datum Curve File.

But .... a curve thru a bunch of points is usually really
heavy and quite often plain old nasty (just like a surface
thru a bunch of sections). What is it you are starting with?
There might be a better way to go about it.

 

[telecomguy]

FYI, from the help files:

About Imported Datum Curves
An imported datum curve can consist of one or more segments. Multiple segments are not necessarily connected.

The From File option imports a datum curve from a Pro/ENGINEER ".ibl", IGES, SET, or VDA file format. Pro/ENGINEER does not automatically combine the curves imported using From File into a composite curve.

Pro/ENGINEER reads all the curves from an IGES or SET file, then converts them to spline curves. When you import a VDA file, the system reads the VDA spline entities only.

The ".ibl" file format is very much like that of a blend file, except you should precede the coordinates of each segment of the curve with both "begin section" and "begin curve". Two points in a section define a line, while more than two define a spline.

To connect curve segments, make sure the coordinates of the first point are the same as the last point in the previous section.

You can redefine datum curves that are created from a file and you can trim or split them with other curves that are imported from a file.

And here's a thread about importing a blend that might help you build the import file.

http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=151098&page=10

<tg>

 

[GeorgeEllwood]

Thanks I've got it to work now by using a .ibl file.
Cheers
George