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received in an ASCII file format can be imported into MX by using the Data
Import add-in. This program will read the file data and create one or more
point strings from the information.
From the Add-In menu select Personal Add-Ins then Data Import.
If Data Import is not available, then it will need to be installed.
Installing
an add-in
- From MX's Add-Ins menu, select Personal
Add-Ins, then Add-In Manager...
- Click the Add... button on the next
panel.
- Click the
button at the end of the line labeled .EXE File Name
- Browse to the m:\cadd\mx\add-ins
directory
- Select the desired program and Open
- Click the OK button and Close
the Add-In Manager
- The program will now be available on
your Personal Add-Ins menu
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Import Text File Data
Click OK on the disclaimer box and the panel below will be displayed.
- Select the Open Data File option to
select the text file containing the data to be imported. After the file is
selected, the data it contains will be displayed in the panel. Select the
type of delimiter used in the file if it was not the default value of Comma.
- Scroll through the header section of the
file to the data items counting the number of lines to the beginning of
the data. Enter this value in the space provided.
- Select the number of items in each row from
the pull-down menu.
- Hit the Verify Data button.
- If the data is displayed correctly, hit the Next>
button. Note that the column headings can be modified if necessary.
- Enter the name of the model to store the
data.
- At this point you can elect to have MX
create a single point string containing all the data or have multiple
strings create at a specific interval.
- Select OK to begin processing.
The program will create a GENIO format file and
provide the option to import the data. The model created can then be
triangulated and contoured to display the ground data.
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