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Menu: Files->Import->XYZ points...
With this option it is possible to read a set of geometric points. This format is ASCII and consists the coordinates of the points separated with spaces.
Note: If only 2 coordinates are specified, z=0 is assumed.
If 'Automatic collapse after import' was set, after the import near points will be joined, The variable ImportTolerance (see Preferences ) controls the joining distance.
The file browser allow some extra "Import options". Usually these options are hidden, press the arrow icon to show them
Collapse: It is possible to set that a collapse must be done after the importation, and its parameters (automatic or specified tolerance). If the collection of points is very big a collapse could be intersting to subsample them, and to avoid very close or repeated coordinates.
Triangulate: If this option is set then a Delaunay triangulation of the points will be done. (this triangulation is made in the xy plane projection)

KML

Menu: Files->Import->KML...
With this option it is possible to read files with the format KML (of Google Earth).

Extra options:
To projection: KML data is expressed as two dimension coordinates x,y that represents geographic latidude and longitude, it is possible to transform this information to other system:

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Menu: Files->Import->Insert GiD model...
This command lets you insert one previously created GiD model inside another one. It imports the geometry, layers, mesh and groups information. Problemtype information is neglected.
Entities from the old and the new model are not collapsed.
You can perform one Collapse operation (see Collapse) to join the old and new models.Files Menu>Import>Postprocessing
Files Menu>Import>Postprocessing>NASTRAN mesh
Menu: Files->Import->NASTRAN mesh...
Reads a NASTRAN mesh file.
Files Menu>Import>Postprocessing>FEMAP
Menu: Files->Import->FEMAP...
Reads FEMAP Neutral ASCII files and binary files.
Files Menu>Import>Postprocessing>TECPLOT
Menu: Files->Import->TECPLOT...
Reads TECPLOT 9.0 ASCII files.
Files Menu>Import>Postprocessing>3D Studio
Menu: Files->Import->3D Studio...
Reads a mesh in .3ds 3DStudio format.
Files Menu>Import>Postprocessing>XYZ nodes
Reads a set of points from an text file. It reads also compressed text files.
Several options can be adjusted in the import file dialog box:
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By default, lines with three real numbers separated bu spaces are imported.

• Comments starts with: specify the comment character to skip lines, for instance # will skip lines starting with this characted
• Format of lines: if the coordinates of the points are defined in a specific format, the user can enter here a C/C++ string format to parse the coordinates, for instance:

%g %g %g will read X Y Z coordinates separated by spaces
%g, %g, %g will read X Y Z coordinates separated by commas
%*d %g %g %g will read X Y Z coordinates after discarting the first 'index'

• Create delaunay mesh after import: if enabled, after importing the points a triangle / tetrahedral mesh will be created using the delaunay mesher.

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