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Curve Through XYZ Points

Curve Through XYZ Points

Curve Through XYZ Points

(OP)
I am trying to use SW to design a ship hull. I have a list of points (forming spline curves) where the surface of the hull should lie on. I can insert them using the command "curve through xyz points, reading from a text file". The problem is that I am using the command for each curve. Is there any way to read (insert) all the curves from a single *.txt file?

Thanks in advance

RE: Curve Through XYZ Points

Try a search here for XYZ. It's been discussed before.

Chris
Systems Analyst, I.S.
SolidWorks 06 4.1/PDMWorks 06
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 06-21-05)

RE: Curve Through XYZ Points

Read the help it describes how you are suppose to set up your text file.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376

RE: Curve Through XYZ Points

(OP)
I have tryed a search as you sugested "ctopher", and i have found a macro that reads from an txt file, and creates a cloud of points. Thanks for the sugestion.

I have no experience programming macros, so mi question is: is it possible to program a macro that could as well read the txt file and create a spline curve, based on the previous points, or creates the same spline curves using the "cloud"?

RE: Curve Through XYZ Points

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. Is there any way to read (insert) all the curves from a single *.txt file?

No, each curve will have to have it's own text file.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP
www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376

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