Importing Data Tables

You can import data table files that contain data in the following formats:

• Comma-separated: Maxwell will recognize complex data if the values are separated by a comma (e.g. real, imaginary).
• Tab-separated: Maxwell will recognize complex data if the values are separated by a space (e.g. real imaginary).

1. Click Maxwell > Results > Import Solutions.

Alternatively, right-click Results in the project tree and then click Import Solutions on the shortcut menu.

The Imported Data dialog box appears.

2. Click Import Table.

The Table Import dialog box appears.

3. In the File Name text box, type the name of the data table file you want to import or click Browse and use the file browser to locate the file.
4. If the data in the table is complex, select the format — real/ imaginary, or magnitude/ phase — in which to import the data.

If the data is simple, this option will be ignored.

5. Click Load File. Note that the file has not been imported yet.
6. Optionally, type a new name in the Source Name box that indicates the origin or the data table, or accept the default name.
7. Optionally, type a new name in the Table Name box that describes the data in the table, or accept the default name.
8. In the All Columns list, the headings of each column in the data file are listed. Optionally, specify a new name for a column heading by doing the following:
1. In the All Columns list, click the heading you want to change. The heading appears in the Column Name box.
2. Type a new name in the Column Name box, and then click Set Column Name.

The heading is changed to the new name in every place it appears in the Imported Data dialog box.

9. In the Independent Data Columns list, the first heading in the data table file is listed by default. In the Dependent Data Columns list, the second and subsequent headings in the data table file are listed by default. Optionally, click a heading name and then click an arrow button to move it from one column to another.
10. If the data in the Dependent Data Columns list contains matrix data, select Matrix Data. If it contains field data, select Field Data.
11. Click Import.

Focus returns to the Imported Data dialog box.

12. Click the data you want to import in the Current Imports list, and then click OK.

The solution data is now available for postprocessing.

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Adding Datasets