Imports an I-DEAS Universal file from SDRC. The external import routine is ImportIDEAS. Reads datasets 781 and 2411 (nodes) as nodes, 780 and 2412 (elements) as elements, and nodes (type 7) from datasets 752 and 2417 (permanent groups) as regions. All other datasets are read, but not processed.

Available options are:

-v Verbose output. Echo additional data to stdout during the import.

-n Import nodes in a PERMANENT group as a 2D region.

-l Import elements in a PERMANENT group as a 3D region.

-f Import faces in a PERMANENT group as a 2D region.