Prescribed Points From External File

The Prescribed Points From External File control allows you to create the prescribed points based on the locations defined in an external .csv or .txt file.

The Prescribed Points From External File control Details view has the following options:

General

Scope

  • Define By: Allows you to define the input to the selected control. The available options are Value and Outcome.

    • Value: Allows you to set manually the value of the Scoping Method and Scoping Pattern.

    • Outcome: Allows you to select the existing scoped outcomes from the previous steps as input.

  • Scoping Method: Allows you to select the entities for the selected control. The available options are:

    • Part: Allows you to select parts for defining the scope of the control.

    • Label: Allows you to select labels for defining the scope of the control.

    • Zone: Allows you to select zones for defining the scope of the control.

  • Scoping Pattern: Allows you to specify the name pattern to get the selected Scoping Method. Scoping Pattern supports Regular Expression. You can click   on the right corner of the option and the following options are available:

    • Publish: Publishes Scoping Pattern to the Property Worksheet.

    • Scope All: Inserts '.*' regular expression to scope all entities.

Definition

  • File Name: Allows you to import the node locations and node names from the .csv or .txt file.

  • Preserve Boundaries: Allows you to preserve the nodes on boundaries when Preserve Boundaries set to Yes. When Preserve Boundaries is No the boundary nodes move to the nearest prescribed points.