Adding Surface Data from a Point File

Tutorial Exercise: Adding Point Data to a Surface

To add point files to a surface

1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, expand the surface Definition collection, right-click , and click Add.
2. In the Add Point File dialog box, select the format of the point file or click to create a point file format that describes the layout of the data in the point data file.
3. Enter the point file path and name into the Source File field or click to browse and select the point file.
4. Click Open to add the point file to the surface.

   If the point file contains a line with bad data, an error (including the line number) is posted the Event Viewer and the operation continues.

   The point file is added to the Point Files item view.