Field Name

Description

Skipped Lines

The number of lines at the beginning of an ASCII file that to be skipped. (Available when the file name is selected it the panel.)

Delimiter

Specify the character that will separate each column. (Available when the file name is selected it the panel.)

Column Name

The name to assign to the attribute column. This name will be assigned to the attribute values imported using this information file, as well as the attribute layer in the Layers window.

Column Index

The index number assigned to the selected attribute column in the source file. Using the index number specified in the format information file, an import tool assigns the values in the column to the appropriate attribute for each line. This property is only available for delimited format information files.

Column Multiplier

The multiplier value to apply during an import to scale the data. Any number is accepted for this value and a different scale can be specified for each column. If no scaling is required, enter 1.0.

Data Type

The type of data in the selected attribute column. This value cannot be changed for the default X, Y, and Z columns.

Coordinate Format

The format of the coordinates for the file.

Start

The number of the first column character in the attribute value being defined. The characters in a row are counted starting at 0.

Width

The number of column characters included in the values of the currently selected attribute.

Data Type

The type of data in the selected attribute column.

Axis Direction

The Z-axis convention of the data.

Unit Type

The type of measurement values in the data.

Unit

The unit of measure of the data.