RAW Import Options Dialog

The RAW Binary Lattice Import Options dialog allows you to specify the data type, dimensions, header bytes, node spacing, endianess, index order, and resolution of an imported .RAW data file.

RAW Binary Lattice Import Options Dialog

This dialog appears when the File | Import command is chosen and Raw Binary Lattice (*.raw, *.bin) is selected as the file type to import.

Use the Raw Import Options dialog to specify
options for the imported .RAW or .BIN file.

Data Type

The Data type option allows you to select the type of data to be read from the import file and how many data components of this type should be read for each lattice node.

Dimensions

The Dimensions option allows you to specify the three dimensions of the lattice in the X (columns), Y (rows), and Z (planes) boxes. The values must be positive.

Items per Node

The Items per node value displays the number of components that are associated with each point in the .RAW file.

Header Bytes

The Header option allows you to specify how many bytes of non-data should be skipped at the beginning of the file before reading the first item of data. Enter a value in the Header box.

Node Padding

The Node padding option allows you to specify how many bytes of non-data should be skipped between each data item. This value is zero for most files. Enter a value in the Node padding box.

Requested Bytes (Static control)

The Requested Bytes option displays how many bytes would be read from the file based on your selection in the above controls.

File Size (Static control)

The File size option displays the actual size of the file in bytes.

Endianess

The Endianess option allows you to specify whether the import data is in little-endian or big-endian byte order. Click the button to left of little-endian or big-endian to select a byte order. Integers are usually stored as a sequence of bytes, so that the encoded value can be obtained by simple concentration. The two most common are litte-endian and big-endian. Little-endian refers to increasing numeric significance with increasing memory addresses. Big-endian is the opposite and refers to "big end first".

Index Order

The Index order option allows the user to specify whether the precedence of the lattice data in the file is in x,y,z (x fastest) or z,y,x (z fastest) order.

Resolution

The Resolution controls allows you to specify the size (in application display units) of the imported lattice. Two methods are available:

· bounding box, which allows you to specify the extents of the lattice's bounding box (from which the voxel size is calculated); and

· voxel size, which allows you to specify the extents of each voxel (from which the bounding box is calculated).

Click the OK button to proceed with the import process.

Cancel

Click the Cancel button to close the dialog without importing.