Once you have the data in a CSV file, you need to open it in a text editor (Notepad ++ for example) and then add two lines to the top of the file.
If this is a text file you may have to either add the commas or import them into a spreadsheet and then back out depending on the amount of data. If you have this as a spreadsheet, you can export it to a CSV (comma delimitated) file. Data Sourceįigure #1 – Spreadsheet & Text File Data Examples This is beneficial because DraftSight and programs like it will handle large amounts of data very well and allow you to visualize the data before trying to import it into other applications like SOLIDWORKS. This article explains the steps to take XYZ data from a spreadsheet or existing text file (See Figure #1) and turn it into a script that we can then import into DraftSight.
