ASCII Editor

The ASCII Editor option in the Edit menu opens a special TableCurve 3D ASCII Editor window designed specifically for editing the program's X,Y,Z data table as an ASCII text file. For editing and copying contents of the various text windows within TableCurve 3D, there is an ASCII Editor item in the menu of the specific text window of concern. This data table ASCII Editor option is provided for those who prefer to input or edit a data table as a simple ASCII file using a familiar NotePad-like editor.

Size Limitations

In Windows XP, 2000, and NT v4, this editor should be able to handle any size data table up to TableCurve 3D's 16384 maximum. In Windows 98 and ME, the editor is limited to a 64K buffer. On such systems, files imported into the editor larger than 32K are automatically stripped of all whitespace except the necessary delimiter in order to maximize editor capacity. This allows up to about 1500-2000 points.

Notebook

When the ASCII Editor is opened, its contents will reflect the current data table. You may edit the data or you may open and edit any ASCII file. When you exit the editor, you must save the modified file to disk in order to have the data source automatically added to the notebook.

Editing Guidelines

You must keep the X, Y, and Z values for a given data triplet on a single line. If you wish to exclude a data pair, enter a space and an asterisk (*) character after the Z value. If you wish to assign a weight, enter a space and an uppercase W followed by the numeric weight value. You may insert comments anywhere in the file so long as the comment strings do not begin with *, W, or a number. All information on a line following the detection of a comment is disregarded.