Options

Select the character that separates the fields from drop-down list. If you select <other>, you must specify the required character.  
This can be one of the following: _ ) ( * & ^ % $ # @ ! ~ `  

Surface - creates a surface model from the points; no individual points are stored in the project.

Points - creates individual points in the project.

Enter the default extension for the import format. The import analyzer uses this extension to help it decide what conversion options to offer the user in the context menu.  This field is optional.  If left blank, a default extension of ".txt" is assumed.

Check to automatically open the Import Format Editor when importing a non- standard ASCII file.

Enter a special character to identify the beginning and ending of the string, for example ".

Enter the number of lines to skip at the beginning of the file before reading the data to import.

Available only if Points is selected in the Store data as drop-down list.

Enter a number to use as the starting ID when auto-generating IDs for unidentified points during import.

If no number is entered, this software will not assign a number to unidentified points during import.

Available only if Points or Surface is selected in the Store data as drop-down list.

Enter a character or value to indicate that an elevation has not been assigned.

Available only if Level data is selected in the Store data as drop-down list.

Check this box to specify that the import file includes multiple record types; each record type is identified by a field code in the record. This enables you to import non-uniform level data files from non-Trimble level instruments and reuse importers that you may have created for other level adjustment applications such as STAR*NET. For more information, see Import Level Data Using a Custom Importer.

Available only if Points is selected in the Store data as drop-down list.

Check this box to import the points only as lightweight/CAD points with X, Y, and Z grid coordinates, and not normal (surveyed) points with global and local latitude and longitude coordinates.

Note: Only grid points can be moved or elevated. To preserve their integrity, surveyed points cannot be moved or elevated.
Note: If you change your coordinate system, grid points do not move; they are 'non-transformable' in the sense of a coordinate system transformation. They can, however, be 'transformed' as in a CAD transformation (move, rotate, scale, and elevate). Grid points are also more easily edited than normal points (for surveyed points, you have to add coordinate records to edit their locations or elevations).

Select a coordinate quality to assign to the imported data.  Control quality data is fixed, mapping and survey quality data is weighted, and unknown quality data is not used during the computation of the project.

Tip: For large point files, select unknown quality; the program will perform faster.
Note: If you want to be able to edit the point quality within the software, select control or survey quality on import.