>I'd like to import the data so that it is a field with regular-gridded >positions (and appropriate connections), replacing the x-y positions. The >z, temperature, and wind_v components should be components of that field.
Off-hand I don't think there is a direct import way to get what you ask. However, it sounds like you've figured out how to import the data in general format as a group with column major "locations", right? (if not, let us know) So, you might consider simply making a stack of Replaces to get the data arrays from each member of the input group, and Replace them back onto any one copy of the master field (with positions and connections). Since there are only 3 (assuming wind is a 2-vector), this shouldn't be too awful. You Import the group, Select "z" field, Select "temp" field, and Select "wind" field in parallel, then Replace "temp"'s data as "temp" onto the "z" field, then Replace "wind"'s data as "wind" onto the new composite field. Of course you need to Mark appropriately later in the net to get the named component you want to work with. The interleaving does cause native DX format to be not very useful in this case. (That is an interesting observation about Export. I don't know what the rationale is for not preserving the compact array description. I would guess Export was designed to export to other programs that wouldn't know what to do with it. Too bad there isn't a switch to preserve it for reimport into DX.) Chris Pelkie Vice President/Scientific Visualization Producer Conceptual Reality Presentations, Inc. 30 West Meadow Drive Ithaca, NY 14850 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (607) 257-8335 or (607) 254-8794
