Import

Select files to import using the Import dialog.

Look In

The Look in field shows the current directory. Click the down arrow to see the directory structure. Click on the folders to change directories.

Creating New Folders and Changing the View

The buttons to the right of the Look in field allow you to create new folders and change the view of the file list.

File List

The file list displays files in the current directory. The current directory is listed in the Look in field. The Files of type field controls the display of the file list. For example, if Golden Software Boundary (*.GSB) is listed in the Files of type field only .GSB files appear in the files list. To see all files in the directory, choose All Files (*.*) from the Files of type list.

Double-click on a file to open it or single-click the file and then click the Open button. To import more than one file, select the files you wish to import by holding CTRL while clicking, and then click Open. When adding images with Home | Insert | Graphic, each file is added as an image a group. When adding base maps with Home | New Map | Base, each file is added as a separate map.

File Name

The File name field shows the name of the selected file. Also, a path and file name can be typed into the box to open a file.

Open Files

Surfer tracks the files being used by maintaining a list of opened files for new maps and the files used in saved maps. The file(s) used in existing maps are shown in a compiled list in the Open images field of the Import dialog.

Files of Type

The Files of type field shows the file format to be opened. To change the file format, click the down arrow and select the file type from the list.

The Common Graphic Files (*...) format type is selected by default. This displays all the file formats that can be imported with Home | Insert | Graphic in the navigation pane. If a different format type is selected, Surfer will remember the setting until the end of the current session. When Surfer is restarted, the default format type will be used.

To see all files in the directory, choose All Files (*.*) from the Files of type list. Double-click on a file to open it or single-click the file and then click the Open button. The All Files (*.*) option shows all of the file formats in the current directory, even if the file type is not appropriate for the action chosen.

Import Format Types

The Home | Insert | Graphic command in the plot document opens the Import dialog. In the Import dialog, select one of the following formats to import objects into the plot.

Open Images

Surfer tracks the files being used by maintaining a list of opened images for new maps and the images used in saved maps. The images(s) used to build maps can be opened from the compiled list in the Open Grids field of the Open Grid dialog. The only exception is that vector data between base layers will not be shown.

Import Format Types

The Home | Insert | Graphic command in the plot document opens the Import dialog. In the Import dialog, select one of the following formats to import objects into the plot.

Remarks

To open Golden Software Blanking .BLN and Atlas Boundary .BNA files in the worksheet use File | Open in Worksheet rather than Home | Insert | Graphic.
Images are typically imported into Surfer as a base map by clicking the Home | New Map | Base command.
Where applicable, Surfer automatically imports all available attribute information.

Import

Look In

Creating New Folders and Changing the View

File List

File Name

Open Files

Files of Type

Import Format Types

Open Images

Import Format Types

Remarks

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