problem in adding point to surface

[vijayant.nit]

I have got a csv file and want to add to the surface but it says error in adding point file.....dont know what to do. Size of the csv is 13MB and contains about 0.2million points

[rkmcswain]

Does the CSV file have any header lines in it?

I'm assuming this is a true comma separated ASCII file that can be opened in Notepad

As a test, carve out a few lines (±10) from the file and save as a separate CSV file, make sure there are no header lines and see if this will import.  Keep adding portions to this smaller file until it fails.

[MikeEvansUK]

Note: You can have headers but you must remember to add a # before them then use the invalid character feature in the import type and set it to match (#).

It is simpler not to as Rick suggests but sometimes you need them to jog your memory.

The point import can be ropey with some characters, I have gone as far as to open the txt file and remove all Spaces using find & replace to get the import to work. If a number has a space before it it will throw an error.

Also if you have opened edited and saved this in Excel as a CSV file (and maybe other types). Edit the file in notepad and save it again. I have found that sometimes excel messes with the formatting or file settings but notepad will fix this.