Problem importing points as ENZ format

[Anonymous]

I am trying to import a point file that is "Easting,Northing,Elevation" (ENZ). I have created an ENZ format (comma delimited) and the point file looks correct but I continue to get "No point file format match found". I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. Please see the attached screenshot which shows how I have the file format set up. The point file is formated as shown below:

1131796.330,502843.782,-1.900
1131805.999,502750.187,-4.900
1131808.455,502822.157,-3.100
1131811.124,502744.000,-4.900
1131811.705,502814.688,-3.500
1131814.580,502807.220,-3.700
1131816.249,502736.812,-5.200
1131816.830,502799.782,-4.100
1131819.205,502793.626,-4.100
1131820.330,502823.376,-3.200
1131820.705,502832.001,-3.200
1131820.874,502729.468,-5.500
1131822.705,502814.313,-3.400
1131822.830,502783.938,-4.600
1131825.249,502722.437,-5.700
1131825.705,502776.438,-5.000
1131826.580,502809.313,-3.400

Thanks!

Corey

[rkmcswain · Accepted solution]

I think your data file is not plain ASCII. (See image)

I copied the text from your post and saved it to a .TXT file using NOTEPAD and it worked just fine for me.

[Jay_B]

What are the strange characters on upper left of the second screen shot (Easting column)?

If those are in the file that could be your problem.

Are there any extra characters etc. in the ascii file?

[Anonymous]

Looks like you were correct rkmcswain. I opened the text file in Word and the strange characters in the front appeared. I deleted those characters and resaved the file as basic text and I was then able to import the points.

Thanks for your response!

Corey

[dbinkney]

First, thanks for this tip - it worked for me as well, i.e., opening the text file in Word, which allowed me to see those funky characters.

My follow-up question, if you happen to know, is why did this happen?  When my drafter exported the text file, did he have a setting that wasn't ASCII format?  It's odd, because I had a set of 10 XYZs, but only 2 of them had this issue and I would like to sort out what was done on those two in particular to cause the issues. 

No worries if this isn't an easy response.  Thanks again.