This command reads data or a mesh into the active Mesh Object. AVS, LaGriT, and GMV formats are supported. The other formats may be used, but no guarantees are made about their capabilities.
read/ avs read AVS UCD format files
read/ lagrit read lagrit restart file with mesh object defined
read/ gmv read General Mesh Viewer GMV format files
read/ gmvfreeformat ascii gmv files to be read with read(*)
read/ sheetij read elevations into quad surface
cmo / readatt/… read tabular data spreadsheet style into node attributes
read/ zone or zonn or zone_element read node numbers from zone or zonn file
read/ gocad read GOCAD file, single instance of mesh only
read/ iges_grid IGES file with surfaces, curves, points in NURBS format
read / avs / myfile / mesh_object_name
read / myfile.inp / mesh_object_name
read / mesh.gmv / mesh_object_name
Short form syntax does not require file type as the second token. This is supported for the suffixes avs inp gmv lg lagrit
See links to various formats for more detailed explanations and examples.