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 # `FixedWidthImportSettings`

 Last update: 16.07.2025 

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#### *class* Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.FixedWidthImportSettings

Bases: [`object`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#object)

T:Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.FixedWidthImportSettings defines how to import external data from a fixed-width source file.

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## Overview

### Methods

NameDescription[`Clear`](#FixedWidthImportSettings.Clear)[`GetEnumerator`](#FixedWidthImportSettings.GetEnumerator)[`RemoveAt`](#FixedWidthImportSettings.RemoveAt)Removes the import definition at the specified index.[`UseColumn`](#FixedWidthImportSettings.UseColumn)### Properties

NameDescription[`AverageCornerNodesToMidsideNodes`](#FixedWidthImportSettings.AverageCornerNodesToMidsideNodes)[`ColumnWidths`](#FixedWidthImportSettings.ColumnWidths)[`Count`](#FixedWidthImportSettings.Count)Gets the number of column definitions.[`Format`](#FixedWidthImportSettings.Format)Gets the existing corresponding format.[`Item`](#FixedWidthImportSettings.Item)Item property.[`SkipFooter`](#FixedWidthImportSettings.SkipFooter)Gets or sets the number of rows to ignore at the end of the file during import.[`SkipRows`](#FixedWidthImportSettings.SkipRows)Gets or sets the number of rows to skip over at the start of the file during import.<a id="property-detail"></a>

## Property detail

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### *property* FixedWidthImportSettings.AverageCornerNodesToMidsideNodes *: [bool](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#bool) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

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### *property* FixedWidthImportSettings.ColumnWidths *: [str](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

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### *property* FixedWidthImportSettings.Count *: [int](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets the number of column definitions.

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### *property* FixedWidthImportSettings.Format *: [Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.ExternalData.ImportFormat](../DataModel/MechanicalEnums/ExternalData/ImportFormat.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v242.Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.ExternalData.ImportFormat) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets the existing corresponding format.

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### *property* FixedWidthImportSettings.Item *: [Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ColumnarDataImportDefinition](ColumnarDataImportDefinition.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v242.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ColumnarDataImportDefinition) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Item property.

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### *property* FixedWidthImportSettings.SkipFooter *: [int](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets the number of rows to ignore at the end of the file during import.

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### *property* FixedWidthImportSettings.SkipRows *: [int](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int) | [None](https://docs.python.org/3/library/constants.html#None)*

Gets or sets the number of rows to skip over at the start of the file during import.

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## Method detail

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### FixedWidthImportSettings.Clear()

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### FixedWidthImportSettings.GetEnumerator()

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### FixedWidthImportSettings.RemoveAt(index: [int](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int))

Removes the import definition at the specified index.

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### FixedWidthImportSettings.UseColumn(index: [int](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int), variableType: [Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.ExternalData.VariableType](../DataModel/MechanicalEnums/ExternalData/VariableType.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v242.Ansys.Mechanical.DataModel.MechanicalEnums.ExternalData.VariableType), unit: [str](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str), name: [str](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#str))