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 # `ExternalData`

 Last update: 09.03.2026 

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## Summary

### Interfaces

NameDescription[`ICEPAKImportSettings`](ICEPAKImportSettings.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ICEPAKImportSettings)T:Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ICEPAKImportSettings defines how to import external data from an ICEPAK BOOL or ICEPAK COND file.### Classes

NameDescription[`AXDTImportSettings`](AXDTImportSettings.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.AXDTImportSettings)T:Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.AXDTImportSettings defines how to import external data from an AXDT file.[`CGNSImportSettings`](CGNSImportSettings.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.CGNSImportSettings)T:Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.CGNSImportSettings defines how to import external data from a CGNS file.[`ColumnarDataImportDefinition`](ColumnarDataImportDefinition.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ColumnarDataImportDefinition)A simple class to hold the import definitions for how a column from a data source in[`ColumnarDataSourceBase`](ColumnarDataSourceBase.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ColumnarDataSourceBase)T:Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ColumnarDataSourceBase is a class that provides foundational behavior for[`DelimitedImportSettings`](DelimitedImportSettings.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.DelimitedImportSettings)T:Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.DelimitedImportSettings defines how to import external data from a delimited source file.[`ECADImportSettings`](ECADImportSettings.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ECADImportSettings)T:Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ECADImportSettings defines how to import external data from an ECAD file.[`ExternalDataFile`](ExternalDataFile.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ExternalDataFile)A basic definition of the external data file.[`ExternalDataFileCollection`](ExternalDataFileCollection.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ExternalDataFileCollection)T:Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ExternalDataFileCollection is a class that provides foundational behavior for[`FixedWidthImportSettings`](FixedWidthImportSettings.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.FixedWidthImportSettings)T:Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.FixedWidthImportSettings defines how to import external data from a fixed-width source file.[`H5ImportSettings`](H5ImportSettings.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.H5ImportSettings)T:Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.H5ImportSettings defines how to import external data from a H5 file.[`ImportSettingsBase`](ImportSettingsBase.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ImportSettingsBase)A base class for Table import settings.[`ImportSettingsFactory`](ImportSettingsFactory.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.ImportSettingsFactory)ImportSettingsFactory interface.[`MAPDLImportSettings`](MAPDLImportSettings.md#ansys.mechanical.stubs.v251.Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.MAPDLImportSettings)T:Ansys.Mechanical.ExternalData.MAPDLImportSettings defines how to import external data from a MAPDL CDB file.<a id="description"></a>

## Description

ExternalData module.