Open A File; Create A New Project; Import Data - Fourier TriLink User Manual

4.4.6.

Open a File

1. Click Open
2. Navigate to the folder in which the project is stored
3. Double click the file name to open the project
MultiLab opens the project and displays the first graph on the graph list. If the project
does not include saved graphs, the file opens with an empty graph window. Use the
Data Map (see page 96) to display the desired data set.
4.4.7.

Create a New Project

There are three ways to create a new project:
1. Open the MultiLab program, which will open a new file each time
2. When working in Single Measurement mode, a new project is
opened every time you click on the Run button to start a new
recording
3. Any time you click New button
4.4.8.

Import data

Any file that is in comma separated values text format (CSV) can be imported into
MultiLab
To import a CSV file:
1. Click File on the menu bar, then click Import CSV file
2. In the dialog that opens, next to Look in, navigate to the drive and
folder that contains the CSV file
3. Select the file
4. Click Open
Tips:
To create a text file in a spreadsheet:
5. Open a new spreadsheet
6. Enter your data according to the following rules:
a)
b)
See for example the table below:
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on the main toolbar
The first row should contain headers. Each header
includes the name of the data set and units in
brackets, e.g. Distance (m)
The first column should be the time. The time interval
between successive rows must match the time
intervals accepted by MultiLab. You can export
MultiLab files to Excel to learn about these time
formats
on the toolbar