From: Meagan on
dpb <none(a)non.net> wrote in message <i2pp6t$499$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>...
> Meagan wrote:
> > My previous message must have been too long. I renamed my output file to
> > datcom.out. Basically, when I try to use the command:
> > data = datcomimport('datcom.out', true, 0)
> >
> > I get an error that the file cannot be opened. What am I doing wrong?
>
> what do you get from
>
> dir 'datcom.out'
>
> ? I'd presume the file isn't in the working directory or a directory in
> the Matlab path. If so, specify where it is, add the path or otherwise
> resolve the problem in locating the file.
>
> Ignore my other response; I don't have the appropriate toolbox and
> therefore didn't realize there was a function already prepared to parse
> an output file of the type...
>
> --

Thank you very much!
From: Saurabh Mahapatra on
Not that I know what the question is either:)

If you have an install of the Aerospace Toolbox, check this demo out:

Importing from USAF Digital DATCOM Files

>>astimportddatcom

The web version (not executable) is here:

http://www.mathworks.com/products/aerotb/demos.html?file=/products/demos/shipping/aero/astimportddatcom.html

Documentation is here:

http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/aerotbx/ug/bqsgj4j-2.html

Over the last couple of days, I was trying to get a geometrical feel of these numbers and I found these resource very helpful (Many thanks to Prof. Greiner and his students):

Tutorial: http://www.openae.org/stability-and-control-resources/digital-datcom-resources

3D visualization MATLAB scripts: http://www.openae.org/stability-and-control-software/plot-datcom-3d

Thanks,

Saurabh