Load utility DATLOAD

DATLOAD is a Matlab function that loads FDC model definition data from file. By default it will search for *.DAT files, using the FDC data-directory as starting point. If that directory can't be found, DATLOAD will use the current working directory instead and display a warning message. It is possible to specify a default filename too; both filename and extension can be overruled in the load dialog window.

The most obvious example of this type of datafiles is the AIRCRAFT.DAT file containing the aircraft model-data, which was created with the MODBUILD script.

Usage

datload
will open a dialog box with all available DAT-files in the used data-directory.

datload('filename')
will do the same, except 'filename.dat' will be used as default filename (this can still be overruled by selecting a different file from the load dialog). Wildcards '?' and/or '*' may be used.

Note: Specifying a non-existing filename as default DAT-file does not yield an error, unless one actually tries to open this non-existing file from the load dialog.

Related utilities

Other, similar, load utilities for the FDC toolbox are MATLOAD, TRILOAD, and LINLOAD. These load functions are all based upon FDCLOAD.