### 2.5.8. GridPro/az3000

Imports a GridPro/az3000 grid and connectivity file from Program Development Corporation (PDC).

The external import routine is `ImportPDC`. The import routine will attempt to determine the connectivity file associated with the grid file by appending the extension `conn` to the grid filename. If the file is not found, then the grid filename extension will be replaced by `conn` and the new file checked for. If neither of these are found, the import routine will look for a file named conn.tmp, and if found will use it. A command line option (`-c`) is also available to explicitly name the connectivity file.

If a connectivity file is found, the interface information in the file will be used to eliminate the duplicate nodes at block interfaces, and boundaries conditions will be imported as regions into CFX. If the boundary condition is named in the connectivity file, then that name will be used for the region name, else the default name UnnamedRegionX with the X replaced by a number will be used. If a connectivity file is not found, or the command line option to ignore the connectivity file is given (`-i`), then only the grid file will be imported, resulting in duplicate nodes at the block interfaces. You may then want to eliminate these duplicate nodes with the command line option (`-d` or `-D`).

Available options are:

`-v` Verbose output. Echo additional data to `stdout` during the import.

`-i` Ignore the connectivity file. Duplicate nodes will result and no regions will be imported.

`-c <`connfile`>` Set the name of the connectivity file associated with the grid file to ``connfile``.

`-p` Include periodic boundary conditions as regions. These are not normally included in the import. Setting this flag will result in these being imported as regions.

`-q` Read from the property file

`-P <`propfile`>` Set the name of the property file associated with the grid file to ``propfile``.

`-3` Import grid blocks as 3D regions

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