Import nastran nodes deck in Python using numpy

Question

If I want to import a Nastran Deck into a Python Array, in one fell swoop using numpy. How can I go about it? Where am I going wrong?

I have a file with only Grids in it

Answer 1

instead of numpy, perhaps pyNastran would work? https://github.com/SteveDoyle2/pyNastran

this examples prints nodes

import pyNastran
from pyNastran.bdf.bdf import BDF
model = BDF()
model.read_bdf('inputdeck.bdf', xref=True)
model.nodes
{1: GRID           1              8.      3.      0.,
 2: GRID           2              8.      9.      0.,
 3: GRID           3              8.     11.      0.,
 4: GRID           4              8.     13.      0.,
 5: GRID           5             -8.      3.      0.,
 6: GRID           6             -8.      9.      0.,
 7: GRID           7             -8.     11.      0.,
 8: GRID           8             -8.     13.      0.,
 9: GRID           9              2.      5.      0.}