From 067e16e59b937ec5e8ba74a0124d9b6a07ced0e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kbonney <kirkb1998@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:20:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] removing bugged line

---
 src/pynumad/io/excel_to_blade.py | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pynumad/io/excel_to_blade.py b/src/pynumad/io/excel_to_blade.py
index fddfcb6..e951f37 100644
--- a/src/pynumad/io/excel_to_blade.py
+++ b/src/pynumad/io/excel_to_blade.py
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ def excel_to_blade(blade, filename):
     -------
     blade = xlsBlade(FILENAME)
     """
-    if not os.path.exist(filename):
-        raise FileNotFoundError
     
     MPa_to_Pa = 1000000.0
     # Dictionary containing column indices