<｜begin▁of▁sentence｜>### Instruction:
Imagine you're authoring a section for a comprehensive user manual on network analysis tools. In this specific part, you're tasked with guiding the user through the process of importing network data into a usable format for analysis. You need to describe how users can utilize NetworkX, a leading Python library, to transform a Pajek .net file (specifically 'path_to_net_file.net') into a NetworkX graph object. As part of this transformation, elucidate the steps to garner insights about the graph's structure: detailing the count of vertices and edges, and identifying the graph's orientation, whether it is directed or undirected. It's important to maintain the integrity of the original directive while crafting a clear, step-by-step narrative that's understandable to users of various expertise levels, from novice to advanced.
### Response:
import networkx as nx

# Read the graph
G = nx.read_pajek('path_to_net_file.net')

# Convert to Graph if you do not want a MultiGraph
G_simple = nx.Graph(G)

# Output some information about the graph
echo = nx.info(G_simple)
print(echo)
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