Hi Erik: Debug shows that your cell data files (test*.00) are not in valid EnSight Gold format. A valid binary 'Scalar per Element' (i.e., scalar cell data) file begins with a 80-char description line, followed by a 80-char line that contains token 'part'. Then comes with an integer (in binary) that serves as the part / zone Id. What follows is a list of element (cell) types with the associated element (cell) based scalar values. Specifically, each element / cell type occupies a 80-char line. The 'block' section should come at the very end of a 'scalar per element' file, whereas the 'block' token emerges at the third line (while actually the aformentioned integer value in binary --- the part/zone Id is expected) of your file.
Please note that even a binary EnSight Gold file usually contains chars (e.g., description lines and EnSight tokens) and in this case, the chars are encoded in the file on a 80-char-line basis and each such line ends with a cariage-return symbol. Please reference pp. 536, the EnSight User Manual ( http://vis.lbl.gov/NERSC/Software/ensight/docs82/UserManual.pdf) to find the valid format for a 'scalar per element' file. Also, you may use EnSight Format Checker (http://aero.ist.utl.pt/~rreis/ens_checker.32 and http://aero.ist.utl.pt/~rreis/ens_checker.64) to check your EnSight files, though these two checkers are 'necessary' but not 'sufficient'. -Zhanping On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Erik Keever <ejkee...@nerdshack.com> wrote: > Zhanping: > > Thank you for helping. I can't send them over email (my msg limit is 10MB) > so > I have to upload and link to them: > > http://ejksdesktop.homelinux.com/univ/testx.00 > http://ejksdesktop.homelinux.com/univ/testy.00 > > I wish I could say "any scalar file with 25MB of zeros will do" but with my > luck that may not be the case. > > -- Erik > > On Tuesday 09 March 2010, you wrote: > > Erik: > > > > I will check it and could I have a copy of the variable files? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -Zhanping > > > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 1:17 AM, Erik Keever <ejkee...@nerdshack.com> > wrote: > > > Hello again, > > > > > > After some generous help off-list I have run into a brick wall trying > to > > > get > > > PV to work with the ensight files I am writing. > > > > > > I have been testing the case and geometry files attached and have the > > > binary > > > scalar files referenced in them. PV opens the .case, throws no errors, > > > shows 'energy' and 'mass' under cell/point array status, and then... > > > nothing. > > > > > > It refuses to admit the existance of anything except the structured > grid > > > itself, no matter what I do. I can click the checkboxes and press apply > > > til the cows come home but nothing works. It _does_ read the scalars > > > because it _does_ complain if the files aren't there, it just won't > show > > > or do anything. > > > Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong? > > > > > > -- Erik > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > > > > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > > > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > > > > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the ParaView Wiki at: > > > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView > > > > > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > > > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview > > > > -- Zhanping Liu, PhD Kitware, Inc. 28 Corporate Drive Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662 Phone: 518-371-3971 x 138 http://www.zhanpingliu.org
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