Hi,
I also tried to use Paraview in order to read Tecplot data (see the
question I asked on Feb, 4 :
http://www.mail-archive.com/paraview@paraview.org/msg17756.html).
Richard is right about the readers in version 3.98. There are indeed 3
of them : "Tecplot Files" (ASCII) is the original one I guess, and there
are also the "VisIt" plugins, "Tecplot Files (VisIt)" (ASCII) and
"Tecplot Binary Files (VisIt)" (binary). No need to install any other
software, it should work out-of-the-box.
Please note that if your data is time-dependent, currently the only way
to process it is to use the "Tecplot Files" ASCII reader, because
neither VisIt plugins can handle time series. Hopefully, this issue will
be fixed in the next release (Sebastien Jourdain seems to be working on it).
If your data does not depend upon time, Paraview should do the job (I
successfully used all of the 3 readers). If you get an error, as Richard
suggested, you may try to clean up the headers or use a more recent
version of Tecplot (2011 and 2012 work for me).
Regards,
Jerome
Le 26/04/2013 14:32, Richard GRENON a écrit :
Hi Zhang.
Just a last info: since my last mail, I have made some tests with old
binary Tecplot (.plt) files, and I discovered that some files are
readable, but some files are not readable and give the same error
message. In fact, it depends on the Tecplot version that has built
these files. So, if you have problems with old (.plt) files, you may
try to convert them into a recent version of the (.plt) format using a
recent Tecplot release before reading them with Paraview.
Have a good week-end.
Richard.
Le 26/04/2013 14:20, zhangqingyu a écrit :
Hi Richard,
Thank you again for your patient and useful suggestion! Best wishes
ever for you !
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*发件人:* "Richard GRENON"<richard.gre...@onera.fr>;
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*主题:* Re: 回复：RE: [Paraview] error when open tecplot(.plt) files
Hello.
Glad to see that you have solved your problem. It is true that you
need the Vislt software for reading Tecplot files, but this software
is included in the last Paraview release 3.98.1. I am using the last
binaries found on the Paraview download pages, and I can read Tecplot
binary or ASCII files without adding software.
On older Paraview releases, the Vislt software was delivered as a
plugin that was not activated by default. In that case, you had to go
through the menu "Tools->Manage plugins", then select the "Vislt"
plugin, click the "Load selected" button, close Paraview, and finally
reopen Paraview to get the plugin activated. So, check your Paraview
version, and you may want to update it for the last 3.98.1 release.
But take care: there are two Tecplot readers. If you open a (.tp)
ASCII Tecplot file, you will have the choice between "Tecplot Files"
or "Tecplot Files (Vislt)". I don't know exactly what are the
differences, but if a reader fails, try the other.
But the Tecplot readers are not perfect, and that may explain your
ERROR message. Sometimes, with Tecplot ASCII files, I have to remove
from the header some options that the readers do not recognize. Try
to have the simplest headers without "exotic" options when using
ASCII files, and the readers will be OK.
If you have again problems with (.plt) files, feel free to provide a
(short) sample file.
Richard
Le 26/04/2013 12:29, zhangqingyu a écrit :
dear Richard:
many thanks for your reply. i am form China, yesterday i came
across the paraview and it did get my interests, so i want to use
paraview instead of tecplot.
it does not work when adopt your opinion, the error reminder message
is that:
ERROR: In
C:\DBD\pvs-x32\paraview\src\paraview\Utilities\VisItBridge\databases\AvtAlgorithms\vtkAvtSTMDFileFormatAlgorithm.cxx,
line 122
vtkVisItTecplotBinaryReader (0A119958): Unable to find any meshes
ERROR: In
C:\DBD\pvs-x32\paraview\src\paraview\VTK\Common\ExecutionModel\vtkExecutive.cxx,
line 753
vtkPVCompositeDataPipeline (0A0A9440): Algorithm
vtkVisItTecplotBinaryReader(0A119958) returned failure for request:
vtkInformation (0A101248)
Debug: Off
Modified Time: 100298
Reference Count: 1
Registered Events: (none)
Request: REQUEST_DATA_OBJECT
FORWARD_DIRECTION: 0
ALGORITHM_AFTER_FORWARD: 1
but i got some useful message from the paraview->help, and i have
downloaded the software VisIt, and it goes well. the link of VisIt
is https://wci.llnl.gov/codes/visit/download.html
at last, thank you again for your help.
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"916462313"<916462...@qq.com>;
*主题:* RE: [Paraview] error when open tecplot(.plt) files
Hello.
Paraview 3.98.1 is able to read Tecplot ASCII or Binary files.
For Tecplot (.plt) files, menu "File->Open" and choose "Tecplot Binary
Files (Vislt) (*.plt)" in the "Files of type" list before selecting
your
(.plt) file.
Richard.
> honorable guys: i need to open tecplot(.plt) files , but there is
an error
> reminder when i try, does it need any tecplot reader？ where can i
> find the
> reader? thanks a lot.
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