I don't know the answer to most of the questions in this email. I did however just push the latest VisItBridge tecplot reader into ParaView master. That should make at least a few more tecplot files readable.
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Richard GRENON <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > The Tecplot reader is very usefull, but it should be further improved > because many Tecplot files (written by the user according to Tecplot format > specifications or written by Tecplot itself !) still cannot be read ! > > I am usually using Structured grid, and the Tecplot reader works fine for > most of my ASCII files, except for those that are written by Tecplot itself > and that contain the STRANDID and SOLUTIONTIME tokens that are currently > unsupported. I have to remove these unsupported tokens from all ZONE headers > before reading with Paraview. May I suggest to ignore those unsupported > tokens with just a warning rather than stopping reading ? > > Another problem is with Unstructured grids. Reading the mail of Beichuan Yan > (subject =Paraview 3.14.1 Tecplot Reader Errors ), I tried to read several > ASCII Tecplot files with unstructured grids. Some of my files made Paraview > freeze, other could not be read and gave many error messages such as : > > "The record type XXX found in the file is unknown" > > where xxx may be some coordinate data or something else. > > It seems that the reader is bad positioned in the file because one or more > token in the "ZONE" header are not recognized. > > Looking at the reader source file, I tried to modify the header of simple > Tecplot files with TRIANGLE or QUADRILATERAL elements, but I never succeeded > in identifying which token is not recognized. > > So, at that time, is the Tecplot reader really able to read unstructured > grids or not ? If yes, could someone provide a sample Tecplot file for > unstructured grid that Paraview can read ? This would help identifying what > is not well recognized in the true Tecplot format. > > Thank you in advance for your help. > > Best regards > > -- > Richard GRENON > ONERA > Departement d'Aerodynamique Appliquee - DAAP/ACI > 8 rue des Vertugadins > 92190 MEUDON - FRANCE > phone : +33 1 46 73 42 17 > fax : +33 1 46 73 41 46 > mailto:[email protected] > http://www.onera.fr > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
