[Paraview] Re: Tecplot writer (was: parallel paraview)

kmorel kmorel at sandia.gov
Tue Nov 13 14:07:02 EST 2007


I see no Tecplot reader or writer in VTK.  Without the basic implementation,
ParaView cannot write in this format.

I have cc’ed the paraview mailing list to see if anyone else out there knows
of a tecplot writer that was never contributed back to VTK or ParaView.

-Ken


On 11/13/07 10:19 AM, "msahin.ae00" <msahin.ae00 at mynet.com> wrote:

> Hi Ken,
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> Is it possible to read Ensight Gold file from paraview and save as a Tecplot
> file? If so where l can find the modules for Tecplot.
> Thanks
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> Mehmet
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> ----- Özgün İleti -----
> Kimden : "Moreland, Kenneth"
> Kime : "Mehmet SAHIN"
> Cc : "Kamran Mohseni"
> Gönderme tarihi : 5/09/2007 22:04
> Konu : RE: RE: RE: [Paraview] parallel paraview
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> From:face=Tahoma> Mehmet SAHIN
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 05,
> 2007 1:44 PM
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> To: Moreland, Kenneth
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> Subject: Ynt: RE: RE: [Paraview]
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> I tried reverserse connnection but pvserver at local node cannot locate client
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> nor outgoing connections are possible at the local nodes. I wonder whether you
> have any other suggestion. May be use of frontal machine.
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> ----- Özgün İleti -----
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> Kime : "Mehmet SAHIN"
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> Konu : RE: RE: [Paraview] parallel paraview
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> You can use the reverse connection (-rc) option on both pvserver and pvclient
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