[Paraview] XYZ to VTK

[Mike Jackson]

What version of ParaView are you using? And did  you rename the file
to have a ".vtk" extension?

Mike

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 6:16 AM, Dr Patricia Lozano-Casal
<P.Lozano-Casal at ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi Mike,
>
>  I tried doing what you said but I still get this error:
>
>
>  ERROR: In C:\berk\ReleaseBuilds\ParaView3\VTK\IO\vtkXMLReader.cxx,  
> line 317
>  vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader (0C4E74C8): Error parsing input file.
>
> ReadXMLInformation aborting.
>
>
>  ERROR: In
>  C:\berk\ReleaseBuilds\ParaView3\VTK\Filtering\vtkExecutive.cxx,  
> line 757
>  vtkCompositeDataPipeline (0DBC2C28): Algorithm
>  vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader(0C4E74C8) returned failure for request:
>  vtkInformation (0DC0EA40)
>    Debug: Off
>    Modified Time: 61375
>
>    Reference Count: 1
>    Registered Events: (none)
>    Request: REQUEST_INFORMATION
>    ALGORITHM_AFTER_FORWARD: 1
>    KEYS_TO_COPY: COMPOSITE_DATA_INFORMATION
>    FORWARD_DIRECTION: 0
>
>  I have the feeling that my vtkUnstructuredReader only has the XML
>  version. Do you know how I can get the one for ASCII, or a Windows
>  Paraview version that has the right reader?
>
>  Thanks again for all your help.
>
>
>  Patty
>
>  Quoting Mike Jackson <imikejackson at gmail.com>:
>
>
>
>> Sorry about that. Name the file "test.vtk". That worked for me  
>> under PV
>> 3 on OS X.
>>
>> Mike.
>>
>> On Feb 19, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Dr Patricia Lozano-Casal wrote:
>>
>>>>>> # Example VTK file for general XYZ data
>>>>>> # vtk DataFile Version 2.0
>>>>>> Unstructured Grid Example
>>>>>> ASCII
>>>>>> DATASET UNSTRUCTURED_GRID
>>>>>> POINTS 4 float
>>>>>> 3.44 0.0 0.0
>>>>>> 3.44 1.0 0.0
>>>>>> 3.44 0.0 1.0
>>>>>> 3.44 1.0 1.0
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CELLS 4 8
>>>>>> 1 0
>>>>>> 1 1
>>>>>> 1 2
>>>>>> 1 3
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CELL_TYPES 5
>>>>>> 1
>>>>>> 1
>>>>>> 1
>>>>>> 1
>>>>>> 1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> POINT_DATA 4
>>>>>> SCALARS potential float 1
>>>>>> LOOKUP_TABLE default
>>>>>> 1.0
>>>>>> 2.0
>>>>>> 2.5
>>>>>> 3.5
>>
>> --
>> Mike Jackson   Senior Research Engineer
>> Innovative Management & Technology Services
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