[Paraview] paraview bug

Berk Geveci berk.geveci at kitware.com
Thu Jul 3 15:21:05 EDT 2008


This is definitely a bug. It looks like the XML parser is screwing up
something. After loading the example data you sent me, if you look at
the number of cells and points, they don't even match what is in the
file.

-berk

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 4:24 PM, John Doe <ufnoise at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am writing an ascii xml file for an unstructured mesh.  I have
> scalar and vector data on lines.  If I have any vector data listed
> before scalar data, I get a crash upon hitting the apply button in
> paraview:
> ERROR: In /home/berk/Work/ReleaseBuilds/ParaView3/VTK/IO/vtkXMLDataReader.cxx,
> line 532
> vtkXMLUnstructuredGridReader (0x8aeed88): Cannot read cell data array
> "ElectricField" from PointData in piece 1.  The data array in the
> element may be too short.
>
> This is how I am declaring data to be vector data.
> <DataArray Name="ElectricField" type="Float64" NumberOfComponents="3"
> format="ascii">
>
> However, if I ensure that the vector data are listed after the scalar
> data in the cell data section, everything is cool.
>
> Is this a known issue, or should I file a bug?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Juan
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