[Paraview] netCDF grids and Paraview 3.3.0

[Lester Anderson]

Hello
 
Thanks for the response.
 
I am sure it is easy to prepare a reader for the netCDF format, but alas I am not a programmer, and nor do I compile the source code to make Paraview: I just use the executable version.
 
I realise that the GMT grid format (netCDF) is a generic format, and is widely used in the geophysics community, so it would be useful to have this format, or a way of getting it into vtk/paraview directly. Is there a windows program that could convert netCDF (GMT grids) to VTK: at present all I have seen is code that needs to be compiled and built to make a custom version of Paraview.
 
The only other option I have is to make the grids as CSV format and hope that Paraview can understand this now in the developer version (3.3.0). I primarily work with Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) for my work, grid processing and manipulation: it can load XYZ data and build regular grids.
 
Thanks
 
Lester> Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 20:21:46 +0200> From: domi at vision.ee.ethz.ch> To: lester_anderson1963 at hotmail.com> CC: paraview at paraview.org> Subject: Re: [Paraview] netCDF grids and Paraview 3.3.0> > Do you have to store your data in netCDF? I mean, is this a 3rd party > code that forces you to use the format? There are more flexible > solutions than that, in case it is about your own code.> > In any case you are right, converting the files externally to vtk is no > fun. You need to write a plugin reader and that is less difficult than > it appears.> > --Dominik> > Lester Anderson wrote:> > Hello> > > > Just a quick request for the next stable release of Paraview.> > > > I know there are modules for loading/converting netCDF to vtk formats, > > but I would like to see a full implementation of the import in Paraview, > > i.e. we can just read in GMT grids in native netCDF format without any > > reformatting externally.> > > > It would appear that this should be a straightforward option to add - > > hope this gets on the list!> > > > How do others deal with netCDF grids and getting them into Paraview for > > modelling?> > > > Thanks> > > > Lester> > > > > > Miss your Messenger buddies when on-the-go? Get Messenger on your > > Mobile! <http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/msnnkmgl0010000001ukm/direct/01/>> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------> > > > _______________________________________________> > ParaView mailing list> > ParaView at paraview.org> > http://www.paraview.org/mailman/listinfo/paraview> > -- > Dominik Szczerba, Ph.D.> Biomedical Simulation Group> Computer Vision Lab CH-8092 Zurich> http://www.vision.ee.ethz.ch/~domi
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