[Paraview] Tecplot binary reader failure /limitations (3.10.0)

[Robert Maynard]

Hi Christopher,

Would you be able to send me the older plt file that is failing and the
resulting file after it has been converted to the latest version of tecplot.

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Christopher Butler <chris.butler at monash.edu
> wrote:

> Richard & Adriano,
> I am absolutely certain that the file is actually a data file .plt. I am
> also sure that the file is valid for tecplot (it loaded into tecplot). I can
> send you a sample file if that would be informative.
>
> Chris Butler
> On 24/03/2011, at 9:02 PM, Adriano Gagliardi wrote:
>
> >
> > Just to be sure, this is a Tecplot .tec or .dat file we are talking
> about,
> > and not a .lpk or .lay file?
> >
> >
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> > Adriano Gagliardi MEng PhD
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> > On Behalf Of Richard GRENON
> > Sent: 24 March 2011 08:40
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> > Subject: Re: [Paraview] Tecplot binary reader failure /limitations
> (3.10.0)
> >
> > Hi Chris.
> >
> > I tried to write Tecplot binary files with Tecplot 360 2009 and Tecplot
> 360
> > 2010, and both saved files have the same version number #!TDV112 and they
> > can be loaded with PV 3.10.0.
> >
> > But an old Tecplot binary file with the version number #!TDV71 can also
> be
> > loaded with PV 3.10.0. !
> >
> > So the Tecplot version number does not seem to be the problem, at least
> from
> > 71 to 112. Could your original file have been corrupted ?
> >
> > Richard.
> >
> >
> > Christopher Butler a écrit :
> >> Hi Richard,
> >> Downloaded the linux binaries again, however, I had the same issue.
> > However, I had access to a version of tecplot (tec360 (2009)) and saved
> the
> > file as an updated version. This version then loaded into Paraview.
> >>
> >> The original file had a tecplot version string of #!TDV102 compared with
> > #!TDV112. Therefore I guess there is a limitation on the versions of
> tecplot
> > files that are accepted by the reader.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Chris Butler
> >>
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