[Paraview] Issues Opening Tecplot *.dat File(s)

[Christopher Neal]

Hi Zach,

I had a similar issue recently. I can't seem to download the file (it's
giving a 403 server error that I don't have permission to download).  The
kitware team found that the Paraview Tecplot reader would get into an
infinite loop if it had trouble reading some of the header information. In
my case it was a line that contained 'f=point c=black' which was causing
the issue.

The issue was resolved but the fix isn't in the current version. See the
Gitlab issue: https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/17293

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Zach Davis <zdavis at pointwise.com> wrote:

> Tuesday, 11 April 2017
>
>
>
> All,
>
> I’m encountering a problem in which ParaVIew seems to freeze when
> attempting to load a Tecplot *.dat file.  An example of a compressed *.dat
> file that’s causing this issue can be downloaded here
> <https://pointwiseenterprise.sharefile.com/d-s9ba1e31b97d404c9> (~4.4MB).
> I’m using ParaVIew 5.3.0-219-g24f5a44 under macOS 10.12.4.  Note, the file
> fails to load under ParaView version 4.4 as well.  I’ve compressed the
> *.dat file with gzip for transmission—please unzip it prior to attempting
> to reproduce the problem in ParaView.  Uncompressed it's a 16MB file, and
> shouldn’t take very long to load…  Any ideas what might be the issue?  Is
> there a problem with the file’s format, or is ParaView the culprit?
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
>
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Christopher Neal
Research Engineer
Streamline Numerics, Inc.
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