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

Tue Apr 11 17:49:19 EDT 2017

Christopher,

Sorry, about the link.  I would attach the file here, but it exceeds the mailing list’s size limits.  The solver I’m using is probably using an older version of the TecIO library, since changes to the Tecplot file format have been changing pretty frequently in recent years…  Hopefully someone else who can download the file can help identify which token(s), if any, are causing a problem.

Best Regards,

Zach Davis
Pointwise®, Inc.
Sr. Engineer, Sales & Marketing
213 South Jennings Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76104-1107

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> On Apr 11, 2017, at 4:44 PM, Christopher Neal <chrisneal at snumerics.com> wrote:
> 
> That link doesn't seem to work either :(
> 
> For me, those terms were apparently out of date with what the reader was expecting. And so when it hit those tokens it just froze instead of jumping out and throwing an error. It's possible that you have other tokens(i.e. options) that are setting this off.  It could also be something else, but the scenario is very close to what I was dealing with.  Is the program that is writing the Tecplot file up-to-date with the newest Tecplot file format?
> 
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Zach Davis <zdavis at pointwise.com <mailto:zdavis at pointwise.com>> wrote:
> Hi Christopher,
> 
> Thanks for you input.  Apologies if the link wasn’t working for you.  At least one person on the mailing list was able to download a copy successfully.  I don’t know if this will help, but you might try seeing if the following link works any better:
> 
> https://pointwiseenterprise.sharefile.com/d-sd1c1d4e9eeb450e8 <https://pointwiseenterprise.sharefile.com/d-sd1c1d4e9eeb450e8>
> 
> I did a preliminary search for the terms “f=point” and “c=black” in my text editor.  It doesn’t seem to have found either entries; though, it does appear it’s stuck in a loop of some sort.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> 
> Zach Davis
> Pointwise®, Inc.
> Sr. Engineer, Sales & Marketing
> 213 South Jennings Avenue
> Fort Worth, TX 76104-1107
> 
> E: zach.davis at pointwise.com <mailto:zach.davis at pointwise.com>
> P: (817) 377-2807 x1202 <tel:(817)%20377-2807>
> F: (817) 377-2799 <tel:(817)%20377-2799>
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>> On Apr 11, 2017, at 4:32 PM, Christopher Neal <chrisneal at snumerics.com <mailto:chrisneal at snumerics.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> 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 <https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/17293>
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 4:16 PM, Zach Davis <zdavis at pointwise.com <mailto: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,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Zach Davis
>> Pointwise®, Inc.
>> Sr. Engineer, Sales & Marketing
>> 213 South Jennings Avenue
>> Fort Worth, TX 76104-1107
>> 
>> E: zach.davis at pointwise.com <mailto:zach.davis at pointwise.com>
>> P: (817) 377-2807 x1202 <tel:(817)%20377-2807>
>> F: (817) 377-2799 <tel:(817)%20377-2799>
>>  <https://www.twitter.com/RcktMan78>  <https://www.youtube.com/cfdmeshing>  <https://www.facebook.com/pointwise>  <https://www.github.com/pointwise>
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>> Christopher Neal
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> Christopher Neal
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