[vtkusers] Re: Is there a validator for VTK file formats?

[Mathieu Malaterre]

Tom,

	If you don't have a recent VTK book, you can look online:

http://vtk.org/pdf/file-formats.pdf

	And XML itself provide a much better validation.

Mathieu

W.T. Bridgman wrote:
> Dooh!!!
> 
> That seems to have fixed it - leaving another set of problems to solve.
> 
> Thanks.  I looked at that line many a time and never picked up on it.
> 
> I'll have to find docs on the XML file formats.  I assume they have  
> better validation?
> 
> Tom
> 
> On Jul 28, 2004, at 10:35 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> 
>> Oops, didn't carfeully read your email.
>>
>> So the buggy file was the other one, sorry. Try changing:
>>
>> CELLS_TYPES
>>
>> into
>>
>> CELL_TYPES
>>
>> BTW, these file format are legacy file format. Maybe try looking at  
>> the newest XML file format. They shouldn't seg fault as the old  format.
>>
>> HTH
>> Mathieu
>>
>> W.T. Bridgman wrote:
>>
>>> Here's a reduced version of the files.
>>> particlefluxstruct.vtk works fine but doesn't complete the toroidal  
>>> shape in the xy-plane, but it does illustrate the basic geometry. 
>>> The  lack of cell connectivity breaks the isosurface generation.
>>> particleflux.vtk is an unstructured grid and fails to load.
>>> Thoughts on why that is?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tom
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