[vtkusers] Why could not I run the .vtk example in the VTKData package?

[David Doria]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Renaissance1975 - Gmail
<renaissance1975 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi There:
>
> I just installed the VTK 5.4.2 on my PC (Window XP).
> I also download the data package and unzip it to the following path.
> C:\Program Files\VTK 5.4\VTKData
>
> Then I try to run the following script in the command window
> vtk blow.vtk
>
> There is something wrong about the result with a pop-up dialog saying
> "Error in startup script
>
> Invalid command name "Plastic" while executing
> "Plastic blow molding of car bumper"
> (file "blow.vtk" line 2)
> "
>
> I also tried several other .vtk files and I have similar problem. Could you
> give me a hint about this issue?
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Renaissance.
>

The .vtk file extension indicates that the file contains data in the
legacy data format. ".vtk" has been replaced with ".vtp", ".vtu",
".vts", etc. You cannot run these files - they are not scripts.

Thanks,

David