[vtkusers] Python vtkXMLPolyDataReader format error ?

[Bill Lorensen]

Your file is not an xml polydata file. It is a legacy vtk file. To
read it, use vtkPolyDataReader


On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 8:46 AM, GBora <gpbora at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello I'm trying to use VTK, more specifically the python bindings on a
> ubuntu machine, to visualize a .vtk file but I'm getting a error.
>
> I'm using the code from  this tutorial
> <http://www.vtk.org/Wiki/VTK/Examples/Python/VTPReader>   but I'm getting
> the following error:
>
> ERROR: In /build/buildd/vtk-5.8.0/IO/vtkXMLParser.cxx, line 483
> vtkXMLDataParser (0x29bef30): Error parsing XML in stream at line 1, column
> 1, byte index 1: not well-formed (invalid token)
>
> ERROR: In /build/buildd/vtk-5.8.0/IO/vtkXMLReader.cxx, line 362
> vtkXMLPolyDataReader (0x2435e30): Error parsing input file.
> ReadXMLInformation aborting.
>
> ERROR: In /build/buildd/vtk-5.8.0/Filtering/vtkExecutive.cxx, line 756
> vtkStreamingDemandDrivenPipeline (0x2454150): Algorithm
> vtkXMLPolyDataReader(0x2435e30) returned failure for request: vtkInformation
> (0x29bc2d0)
>   Debug: Off
>   Modified Time: 67
>   Reference Count: 1
>   Registered Events: (none)
>   Request: REQUEST_INFORMATION
>   ALGORITHM_AFTER_FORWARD: 1
>   FORWARD_DIRECTION: 0
>
> Has someone encountered this error before?
>
> This is how my .vtk file looks, in Aptana studio:
>
> # vtk DataFile Version 3.0
> vtk output
> ASCII
> DATASET POLYDATA
> POINTS 213 float
> 0.93773 0.33763 0
> 0.90805 0.35641 0
> 0.81915 0.32 0
> 0.97192 0.278 0
> 0.944 0.29474 0
> 0.98111 0.24247 0
> 0.93655 0.26143 0
> 0.91631 0.27442 0
> 0.81921 0.29315 0
> 0.90701 0.24109 0
> 0.83239 0.23398 0
> 0.99185 0.2116 0
>
> I would also like to mention that this .vtk file was not originally a .vtk
> file but a .pcd which I read and saved as vtk using methods from PCL.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions I'm all ears.
>
>
>
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