<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello,<div><br></div><div>I am confused about what should be the input format of the data file that I want Paraview to read? </div><div><br></div><div>I have attached a simple data file as example below that I want to plot in 3D on Paraview. I have a few</div><div>questions:</div><div><br></div><div>1) When I input this data in a CSV format or a txt format, Paraview just shows me a spreadsheet </div><div>and does not give any options for converting it into a plot. The properties section does not even </div><div>show the list of variables.</div><div><br></div><div>2) If I have a uniform grid like this, do I need to enter the coordinates? What will be a more efficient format?</div><div><br></div><div>3) If I write the data (in a binary format) using Fortran90, what should be the order of my data? </div><div><br></div><div>4) Out of curiosity, is there any data format more compressed than a binary format? I hear that many people</div><div>use the HDF5 format for huge scientific data. What is the significant advantage of this format over normal binary</div><div>data produced by fortran?</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Pradeep</div><div><br></div><div>Data:</div><div><br></div><div>x y z u v w </div><div>0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>0.5 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>1.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div><div>0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div></div><div><div>0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>0.5 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>1.0 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div></div><div><div>0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>0.5 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>1.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div><div>0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4</div></div><div><div>0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>0.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4</div></div></div><div><div>0 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>0.5 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>1.0 0.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div><div>0 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>0.5 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>1.0 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div></div><div><div>0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>0.5 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div><div>1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.4</div></div></div><div><img height="602" width="963" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="f303f51b-139d-41c3-a572-e2073751031f" src="cid:0A22C14C-ECF5-4AD2-9667-6ED0F36D9654"></div></body></html>