FW: RES: [Paraview] Problems reading Ensight files

Wed Aug 17 17:32:37 EDT 2005

You should not be directly loading any EnSight 
files other than case files. A case file does not 
contain any geometry or variables, but it points 
to the files that do. When you load a case file 
in ParaView, the corresponding geometry and 
variable files are loaded as a result. For your 
data set, you should be able to load file.encas 
into ParaView. Doing this will cause your 
geometry (file.geo) and variable (file.vel and 
file.scl1) files to be read as well. ParaView 
does not know how to load EnSight geometry or 
variable files apart from the case file, so if 
you try to load them separately, nothing should be displayed.

- Amy

At 04:58 PM 8/17/2005, Palmer, Teresa wrote:
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>Hi,
>
>I’m still having problems loading the Ensight 
>files.  From the Fluent manual this is what it 
>says about exporting the Ensight data files:
>
>EnSight Case Gold
>There are four files:
>
>A geometry file (e.g., file.geo) containing the 
>coordinates and connectivity information.
>
>A velocity file (e.g., file.vel) containing the velocity.
>
>A scalar file (e.g., file.scl1) for each selected variable or function.
>
>An EnSight case file (e.g., file.encas) that 
>contains details about the other exported files.
>You can specify the file Format as Binary or 
>ASCII. The advantage of the binary format is 
>that it takes less time to load the exported 
>files into EnSight. You can specify the scalars 
>you want in the Functions to Write list.
>
>file/export/ensight-gold file-name list-of-scalars q yes|no
>
>
>These are the exact four files with the same 
>extensions that I have. I have now managed to 
>load the .encas file but when I load the other 
>files nothing displays. When I click on 
>Information they all say: Type – unknown, 0 bytes, 0 points, 0 cells.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Teresa
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Amy Squillacote [mailto:amy.squillacote at kitware.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:52 PM
>To: Palmer, Teresa
>Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>Subject: RE: RES: [Paraview] Problems reading Ensight files
>
>Let's keep this on the ParaView mailing list.
>
>Are you saying that when you load the .encas 
>file the entire data set loads properly or that 
>there are no errors in the .encas file 
>itself?  To open an EnSight data set, ParaView 
>expects you to load a case file (an ASCII file 
>that points to geometry and variable files), so 
>if you try to load geometry (.geo) or variable 
>(.vel and .scl1, in your data set) files 
>directly instead of loading a case file, I would 
>not expect ParaView to know what to do.  Also 
>ParaView may have trouble with the .encas file 
>extension (assuming this is your case file) 
>since it expects EnSight case files to have the extension .case.
>
>- Amy
>
>At 02:04 PM 8/17/2005, Palmer, Teresa wrote:
>
>Hi Amy,
>
>I have an .encas file which has loaded fine but 
>it’s the .vel .geo .scl1 files which cause it to 
>crash. I have looked the  Ensight website which 
>talks about exporting the files from Fluent
>http://www.ensight.com/FAQ/faq.0019.html
>and it seems like the files are exported with these extensions,
>
>Thanks,
>Jane
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Amy Squillacote [ mailto:amy.squillacote at kitware.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:33 AM
>To: Renato N. Elias; Palmer, Teresa
>Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>Subject: Re: RES: [Paraview] Problems reading Ensight files
>
>Hi Teresa,
>
>Is your G:/Fluent/ensight-vel-mag.vel file an 
>EnSight case file?  They usually have the file 
>extension .case.  If you have a file with the 
>.case extension for this data set, try loading it instead of the .vel one.
>
>- Amy
>
>At 07:24 PM 8/15/2005, Renato N. Elias wrote:
>
>Ok,
>
>Are you trying to read Binary or ASCII data? 
>Were your data files written by Fortran or C language?
>
>Renato.
>
>----------
>De: Palmer, Teresa [ mailto:Teresa_Palmer at nrel.gov]
>Enviada em: segunda-feira, 15 de agosto de 2005 20:16
>Para: Renato N. Elias
>Assunto: RE: [Paraview] Problems reading Ensight files
>
>It still crashed,
>
>Thanks
>
>Teresa
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Renato N. Elias [ mailto:rnelias at nacad.ufrj.br]
>Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 4:23 PM
>To: Palmer, Teresa
>Cc: paraview at paraview.org
>Subject: RES: [Paraview] Problems reading Ensight files
>
>
>
>Hello Teresa,
>
>
>
>First of all, try to set up the byte order to "little endian"
>
>
>
>cheers
>
>
>
>Renato N. Elias
>
>NACAD/COPPE/UFRJ
>
>Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
>
>http://www.nacad.ufrj.br/~rnelias
>
>----------
>De: 
>paraview-bounces+rnelias=nacad.ufrj.br at paraview.org 
>[ 
>mailto:paraview-bounces+rnelias=nacad.ufrj.br at paraview.org] 
>Em nome de Palmer, Teresa
>Enviada em: segunda-feira, 15 de agosto de 2005 19:17
>Para: paraview at paraview.org
>Assunto: [Paraview] Problems reading Ensight files
>
>Hi,
>
>
>
>I am totally new to ParaView and have been given 
>some files in Ensight Case Gold Format to read. 
>However, everytime I load up the files and then 
>press Accept the program exits/crashes.  The trace script reads as follows.
>
>
>
>Any ideas – I will do the tutorials though in 
>case this is some novice error on my part,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>$kw(vtkTemp5) ReadFileInformation 
>$kw(vtkTemp916) "G:/Fluent/ensight-vel-mag.vel"
>
>$kw(vtkTemp5) FinalizeRead $kw(vtkTemp916) "G:/Fluent/ensight-vel-mag.vel"
>
>set kw(vtkTemp938) [$kw(vtkTemp916) GetPVWidget {Filename}]
>
>$kw(vtkTemp938) SetValue "G:/Fluent/ensight-vel-mag.vel"
>
>set kw(vtkTemp923) [$kw(vtkTemp916) GetPVWidget {ByteOrder}]
>
>$kw(vtkTemp923) SetCurrentValue {0}
>
>set kw(vtkTemp933) [$kw(vtkTemp916) GetPVWidget {PointArrays}]
>
>set kw(vtkTemp937) [$kw(vtkTemp916) GetPVWidget {CellArrays}]
>
># Error or warning:
>
># There was a VTK Error in file: 
>\martink\ParaView14\Servers\Filters\vtkPVEnSightMasterServerReader.cxx (225)
>
>#  Error reading case file on at least one node.
>
>#
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