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Importing Data to ParaView

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Xiaolong Du edited this page Oct 1, 2021 · 7 revisions

HDF5

ParaView can read XDMF files which provide a specification of how to read data from your HDF5 files.

An example for wrapping dataset stored in [HDF5] file in a [XDMF] file

Suppose you have some data, e.g. density field, defined on a uniform grid from your simulation, and they are stored in a [HDF5] file, you can create a [XDMF] file which contains the information of the dataset. The [XDMF] file can then be used by ParaView to load the data. An example of the [XDMF] file can be found below

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