Hi Guys, I am trying to visualize a fenics mesh in XDMF format using Paraview. Here is the fenics code from fenics import * mesh = UnitSquareMesh(10, 10) with XDMFFile("out.xdmf") as outfile: outfile.write(mesh) But when I try to open out.xdmf in Paraview 5.11.1, I am encounting following er…

Could you add the content of out.xdmf here? And try doing the same as suggested in [image] Cannot open .xdmf files in legacy version of fenics + latest Paraview General Please post the contents of the XDMFFile? Additionally, could you use ascii encoding and add the output…

What version of Paraview, and what xdmf-reader are you using. You should use the Xdmf3ReaderT

I am currently using Paraview 5.11.1 and Xdmf3Reader.

The out.xdmf file <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE Xdmf SYSTEM "Xdmf.dtd" []> <Xdmf Version="3.0" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> <Domain> <Grid Name="mesh" GridType="Uniform"> <Topology NumberOfElements="200" TopologyType="Triangle" NodesPerElement="3"> <DataItem Dim…

@dokken , ASCII encoding is working. from dolfin import * mesh = UnitSquareMesh(10, 10) with XDMFFile("out.xdmf") as outfile: outfile.parameters["flush_output"] = True outfile.write(mesh, encoding=XDMFFile.Encoding.ASCII)

[image] ckesanapalli: <Topology NumberOfElements="200" TopologyType="Triangle" NodesPerElement="3"> <DataItem Dimensions="200 3" NumberType="UInt" Format="HDF">out.h5</DataItem The issue is the same as referenced in: [image] Cannot open .xdmf files in legacy ver…

Error when viewing XDMF in Paraview

Errors

dokken April 21, 2023, 7:21pm 4

Could you add the content of out.xdmf here? And try doing the same as suggested in

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