# \#xdmf **URL:** https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/tag/xdmf/33.md [Latest](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/categories.md) · [Tags](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/tags.md) --- ## [Time-dependent mesh-output with higher order elements](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/time-dependent-mesh-output-with-higher-order-elements/19788)
**Author:** [@MathPhy42](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/MathPhy42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/time-dependent-mesh-output-with-higher-order-elements/19788 "2026-08-06T14:00:56Z")
Hi everyone, I want to use some ALE-method with remeshing, but I have problems writing my velocity field, which is composed of second order Lagrange-elements, in a single output file. I have tried all 3 types of writer… --- ## [Paraview crash when opening xdmf file](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/paraview-crash-when-opening-xdmf-file/18408)
**Author:** [@federicobetti](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/federicobetti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/paraview-crash-when-opening-xdmf-file/18408 "2025-11-24T13:53:59Z")
Hello, I have been looking for solutions to this problem on the forum but cannot find anything that works. I am using the dolfinx 0.8.0 docker image and Paraview 5.12.1, I generate a simple xdmf file with the following … --- ## [Write and read function(t). Previous thead not completed](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/write-and-read-function-t-previous-thead-not-completed/16696)
**Author:** [@FrancoisPage](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/FrancoisPage)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/write-and-read-function-t-previous-thead-not-completed/16696 "2025-01-09T21:53:42Z")
I want to make a similation so I’m dealing with a 3 dimensional Space, a 3 Dimensional function u-\>(x-\>,t) Where → is for vector notation. I have seen that it was an unsolved problem in other threads. 1. People didn’t… --- ## [Error exporting field to XDMF in DolfinX v0.9.0.post1](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/error-exporting-field-to-xdmf-in-dolfinx-v0-9-0-post1/16641)
**Author:** [@MatsievskiySV](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/MatsievskiySV)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/error-exporting-field-to-xdmf-in-dolfinx-v0-9-0-post1/16641 "2025-01-01T08:41:34Z")
The following program solves the Maxwell’s equations and stores fields to XDMF file. Paraview crashes when trying to open the result. Is it a bug, or did I do something wrong? This MWE is similar to Error exporting fiel… --- ## [Reading xdmf mesh leads to illegal topological dimension](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/reading-xdmf-mesh-leads-to-illegal-topological-dimension/16528)
**Author:** [@Matheus-Janczkowski](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/Matheus-Janczkowski)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/reading-xdmf-mesh-leads-to-illegal-topological-dimension/16528 "2024-12-17T00:09:56Z")
Hi, folks! I’ve been struggling with incorporating gmsh into my fenics workflow. I encounter multiple errors while reading a 3D mesh with physical groups I created using gmsh with python. I’ve been using the thread from… --- ## [How can I resolve a matrix error when converting a 3D GMSH mesh to a 2D mesh and exporting it from .msh to .xdmf format?](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-resolve-a-matrix-error-when-converting-a-3d-gmsh-mesh-to-a-2d-mesh-and-exporting-it-from-msh-to-xdmf-format/16096)
**Author:** [@Yuvaraje017](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/Yuvaraje017)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/how-can-i-resolve-a-matrix-error-when-converting-a-3d-gmsh-mesh-to-a-2d-mesh-and-exporting-it-from-msh-to-xdmf-format/16096 "2024-10-22T10:11:04Z")
Hi! I am a beginner to this environment. In my project, especially in learning, I am facing an error in finding sym(grad(v)) value. I am using an example which is done by using FEniCSx mesh but i replaced the mesh part w… --- ## [dolfinx.io.XDMFFile sensitive to functionspace definition](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/dolfinx-io-xdmffile-sensitive-to-functionspace-definition/16082)
**Author:** [@lclaire](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/lclaire)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 9:47am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/dolfinx-io-xdmffile-sensitive-to-functionspace-definition/16082 "2024-10-21T09:47:33Z")
Dear all, I understand that in fenicsx version 0.8.0, the function dolfinx.io.XDMFFile is sensitive to the functionspace definition. Here is my example code: import dolfinx import dolfinx.mesh as mesh L = 1. # total l… --- ## [How to Save and Visualize Different Domains Separately in ParaView](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/how-to-save-and-visualize-different-domains-separately-in-paraview/15416)
**Author:** [@Mehran1](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/Mehran1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/how-to-save-and-visualize-different-domains-separately-in-paraview/15416 "2024-08-03T07:22:39Z")
I am working on a simulation in FEniCS that involves different domains, and I’m having trouble visualizing these domains separately in ParaView. I tried to save the results with XDMF, but even with this, the “Extract Sub… --- ## [Saving to XDMFFile : why does my field appear to be zero in paraview?](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/saving-to-xdmffile-why-does-my-field-appear-to-be-zero-in-paraview/14550)
**Author:** [@Maki](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/Maki)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/saving-to-xdmffile-why-does-my-field-appear-to-be-zero-in-paraview/14550 "2024-05-06T17:55:51Z")
Greetings everyone, I am trying to create a code to compute the acoustic specter of a cavity, I want it to compute the specter and the fields for given frequencies and to save it to an xdmf file. I try to adapt a tuto… --- ## [Saved XDMF file immediately crashes Paraview when opened](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/saved-xdmf-file-immediately-crashes-paraview-when-opened/12759)
**Author:** [@hermanmak](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/hermanmak)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/saved-xdmf-file-immediately-crashes-paraview-when-opened/12759 "2023-11-20T17:27:58Z")
Hi, I’ve been using dolfinx.io.XDMFFile to visualise my solutions since I started to use dolfinx. But recently I updated dolfinx to around the commit Add test of symmetric tensor elements (#2880) · FEniCS/dolfinx@dd38c63…