[Paraview] vtkNetCDF help

Dave Semeraro semeraro at ncsa.uiuc.edu
Fri Aug 24 14:02:55 EDT 2007


Hello,

I am trying to get the CSCS vtkNetCDF reader to work with paraview 2.6.1. I
downloaded the package from the web and followed the instructions on the web
site. In particular I made the recommended changes in cmake. The code compiled
but I have no netcdf reader in the list of readers and still have no way to 
read
netcdf files. I also get an error when paraview starts up that says:

vtkPVXMLPackageParser ( string o stuff ): Ignoring unknown top-level 
element Reader

I assume that somewhere paraview is reading the file, 
CSCS_NetCDF_Client.xml file
that contains:

<ParaViewReaders>
	<Readers name="netCDF"
		extensions="nc cdf"
		file_descriptions="netCDF">
	</Readers>
</ParaViewReaders>

I am obviously missing something here. I also posted this question to the 
vtkNetCDF
mailing list with no reply. Has anyone been able to use this module? If so, 
could you
let me know what I am doing wrong or what step I have left out.

The sick bit is I have written readers for paraview myself, but have lost 
the code and
cant recall where all the bodies are. By the way I have also had a look at 
the info on
the wiki which is helpful but my brain cant map the instructions there to 
the files I
have on hand.

One last thing.. The vtk 5.0 docs online list a vtknetcdf reader. Is that 
reader the same
one from the Swiss National Computing Center 
http://www.cscs.ch/a-display.php?id=1168

If it is I am wasting my time trying to install the Swiss one. :)
Thanks,
Dave Semeraro




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