[Paraview] vtkNetCDF help

[Dave Semeraro]

John,

Thanks, Enjoy your holiday. I thought it was something like having the 
wrong xml
version. I look forward to your reply.

Dave
At 01:52 PM 8/24/2007, John Biddiscombe wrote:
>Dave
>
>I've just picked up this message and the one you sent earlier to the 
>netCDF list. I'm on Holiday at the moment and will reply tomorrow when I 
>have a spare minute. Looking quickly, it looks like you've got the PV3 xml 
>and you are using pv2.6. I'll check.
>
>JB
>
>>
>>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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