# ANSYS FLUENT Data -\> Ensight or direct Fluent Data?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ansys-fluent-data-ensight-or-direct-fluent-data/14631
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 15, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ansys-fluent-data-ensight-or-direct-fluent-data/14631 "2024-05-15T07:38:03Z")
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### Author: ![Maddy](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Maddy](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Maddy)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ansys-fluent-data-ensight-or-direct-fluent-data/14631/1 "2024-05-15T07:38:04Z")

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Hello,

I have a problem getting my FLUENT data into paraview. I tried different methods but nothing works.

Reading the .cas file from FLUENT directly doesn’t work. After a few minutes loading paraview crashes without an error.

I also tried encas gold (EnSight Case Gold in Fluent) with every combination.

- Node ASCII
- Node Binary
- Cell Center ASCII
- Cell Center Binary

If I load the data in ParaView (EnSight Reader) I can see my data under “Cell Arrays” or “Point Arrays”, but if I press the “Apply” button, I always get this error:

```auto
ERROR: In C:\glr\builds\paraview\paraview-ci\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\IO\EnSight\vtkEnSightGoldBinaryReader.cxx, line 348
vtkEnSightGoldBinaryReader (0000026D0C5BCAF0): Invalid part id; check that ByteOrder is set correctly.

ERROR: In C:\glr\builds\paraview\paraview-ci\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\IO\EnSight\vtkEnSightReader.cxx, line 297
vtkEnSightGoldBinaryReader (0000026D0C5BCAF0): error reading geometry file

ERROR: In C:\glr\builds\paraview\paraview-ci\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Common\ExecutionModel\vtkExecutive.cxx, line 753
vtkCompositeDataPipeline (0000026D26DC16B0): Algorithm vtkEnSightGoldBinaryReader(0000026D0C5BCAF0) returned failure for request: vtkInformation (0000026D11A24210)
  Debug: Off
  Modified Time: 66334262
  Reference Count: 1
  Registered Events: (none)
  Request: REQUEST_DATA
  FORWARD_DIRECTION: 0
  ALGORITHM_AFTER_FORWARD: 1
  FROM_OUTPUT_PORT: 0

```

The model still loads but I can’t see the e.g. the velocity, I only see “vtkBlockColors” and I can’t change it.

So, do I need an additional software package for the errors? I’m using ParaView 5.9.0, but I also tried it on other versions. I’m using Windows Server 2022 Standard.

Kind Regards,

Andreas

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2024, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ansys-fluent-data-ensight-or-direct-fluent-data/14631/2 "2024-05-15T08:06:29Z")

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Please share your data.