# Can paraview load .mpg/.mscl files
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 27, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140 "2025-08-27T18:00:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/1 "2025-08-27T18:00:21Z")
Hi
My simulation outputs .mpg and .mscl files. Can i use paraview to open these files? I am trying but it is not able to open these files.
thanks
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/2 "2025-08-28T07:51:17Z")
This is particle data from ansys right ?
There is no reader for these formats I’m afraid, do you have other alternative formats you can export/convert to ?
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### Author:  [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 9:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/3 "2025-08-28T09:57:30Z")
Hi, thanks. Yes these are Ansys particle data.Three formats are there: Ensight, CFDPost and FieldView. Do you have some idea on how to visualise these?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/4 "2025-08-28T09:58:07Z")
> [@scabo](#):
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> Ensight, CFDPost and FieldView.
Which extensions do these use ?
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### Author:  [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/5 "2025-08-28T10:09:58Z")
CFDPost uses .xml, FieldView uses.fvp and when i write in Ensight, it writes some in .mpg and .mscl and writes a .encas file. But when i try to open the .encase file in Paraview it does not show me the particle tracks. Is there any problem?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/6 "2025-08-28T10:15:36Z")
> [@scabo](#):
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> But when i try to open the .encase file in Paraview it does not show me the particle tracks.
Please share your data.
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### Author:  [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/7 "2025-08-28T10:15:38Z")
Is there any other way of visualising the particle tracks in Paraview? like do I have to do anything after loading the .encas file?
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### Author:  [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/8 "2025-08-28T10:25:46Z")
Hi-I have sent. Did you receive it?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/9 "2025-08-28T10:32:44Z")
I can open forum.encas, it does not contains particles though:
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### Author:  [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/10 "2025-08-28T10:44:17Z")
Yes i can also open and it does not contain particles. But when i do the same in CFDPost it shows the particles. There is some confusion why this is the case?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/11 "2025-08-28T10:44:55Z")
I can only assume this is not supported by ParaView yet.
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### Author:  [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/12 "2025-08-28T10:45:38Z")
But on youtube i can see people doing particle tracks in Paraview..?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 10:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/13 "2025-08-28T10:46:24Z")
Of course, they use other formats. The formats you want to open cannot be opened in ParaView yet. Maybe you can convert to other formats but its more a question for Ansys.
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### Author:  [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140/14 "2025-08-28T10:48:28Z")
Okay