# Cannot open XDMF files

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-xdmf-files/15461
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 26, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-xdmf-files/15461 "2024-09-26T12:29:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![ZHANG](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/aeb1de/32.png) [@ZHANG](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ZHANG)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-xdmf-files/15461/1 "2024-09-26T12:29:04Z")

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Hello Mathieu,  
I also have problem reading .h5 file using ParaView and my software only generate .vtp file and .h5 file after calculation. I don’t have the right reader to open h5. file.  
 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/05c40d6c7bd0067de1e4c02125c8a019c257d029.png)

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### Author: ![ZHANG](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/aeb1de/32.png) [@ZHANG](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ZHANG)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-xdmf-files/15461/2 "2024-09-26T12:30:48Z")

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[dambreak 20000.zip](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/egCL0FGqiEutOr6IBhl4F8LQ7Qd.zip) (859.4 KB)Here is my result file. How can I visualize it?

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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: [September 27, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-xdmf-files/15461/3 "2024-09-27T11:51:35Z")

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You generally need a .xdmf file to open .h5 files

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### Author: ![ZHANG](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/aeb1de/32.png) [@ZHANG](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ZHANG)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-xdmf-files/15461/4 "2024-09-27T11:57:21Z")

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Thank you so much, Mathieu. How can I transfer.h5 file to.xdmf file?

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### Author: ![ZHANG](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/aeb1de/32.png) [@ZHANG](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ZHANG)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-xdmf-files/15461/5 "2024-09-27T11:58:25Z")

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Is there any code for translation?

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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: [September 27, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-xdmf-files/15461/6 "2024-09-27T11:59:44Z")

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you can read about this format here: [Using XDMF to read HDF5 - VisItusers.org](https://www.visitusers.org/index.php?title=Using_XDMF_to_read_HDF5)

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### Author: ![ZHANG](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/aeb1de/32.png) [@ZHANG](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ZHANG)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-xdmf-files/15461/8 "2024-09-27T12:15:56Z")

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This is quite helpful. Are there any 3-D examples so that I may solve the problem quicker?