# From FDS to ParaView

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/from-fds-to-paraview/5538
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [October 9, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/from-fds-to-paraview/5538 "2020-10-09T09:33:19Z")
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### Author: ![Enrico](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Enrico](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Enrico)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/from-fds-to-paraview/5538/1 "2020-10-09T09:33:19Z")

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Hello,

I am new to ParaView, I would like to know if it is possible to use ParaView as a post processor of FDS (by NIST) and how to do it.  
What kind of format should I use?

Best Regards

Enrico

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/from-fds-to-paraview/5538/2 "2020-10-09T13:49:50Z")

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Welcome to the ParaView community, Enrico!

From my quick scan of the [FDS user guide](https://pages.nist.gov/fds-smv/manuals.html), it appears you can export to Plot3D files (.q extension), which should be readable into ParaView.