# how can plot unstructured grid tecplot file using paraview

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-plot-unstructured-grid-tecplot-file-using-paraview/5895
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**Created:** [November 26, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-plot-unstructured-grid-tecplot-file-using-paraview/5895 "2020-11-26T09:49:34Z")
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### Author: ![ahmedmajhool](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@ahmedmajhool](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ahmedmajhool)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-plot-unstructured-grid-tecplot-file-using-paraview/5895/1 "2020-11-26T09:49:34Z")

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Please could you help me I use a code with unstructured grid data and generating a tecplot file.  
Can I use paraview to see the contour plots.  
Thanks  
Ahmed

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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: [November 26, 2020, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-plot-unstructured-grid-tecplot-file-using-paraview/5895/2 "2020-11-26T13:37:06Z")

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Afaik, there is no tecplot writer in ParaView