Imported FDS data (either PLOT3D or .SMV) in Paraview and exporting to read it either in MATLAB or Python

[sagarsinghal]

Hi,

I have time series data of 2D slices and PLOT3D data generated from FDS. I am able to load it in Paraview. However, I wish to further post-process the data field either in MATLAB or Python. I tried to export the data in VTK (unstructured or legacy formats) at each time step. However, I was unsuccessful in reading VTK data in MATLAB or Python.
Is there also a way to save single VTK file for all time steps? Can somebody please guide me to go forward? I also tried other ways to import the smv data in Python using FDSREADER, however I was not successful to load data for few overlapped slices.

Thanks

[mwestphal (Mathieu Westphal (Kitware))]

@sagarsinghal

However, I was unsuccessful in reading VTK data in MATLAB or Python.

Do you want to use matlab or python ?

For python, its straitghforward, just install vtk with pip:

• vtk · PyPI

For matlab, there are conversion tools:

• https://fr.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/106610-vtk-read-and-write-package
• https://fr.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/94993-vtktoolbox