# Loading .plt file with Paraview version 5.11.2

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-plt-file-with-paraview-version-5-11-2/15537
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 11, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-plt-file-with-paraview-version-5-11-2/15537 "2024-10-11T08:11:59Z")
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### Author: ![Boone](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@Boone](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Boone)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-plt-file-with-paraview-version-5-11-2/15537/1 "2024-10-11T08:11:59Z")

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Hi all,

I have recently installed Paraview 5.11.2 on Ubuntu 24.04 and try to read .plt files but I am facing issues.

When I open a file the .plt format is not recognized as a supported format, thus I am asked to chose a reader. I tried Tecplot Reader but it not not working. I got the error message:

> ERROR: In vtkTecplotReader.cxx, line 2176  
> vtkTecplotReader (0x7aae6c00f120): champ3D\_bot\_fluid.plt: The record type

Here is my data:  
[champ3D\_bot\_fluid.plt](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/lYZwV7ul8DKqFhwXLmXgSoqCSIU.plt) (990.5 KB)

Thanks a lot for your help!

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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: [October 11, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-plt-file-with-paraview-version-5-11-2/15537/2 "2024-10-11T10:02:24Z")

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Works fine with the ParaView 5.13.0 binary release on Linux:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/54c32f8111131e851a0978aeb150587cbf455188.png)

You can download it from [https://paraview.org/download](https://paraview.org/download)

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### Author: ![Boone](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@Boone](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Boone)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-plt-file-with-paraview-version-5-11-2/15537/3 "2024-10-14T11:46:25Z")

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Thanks for your help.

The thing is that when downloading the binary of version 5.13.1 ([https://www.paraview.org/download/](https://www.paraview.org/download/)), actually, the downloaded version is 5.11.2. I think there is a bug on the website.

I downloaded the version 5.12.1 and it works fine.

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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: [October 21, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-plt-file-with-paraview-version-5-11-2/15537/4 "2024-10-21T07:30:29Z")

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> [@Boone](#):
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> actually, the downloaded version is 5.11.2.

I do not reproduce this issue, please try again.