# LS-DYNA D3PLOT reader enhancement

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ls-dyna-d3plot-reader-enhancement/10503
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [October 13, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ls-dyna-d3plot-reader-enhancement/10503 "2022-10-13T16:33:45Z")
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### Author: ![icebreakersours](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/ac91a4/32.png) [@icebreakersours](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/icebreakersours)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ls-dyna-d3plot-reader-enhancement/10503/1 "2022-10-13T16:33:45Z")

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Dear ParaView developers,

Is there a way for users to look up source code for the LS-DYNA D3PLOT reader and enhance it? If not, what is the next best option?

Thanks!

Vikas

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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 13, 2022, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ls-dyna-d3plot-reader-enhancement/10503/2 "2022-10-13T23:40:37Z")

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The LS-DYNA reader is located in VTK. You can browse it online [here](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/tree/master/IO/LSDyna) and contribute by following [these guidelines](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).