# Making a file for Paraview from FEM data

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-a-file-for-paraview-from-fem-data/9901
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [June 24, 2022, 8:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-a-file-for-paraview-from-fem-data/9901 "2022-06-24T08:07:07Z")
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### Author: ![Andrei](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Andrei](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andrei)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-a-file-for-paraview-from-fem-data/9901/3 "2022-06-24T12:23:03Z")

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Hello, @Arash!  
Perhaps this discussion will be useful in terms of creating text (non-binary) files of legacy VTK format:

> [@ANSYS Static Structural Export format to Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/1492):
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> Hi, I would like to use Paraview to post process the results from ANSYS, but so far I can’t figure out a way to do that. I’d really appreciate your help smile Thank you.

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