# Native Support for NASTRAN output file (bdf, op2)
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/native-support-for-nastran-output-file-bdf-op2/7043
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [April 22, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/native-support-for-nastran-output-file-bdf-op2/7043 "2021-04-22T16:43:06Z")
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/native-support-for-nastran-output-file-bdf-op2/7043/1 "2021-04-22T16:43:06Z")
ParaView support to read some NASTRAN files (.csv, .nas, ,f06) but there is no way to currently read .bdf and .op2 file in ParaView.
It may be possibe with Visit though.
Related discussions:
> [@Reading Nastran .nas file and Results with .csv file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reading-nastran-nas-file-and-results-with-csv-file/1189):
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> Hi to the forum, I’m new with Paraview, but I’m using Nastran for over 30 years. Now a client asked me to show him the loeadpathes in a mechanical problem. These data will not be shown in nastran directly. Only over the MajPrin Stress you can get a feeling about the loadpathes. I decided to use Paraview and saw that with Nastran (.nas and .f06) there are some problems. Well, the geometry data (.nas) could be read and for the Stresses I made an .csv file. (Attachment)! Worked fine. PV20199126\_…
> [@ParaView Support Files Format](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-support-files-format/1060):
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> Hello everyone! ParaView is a powerful soft, it’s very great ! I found it support nastran files format. When I want to open op2 files why it can’t work? Could some one tell me why? Thank you very much!
> [@Import nastran results f06/op2 problem](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/import-nastran-results-f06-op2-problem/1121):
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> Dear Paraview community, I need to import a nastran result (f06 or op2) in paraview, but when I try it I give back an error message: [kj5jpi2x] Could anyone help me? Best regards Stefano
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### Author:  [@todoooo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/todoooo)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/native-support-for-nastran-output-file-bdf-op2/7043/2 "2021-04-23T01:29:42Z")
The latest version of MSC Nastran outputs an HDF5 format. Should that be supported as well?
It would be better if users export their data to a PATRAN or FEMAP neutral format (which holds the model and results data) and then handle that conversion.
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### Author:  [@tkoyama010](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tkoyama010)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/native-support-for-nastran-output-file-bdf-op2/7043/3 "2024-06-18T09:36:01Z")
+1 to support FEMAP neutral format.