# Problem with reading in multiple Ensight .case files in paraview

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-with-reading-in-multiple-ensight-case-files-in-paraview/5914
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 27, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-with-reading-in-multiple-ensight-case-files-in-paraview/5914 "2020-11-27T11:40:05Z")
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### Author: ![SCRO1022](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@SCRO1022](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/SCRO1022)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-with-reading-in-multiple-ensight-case-files-in-paraview/5914/1 "2020-11-27T11:40:05Z")

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Hey,

i am trying to use paraview as our new postprocessor for our Star-CD simulations. Since Star-CD comes with an Ensight converter, i tried to use this one to get a .case file for every .ccmp file i created in prostar for all the desired timesteps. I Need the Ensight Format because paraview can’t handle .ccmp files.

This actually works quite well (even for droplets) if i am only postprocessing one single .case file in paraview. But when i try to load multiple .case files grouped together in paraview it doesn’t recognize that these are multiple timesteps, so it is not possible to animate them or swap through These different timesteps…

Are there some Information missing in my .case files that paraview actually Needs? And could it be a Problem that prostar Always adds “0000001” to the Scalar date files?

Here an extract of an example how prostar writes the ENSI\_408.CASE file:

FORMAT  
type: ensight gold

GEOMETRY  
model: ENSI\_4080000001.GEO  
measured: ENSI\_4080000001.MGEO

VARIABLE  
vector per element: SVEL ENSI\_4080000001.SVEL  
scalar per element: P ENSI\_4080000001.P  
scalar per element: PTER ENSI\_4080000001.PTER  
scalar per element: TE ENSI\_4080000001.TE  
scalar per element: ED ENSI\_4080000001.ED  
scalar per element: VIS ENSI\_4080000001.VIS  
scalar per element: T ENSI\_4080000001.T  
scalar per element: H ENSI\_4080000001.H  
scalar per element: DENS ENSI\_4080000001.DENS  
scalar per element: CP\_M ENSI\_4080000001.CP\_M  
scalar per element: CP ENSI\_4080000001.CP  
scalar per element: CONC\_001 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_001  
scalar per element: CONC\_002 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_002  
scalar per element: CONC\_003 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_003  
scalar per element: CONC\_004 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_004  
scalar per element: CONC\_005 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_005  
scalar per element: CONC\_006 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_006  
scalar per element: CONC\_007 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_007  
scalar per element: CONC\_008 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_008  
scalar per element: CONC\_009 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_009  
scalar per element: CONC\_010 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_010  
scalar per element: CONC\_011 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_011  
scalar per element: CONC\_012 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_012  
scalar per element: CONC\_013 ENSI\_4080000001.CONC\_013  
scalar per element: MF\_001 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_001  
scalar per element: MF\_002 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_002  
scalar per element: MF\_003 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_003  
scalar per element: MF\_004 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_004  
scalar per element: MF\_005 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_005  
scalar per element: MF\_006 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_006  
scalar per element: MF\_007 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_007  
scalar per element: MF\_008 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_008  
scalar per element: MF\_009 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_009  
scalar per element: MF\_010 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_010  
scalar per element: MF\_011 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_011  
scalar per element: MF\_012 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_012  
scalar per element: MF\_013 ENSI\_4080000001.MF\_013  
scalar per element: VOID ENSI\_4080000001.VOID  
scalar per element: PROC\_NO ENSI\_4080000001.PROC\_NO  
vector per measured node: MVEL ENSI\_4080000001.MVEL  
scalar per measured node: MDEN ENSI\_4080000001.MDEN  
scalar per measured node: MDIA ENSI\_4080000001.MDIA  
scalar per measured node: MMAS ENSI\_4080000001.MMAS  
scalar per measured node: MCOU ENSI\_4080000001.MCOU  
scalar per measured node: MT ENSI\_4080000001.MT  
scalar per measured node: MTYP ENSI\_4080000001.MTYP

Thank you 🙂 i really appreciate every help i can get

Robin