# Trying to load .dat files into Paraview but crashing on apply

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trying-to-load-dat-files-into-paraview-but-crashing-on-apply/14645
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 16, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trying-to-load-dat-files-into-paraview-but-crashing-on-apply/14645 "2024-05-16T16:05:11Z")
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### Author: ![Bhoang925](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/bhoang925/32/14426_2.png) [@Bhoang925](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Bhoang925)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trying-to-load-dat-files-into-paraview-but-crashing-on-apply/14645/1 "2024-05-16T16:05:11Z")

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Hello, I am pretty new to this. I have a pretty dense file in tecplot .dat format and wanted to use Paraview and see if I could get it working. It seems to be crashing whenever I apply, although all my variables show fine. Attached are the raw .dat files for testing.

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z\_uZWeH4eT2k5TihRY59XFviENur9Lmd/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z_uZWeH4eT2k5TihRY59XFviENur9Lmd/view?usp=sharing), [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j5E0k4krLPdPBQXD7oWHzNxK6URmjACr/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j5E0k4krLPdPBQXD7oWHzNxK6URmjACr/view?usp=sharing)

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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: [May 17, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trying-to-load-dat-files-into-paraview-but-crashing-on-apply/14645/2 "2024-05-17T07:10:59Z")

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You need to give access to that file.

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### Author: ![Bhoang925](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/bhoang925/32/14426_2.png) [@Bhoang925](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Bhoang925)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trying-to-load-dat-files-into-paraview-but-crashing-on-apply/14645/3 "2024-05-17T14:16:19Z")

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Sorry, I just changed the permissions for the file. You should be able to access them now.

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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: [May 21, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trying-to-load-dat-files-into-paraview-but-crashing-on-apply/14645/4 "2024-05-21T08:55:21Z")

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I confirm that there is an issue, please open it on [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues)