# Using Fluent Files in Paraview
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 16, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714 "2024-01-16T10:02:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
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### Author:  [@AeroK](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AeroK)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/1 "2024-01-16T10:02:43Z")
I have a case- data ANSYS-Fluent file and I would to use Para View for visualisation purposes. I would like to visualize streamwise vorticity distributions but I’m not sure how to go about it.
> **[case+data.dat.h5](https://wetransfer.com/downloads/9a12e64daf75a972259451890c7ad7cd20240116100147/910952)**
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> 1 file sent via WeTransfer, the simplest way to send your files around the world
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/2 "2024-01-16T10:05:40Z")
Your file is named .h5, you want to name it .cas.h5 so that Fluent CFF reader detected it.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/3 "2024-01-16T10:08:31Z")
But the Fluent CFF reader does not seem to like it:
```auto
ERROR: In vtkFLUENTCFFReader.cxx, line 407
vtkFLUENTCFFReader (0x8996d80): The file /home/glow/data/tmp/case+data.cas.h5 is not a CFF Fluent file.
ERROR: In vtkFLUENTCFFReader.cxx, line 326
vtkFLUENTCFFReader (0x8996d80): Unable to open case file.
```
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/4 "2024-01-16T10:08:52Z")
Can you save it in two separate files ?
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### Author:  [@AeroK](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AeroK)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/5 "2024-01-16T10:09:13Z")
As in a sperate case and data file right ?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/6 "2024-01-16T10:09:41Z")
yes
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### Author:  [@AeroK](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AeroK)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/7 "2024-01-16T10:11:06Z")
> **[Untitled transfer](https://wetransfer.com/downloads/ac785530793fc794037b728d685bbf8120240116101040/b02992)**
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> 2 files sent via WeTransfer, the simplest way to send your files around the world
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/8 "2024-01-16T10:16:35Z")
The names should be the same (eg foo.cas.h5 and foo.dat.h5) but then it works great with ParaView 5.12.0 :
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### Author:  [@AeroK](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AeroK)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/9 "2024-01-16T10:44:16Z")
> **[para.dat.h5](https://wetransfer.com/downloads/fb1b2259ffb28e8c3975c679fa95bead20240116104337/d74ad5)**
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> 2 files sent via WeTransfer, the simplest way to send your files around the world
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/10 "2024-01-16T10:48:19Z")
Working great in ParaView 5.12.0!
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### Author:  [@AeroK](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AeroK)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/11 "2024-01-16T10:53:26Z")
how do i go about loading both these files in paraview and how can i visualise vorticity in this manner …
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/12 "2024-01-16T10:56:19Z")
> [@AeroK](#):
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> how do i go about loading both these files in paraview
File → Open → para.cas.h5 → select FluentCFFReader → Apply
> how can i visualise vorticity in this manner
I have no idea what I’m seeing, you have access to the folowing fields:
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### Author:  [@AeroK](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AeroK)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/13 "2024-01-16T10:58:40Z")
is there any way I can use a plane to cut the object halfway thru in ParaView?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/14 "2024-01-16T11:03:11Z")
Yes, Filters → Slice
You may want to read the tutorial though:
[https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/Tutorials/SelfDirectedTutorial/index.html](https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/Tutorials/SelfDirectedTutorial/index.html)
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714/15 "2024-05-28T13:03:04Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [ParaView crash with case file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-with-case-file/14725)