5.1 Convert .fld / .chk files into Paraview, VisIt or Tecplot format

To convert the Nektar++ output binary files (.chk and .fld) into a format which can be read by two common visualisation softwares: Paraview (.vtu format), VisIt (.vtu format) or Tecplot (.dat format) the user can run the following commands:

where FieldConvert is the executable associated to the utility FieldConvert, test.xml is the session file and test.dat, test.vtu are the desired format outputs, either Tecplot or Paraview format respectively.

Tip: Note that the session file is also supported in its compressed format test.xml.gz.