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      VTK_IO - Read and Write VTK Files
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      VTK_IO <br> Read and Write VTK Files
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      <b>VTK_IO</b>
      is a FORTRAN90 library which
      reads and writes some simple forms of VTK files.
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      VTK files can be viewed by the PARAVIEW program.
      Information about PARAVIEW is available at
      <a href = "http://www.paraview.org/">
                 http://www.paraview.org/ </a>.
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      Licensing:
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      The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page
      are distributed under
      <a href = "../../txt/gnu_lgpl.txt">the GNU LGPL license.</a>
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      Related Data and Programs:
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      <a href = "../../m_src/threed_to_vtk/threed_to_vtk.html">
      THREED_TO_VTK</a>,
      a MATLAB program which
      accepts computational data from a 3D finite element fluid flow program
      and writes it to a VTK "legacy" file for postprocessing by PARAVIEW.
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      <a href = "../../m_src/twod_to_vtk/twod_to_vtk.html">
      TWOD_TO_VTK</a>,
      a MATLAB program which
      accepts computational data from a 2D finite element fluid flow program
      and writes it to a VTK "legacy" file for postprocessing by PARAVIEW.
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      <a href = "../../data/vtk/vtk.html">
      VTK</a>,
      a data directory which
      contains examples of VTK files,
      an obsolete file format used by the Visual Toolkit, and which can be displayed
      by the PARAVIEW program;
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      Reference:
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        <li>
          Will Schroeder, Ken Martin, Bill Lorensen,<br>
          The Visualization Toolkit,
          An Object-Oriented Approach to 3D Graphics,<br>
          Prentice Hall, 1998,<br>
          ISBN: 0139546944,<br>
          LC: QA76.64.S36.
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        <li>
          Amy Henderson Squillacote,<br>
          The ParaView Guide,<br>
          Kitware Inc, 2007,<br>
          ISBN13: 978-1-930934-21-4.
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        <li>
          Kitware Incorporated,<br>
          The Visualization Toolkit User's Guide,<br>
          Kitware Inc
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        <li>
          <a href = "http://public.kitware.com/VTK/">
                     http://public.kitware.com/VTK/</a>
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      Source Code:
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          <a href = "vtk_io.f90">vtk_io.f90</a>, the source code.
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          <a href = "vtk_io.sh">vtk_io.sh</a>,
          commands to compile the source code.
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      Examples and Tests:
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        <li>
          <a href = "vtk_io_prb.f90">vtk_io_prb.f90</a>,
          a sample calling program.
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          <a href = "vtk_io_prb.sh">vtk_io_prb.sh</a>,
          commands to compile and run the sample program.
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          <a href = "puvw_data.txt">puvw_data.txt</a>,
          a VTK file created by PUVW_WRITE.
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          <a href = "vtk_io_prb_output.txt">vtk_io_prb_output.txt</a>,
          the output file.
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      List of Routines:
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          <b>DIGIT_TO_CH</b> returns the character representation of a decimal digit.
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          <b>GET_UNIT</b> returns a free FORTRAN unit number.
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          <b>I4_TO_S_LEFT</b> converts an I4 to a left-justified string.
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          <b>TIMESTAMP</b> prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp.
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          <b>VTK_PUVW_WRITE</b> writes pressure and velocity data to a VTK file.
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      You can go up one level to <a href = "../f_src.html">
      the FORTRAN90 source codes</a>.
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      Last revised on 09 August 2009.
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