[gelbebanane]

Hey all,
i try to create my own simple Tecplot binary .plt files with my own Fortran Code. But i face some problems.

First of all my Data is just simple ones like this below.

 Variables="xdir", "ydir",     "zdir",  "rel",     "mass"
  22.3356E-01   2.1550E-02   2.0000E+00   5.0000E+00   6.5505E-14
  22.3356E-01   2.1550E-02   2.0000E+00   5.0000E+00   6.5505E-14
  22.3356E-01   2.1550E-02   2.0000E+00   5.0111E+00   6.5505E-14
  22.3356E-01   2.1550E-02   2.5000E+00   5.0111E+00   6.5505E-14
  22.3356E-01   2.1550E-02   2.5000E+00   5.0111E+00   6.5505E-14

With my Code i want to create a binary .plt file like this. The problem is, that i get some errors with my header and zone style. I cannot get enough information out of the "Tecplot 360 Data Format Guide" to solve the problem by myself.

Hope you can give me a hint. Here is my Fortran Code as far. The data vector is just for writing and testint the code.

      program tecbinary
c---- Deklaration
      implicit none
      integer*4 unitnum,FileType,NumVar,vardf,arraysize
      integer*4 enumi,enumj,enumk,enuml
      character*18 VarName(5),title,zonename
      real*4 datas(3)

c---- Definition
      unitnum=99
      FileType=0 
c     0=full, 1=grid, 2=solution
      zonename='myzone'
      title='mytestdata'
      NumVar=5
      VarName(1)='xdir'      
      VarName(2)='ydir'
      VarName(3)='zdir'
      VarName(4)='rel'
      VarName(5)='mass'
c     Variable Data Format
c     1 float, 2 double, 3 longint, 4 shortint, 5 byte, 6 bit
      vardf=1

c     random test data to be written
      datas(1)=1
      datas(2)=2
      datas(3)=3

c#######################################################################
c---- Open File
      open(unit=unitnum,file='mybinary.plt',form='unformatted',
     &       access='stream')

c---- HEADER Section
c     i Magic number, Version number
      write(unitnum) '#!TDV112'

c     ii Integer value of 1
      write(unitnum) 1

c     iii Type, Title, number of variables and variable names
      write(unitnum) FileType
      
      call converter(unitnum,title)

      write(unitnum) NumVar

      do enumi=1, NumVar
          call converter(unitnum,VarName(enumi))
      end do

c     iv Zones
      write(unitnum) 299.0
c     Variable Data Format
      call converter(unitnum,zonename)

c---- EOHMARKER - Trennung Header zu Data
      write(unitnum) 357.0

c---- DATA Section
c     i Zones
      write(unitnum) 299.0      
c     Variable Data Format
      do enumj=1, NumVar
          write(unitnum) vardf
      end do
c     Has passive variables
      write(unitnum) 0
c     Has variable sharing
      write(unitnum) 0
c     Zero based zone number
      write(unitnum) -1

c---- ZONE DATA
      do enumk=1, NumVar
          arraysize=size(datas)
          do enuml=1, arraysize
              write(unitnum) datas(enuml)
          end do
      end do
      close(unitnum)
      end program tecbinary
c#######################################################################
c---- Subroutine ASCII to Integer
      subroutine converter(unitnum,inputstring)
      implicit none
      character*18 inputstring
      integer unitnum,i,letter,strlen

      strlen=len(inputstring)
      do i=1 ,strlen
          letter=ichar(inputstring(i:i))
          write(unitnum) letter
      end do
      write(unitnum) 0
      return
      end subroutine converter

Due to some restrictions i cannot use the tecio library in my company.
Greetings

[gelbebanane]

Ok i solved my problem with "reverse engineering".
i produced a simple .plt file as mentioned in code 1 and converted it with preplot. Then i used a hex editor to compare the produced and my own .plt file. So then i could append my Header to the correct input.
Here is my code just for your information, inf anyone other has the same problems.

      program binary
c---- Deklaration
      implicit none
      integer*4 unitnum,FileType,NumVar
      integer*4 enumi,enumj,enumk,enuml,enumm
      character*18 VarName(3),title,zonename
      real*4 daten(4)
      real*8 mini,maxi

c---- Definition
      unitnum=20
      FileType=0
c     0=full, 1=grid, 2=solution
      zonename='myzone'
      title='mytitle'
      NumVar=13
      VarName(1)='x'      
      VarName(2)='y'
      VarName(3)='z'
      daten(1)=1.1
      daten(2)=2.2
      daten(3)=3.3
      daten(4)=4

c#######################################################################
c---- Open File
      open(unit=unitnum,file='myfilename.plt',form='unformatted',
     &       access='stream',status='replace')

c---- HEADER Section
c     i Magic number, Version number
      write(unitnum) '#!TDV112'

c     ii Integer value of 1, little/big endian?
      write(unitnum) 1

c     iii Type, Title, number of variables and variable names
      write(unitnum) FileType

      call converter(unitnum,title)
c      write(unitnum) 0
      write(unitnum) NumVar

      do enumi=1, NumVar
          call converter(unitnum,VarName(enumi))
      end do

c     iv Zones
      write(unitnum) 299.0

      call converter(unitnum,zonename)
c     reverse engineering header
      write(unitnum) -1,-1,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,size(daten),1,1,0

c---- EOHMARKER - Trennung Header zu Data
      write(unitnum) 357.0

c---- II DATA Section
c     i Zones
      write(unitnum) 299.0
c     Variable Data Format, je Variable
c     1 float, 2 double, 3 longint, 4 shortint, 5 byte, 6 bit
      do enumj=1, NumVar
          write(unitnum) 1
      end do
c     Has passive variables
      write(unitnum) 0
c     Has variable sharing
      write(unitnum) 0
c     Zero based zone number
      write(unitnum) -1
c      write(unitnum) 0
c     compressed list of min/max
      do enumm=1,NumVar
          mini=minval(daten)
          maxi=maxval(daten)
          write(unitnum) mini
          write(unitnum) maxi
      end do

c---- ZONE DATA loop NumVar,K,J,I
      do enumk=1, NumVar
          do enuml=1, size(daten)
              write(unitnum) daten(enuml)
          end do
      end do
      close(unitnum)
      end program binary
c#######################################################################
c---- Subroutine ASCII to Integer
      subroutine converter(unitnum,inputstring)
      implicit none
      character*18 inputstring
      integer*4 unitnum,i,letter,strlen,spacer
     
      strlen=len(inputstring)
c     remove spaces at then end of strings, 32=space (hex)
      do while(ichar(inputstring(strlen:strlen)).eq.32)
          strlen=strlen-1
      end do
      do i=1 ,strlen
          letter=ichar(inputstring(i:i),4)
          write(unitnum) letter
      end do
      write(unitnum) 0
      return
      end subroutine converter

[gelbebanane]

At last i have 1 more problem. As i get my data over loops, with each loop i get for 1 variable 1 value. Binary files need to write all values by variable after each one. I have to try if my Code or writting time will explode when i have to save my data in arrays first.

Otherwise is there any Tecplot function to "inverse" the data matrix or tell it that the data for each variable is not in a row but in a column? (weird difference between ASCII and binary files)
Greetings

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Solution
Binary files in Tecplot`s format are not meant to be written POINTwise (=DATAPACKING).