<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Dear Petsc developers and users, <div><br></div><div>I am trying to read an exodus II file from coreform cubit, but without success,</div><div>Then I used petsc's built-in exodus file, /share/petsc/datafiles/meshes/sevenside.exo.</div><div>This file can be read by petsc successfully. </div><div><br></div><div>And I did a test. This file, sevenside.exo, is imported into coreform Cubit, and then is saved as a new exodus file. This new exodus file can not be read by petsc successfully. </div><div><br></div><div><div style="min-height:100%"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-a4O" style="width:1540px"><div class="gmail-nH" style=""><div class="gmail-nH gmail-aqk gmail-aql gmail-bkL"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-bkK"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-ar4 gmail-z"><div class="gmail-"><div class="gmail-AO"><div id="gmail-:3" class="gmail-Tm gmail-aeJ" style="height:625px"><div id="gmail-:1" class="gmail-aeF" style="min-height:434.521px"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-nH" role="main"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-g"><div class="gmail-nH gmail-a98 gmail-iY"><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-aHU gmail-hx"><div role="list" class="gmail-bh"><div class="gmail-h7 gmail-bg gmail-ie" role="listitem" aria-expanded="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="gmail-Bk" style="border-top-color:rgb(239,239,239);width:1196.2px"><div class="gmail-G3 gmail-G2 gmail-afm" style="border-top:1px solid rgba(100,121,143,0.12)"><div id="gmail-:2rd"><div class="gmail-adn gmail-ads"><div class="gmail-gs"><div class="gmail-"><div id="gmail-:2rg" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt gmail-adO"><div id="gmail-:2rf" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL"><div dir="ltr">[0]PETSC ERROR: Invalid argument<br>[0]PETSC ERROR: Unrecognized element type SHELL<br>[0]PETSC ERROR: See <a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://petsc.org/release/faq/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!fcN-KL0rs3WRHNRfT47zioS4djjyXM7OCr32LT2olmZHm3X1NIk-WMdU9-UR3rNotQSpINEm8NrcMtWTCFqKEg$" target="_blank">https://petsc.org/release/faq/</a> for trouble shooting.<br>[0]PETSC ERROR: Petsc Release Version 3.21.1, Apr 26, 2024<br>[0]PETSC ERROR: ./app on a arch-linux-c-opt named localhost.localdomain by xiaodongliu Fri Sep 20 09:36:16 2024<br>[0]PETSC ERROR: Configure options -download-mumps -download-scalapack --with-cc=gcc --with-fc=gfortran --with-cxx=g++ --download-fblaslapack --download-mpich --with-scalar-type=complex --download-triangle --with-debugging=no --download-parmetis --download-metis -download-ptscotch --download-bison --download-hdf5 -download-mmg=/home/xiaodongliu/Documents/3rdPartyLib/d5c43d1bcefe598d51428f6a7fee10ec29478b79.tar.gz --download-ctetgen --download-pragmatic --download-eigen --download-netcdf=/home/xiaodongliu/Documents/3rdPartyLib/netcdf-c-4.9.2-p1.tar.gz --download-zlib --download-pnetcdf --download-exodusii<br>[0]PETSC ERROR: #1 ExodusGetCellType_Internal() at /home/xiaodongliu/Documents/petsc-with-docs-3.21.1/petsc-3.21.1/src/dm/impls/plex/plexexodusii.c:1470<br>[0]PETSC ERROR: #2 DMPlexCreateExodus() at /home/xiaodongliu/Documents/petsc-with-docs-3.21.1/petsc-3.21.1/src/dm/impls/plex/plexexodusii.c:1551<br>[0]PETSC ERROR: #3 DMPlexCreateExodusFromFile() at /home/xiaodongliu/Documents/petsc-with-docs-3.21.1/petsc-3.21.1/src/dm/impls/plex/plexexodusii.c:1390</div><div class="gmail-yj6qo gmail-ajU"><div id="gmail-:2ru" class="gmail-ajR" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Show trimmed content" aria-expanded="false"><br></div><div id="gmail-:2ru" class="gmail-ajR" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Show trimmed content" aria-expanded="false">Thanks a lot.</div><div id="gmail-:2ru" class="gmail-ajR" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Show trimmed content" aria-expanded="false"><br></div><div id="gmail-:2ru" class="gmail-ajR" role="button" tabindex="0" aria-label="Show trimmed content" aria-expanded="false">Xiaodong </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-nH"><div class="gmail-aUx" style="height:672.516px"><div class="gmail-bAw gmail-bcf gmail-tRcrsc" style="height:672.513px"><div class="gmail-brC-aT5-aOt-Jw gmail-brC-aMv-auO" role="complementary" aria-label="Side panel" style="height:672.513px"><div class="gmail-brC-aT5-aOt-bsf-Jw"><div class="gmail-brC-bsf-aT5-aOt" role="tablist" tabindex="0" style="user-select: none;"><div id="gmail-gsc-gab-6" class="gmail-bse-bvF-I gmail-aT5-aOt-I gmail-bse-bvF-aLp" role="tab" aria-label="Calendar" aria-disabled="false" aria-selected="false" style="transition-property: all; user-select: none;"><div class="gmail-aT5-aOt-I-JX-atM gmail-aT5-aOt-I-JX-atM-Kv" style="transition-property: all; user-select: none;"></div><div class="gmail-aT5-aOt-I-JX-atM gmail-aT5-aOt-I-JX-atM-J6" style="transition-property: all; user-select: none;"></div><div class="gmail-aT5-aOt-I-JX-Jw" style="background-image:url("https://www.gstatic.com/companion/icon_assets/calendar_2020q4_2x.png")"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