# Paraview visualization problem with hdf5

**URL:** <https://community.geodynamics.org/t/paraview-visualization-problem-with-hdf5/1143>\
**Category:** ASPECT\
**Tags:** restart\
**Created:** [March 6, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/paraview-visualization-problem-with-hdf5/1143 "2020-03-06T01:47:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![IanZhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@IanZhang](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/IanZhang)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/paraview-visualization-problem-with-hdf5/1143/1 "2020-03-06T01:47:44Z")

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Hi,

After a restart computation, Paraview 5.6.0 is able to read the new data written for the restart mesh, but the older data files for the original mesh produce errors. The error text mentions that the array size referred to in the .xdmf file does not match the .h5 file solution data, and Paraview crashes. Has anyone else encountered this problem? Would it disappear if I changed to a .vtu file format?

Regards,  
Ian

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**Author:** ![tjhei](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.geodynamics.org/tjhei/32/1163_2.png) [@tjhei](https://community.geodynamics.org/u/tjhei)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://community.geodynamics.org/t/paraview-visualization-problem-with-hdf5/1143/2 "2020-03-06T02:13:33Z")

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Hi Ian,  
there was a bug recently fixed about this: [https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3381](https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect/pull/3381)  
Can you check if that fixes the bug for you? If not, please provide some more details about the error.