I have a script that loads vtu files from a 2D or 3D cartesian geometry into numpy arrays if that would be helpful. I imagine there must also be a way to load numpy arrays into Matlab.
Another option is to output data from Paraview in csv format and load that into Matlab or python.
@maxrudolph - it would be great if you can add those scripts to the repository at some point! I’ve been meaning to add mine as well.