Efficient mesh data writer

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Hi,

I would like to write heavy mesh data (GBs) with VTK and view it in ParaView. Could I have some recommendations on what data structure I should use in VTK to manipulate the data? I have tried unstructured grid, but writing in .vtu file is not very efficient in ASCII and binary (binary is even worse).

By the way, I would like to add some attributes to each mesh triangle to illustrate some physical materials.

Thanks for any help in advance!

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If your mesh is triangular, use vtkPolyData. If it’s volumetric use vtkUnstructuredGrid.