# VTK Legacy File Format Specification

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-legacy-file-format-specification/13591
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [March 20, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-legacy-file-format-specification/13591 "2024-03-20T13:58:17Z")
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### Author: ![Michael\_Jackson](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/michael_jackson/32/61_2.png) [@Michael\_Jackson](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Michael_Jackson)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-legacy-file-format-specification/13591/1 "2024-03-20T13:58:17Z")

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Is there a link somewhere that would take me to an updated PDF file that has the complete VTK 4.2 file specification? I have an extremely old PDF that lists version 2.0.

Thanks

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-legacy-file-format-specification/13591/2 "2024-03-20T14:00:22Z")

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[https://docs.vtk.org/en/latest/design\_documents/VTKFileFormats.html#simple-legacy-formats](https://docs.vtk.org/en/latest/design_documents/VTKFileFormats.html#simple-legacy-formats)