Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/defleurian/netCDF/export_netCDF.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/defleurian/netCDF/export_netCDF.py	(revision 21129)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/defleurian/netCDF/export_netCDF.py	(revision 21130)
@@ -34,6 +34,5 @@
 	Dimension3=NCData.createDimension('Dimension3',numpy.shape(md.mesh.elements)[1])
 	Dimension4=NCData.createDimension('Dimension4',StepNum)
-	Dimension5=NCData.createDimension('Dimension5',40)
-	Dimension6=NCData.createDimension('Dimension6',2) 
+	Dimension5=NCData.createDimension('Dimension5',2)
 
 	DimDict = {len(Dimension1):'Dimension1',
@@ -41,6 +40,5 @@
 						 len(Dimension3):'Dimension3',
 						 len(Dimension4):'Dimension4',
-						 len(Dimension5):'Dimension5',
-						 len(Dimension6):'Dimension6'}
+						 len(Dimension5):'Dimension6'}
 
 	#get all model classes and create respective groups
@@ -116,11 +114,8 @@
 	elif val_type==list:
 		dimensions,DimDict=GetDim(NCData,var,val_shape,DimDict,val_dim,istime)
-		ncvar = Group.createVariable(str(field),'S1',dimensions,zlib=True)
-		charvar=stringtochar(numpy.array(var))
-		print charvar
-		print charvar.shape
+		ncvar = Group.createVariable(str(field),'str',dimensions,zlib=True)
 		for elt in range(0,val_dim):
 			try:
-				ncvar[elt] = charvar[elt]
+				ncvar[elt] = var[elt]
 			except IndexError:
 				ncvar[0]= " "
@@ -128,5 +123,5 @@
 	elif val_type=='bool':
 		dimensions,DimDict=GetDim(NCData,var,val_shape,DimDict,val_dim,istime)
-		ncvar = Group.createVariable(str(field),'S1',dimensions,zlib=True)
+		ncvar = Group.createVariable(str(field),'str',dimensions,zlib=True)
 		for elt in range(0,val_shape[0]):
 			ncvar[elt] = str(var[elt])
@@ -134,5 +129,5 @@
 	elif val_type==collections.OrderedDict:
 		dimensions,DimDict=GetDim(NCData,var,val_shape,DimDict,val_dim,istime)
-		ncvar = Group.createVariable(str(field),'S1',dimensions,zlib=True)
+		ncvar = Group.createVariable(str(field),'str',dimensions,zlib=True)
 		for elt in range(0,val_dim):
 			ncvar[elt,0]=dict.keys(var)[elt]
@@ -154,5 +149,5 @@
 					print 'Treating results.'+str(supfield)+'.'+str(field)+' for time '+str(time)
 					vartab=numpy.column_stack((vartab,timevar))
-			print numpy.shape(vartab)
+				#print numpy.shape(vartab)
 			try:
 				ncvar[:,:]=vartab[:,:]
@@ -174,9 +169,4 @@
 def GetDim(NCData,var,shape,DimDict,i,istime):
 	output=[]
-	#grab type
-	try:
-		val_type=str(var.dtype)
-	except AttributeError:
-		val_type=type(var)
 	#grab dimension
 	for dim in range(0,i): #loop on the dimensions
@@ -190,5 +180,5 @@
 					DimDict[len(NewDim)]='Dimension'+str(index)
 					output=output+[str(DimDict[shape[dim]])]
-					print 'Defining dimension ' +'Dimension'+str(index)
+					#print 'Defining dimension ' +'Dimension'+str(index)
 		elif type(shape[0])==str:#dealling with a dictionnary
 			try:
@@ -198,21 +188,8 @@
 				NewDim=NCData.createDimension('Dimension'+str(index),numpy.shape(shape)[0])
 				DimDict[len(NewDim)]='Dimension'+str(index)
-				output=[str(DimDict[numpy.shape(dict.keys(var))[0]])]+['Dimension6']
-				print 'Defining dimension ' +'Dimension'+str(index)
+				output=[str(DimDict[numpy.shape(dict.keys(var))[0]])]+['Dimension5']
+				#print 'Defining dimension ' +'Dimension'+str(index)
 			break
 	if istime:
 		output=output+['Dimension4']
-	#dealing with char and not string as we should so we need to had a string length
-	if val_type=='bool' or val_type==collections.OrderedDict or val_type==list:
-		charvar=stringtochar(numpy.array(var))
-		stringlength=charvar.shape[charvar.ndim-1]
-		try:
-			output=output+[str(DimDict[stringlength])] #test if the dimension allready exist
-		except KeyError: #if not create it
-			if (shape[dim])>1:
-				index=len(DimDict)+1
-				NewDim=NCData.createDimension('Dimension'+str(index),(stringlength))
-				DimDict[len(NewDim)]='Dimension'+str(index)
-				output=output+[str(DimDict[stringlength])]
-				print 'Defining dimension ' +'Dimension'+str(index)
 	return tuple(output), DimDict
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/defleurian/paraview/exportVTK.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/defleurian/paraview/exportVTK.py	(revision 21129)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/defleurian/paraview/exportVTK.py	(revision 21130)
@@ -72,5 +72,5 @@
 			if (numpy.size(res_struct.__dict__[solution])>num_of_timesteps):
 				num_of_timesteps=numpy.size(res_struct.__dict__[solution])
-				num_of_timesteps=int(num_of_timesteps)+1
+				num_of_timesteps=int(num_of_timesteps)
 	else:
 		num_of_timesteps=1
@@ -119,5 +119,5 @@
 				#getting the  fields in the solution
 				if(numpy.size(res_struct.__dict__[sol])>1):
-					fieldnames=dict.keys(res_struct.__dict__[sol].__getitem__(timestep-1).__dict__)
+					fieldnames=dict.keys(res_struct.__dict__[sol].__getitem__(timestep).__dict__)
 				else:
 					fieldnames=dict.keys(res_struct.__dict__[sol].__dict__)
@@ -125,5 +125,5 @@
 				for field in fieldnames:
 					if(numpy.size(res_struct.__dict__[sol])>1):
-						fieldstruct=res_struct.__dict__[sol].__getitem__(timestep-1).__dict__[field]
+						fieldstruct=res_struct.__dict__[sol].__getitem__(timestep).__dict__[field]
 					else:
 						fieldstruct=res_struct.__dict__[sol].__dict__[field]