# Beginner in Vapor

**URL:** <https://vapor.discourse.group/t/beginner-in-vapor/483>\
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**Created:** [March 9, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://vapor.discourse.group/t/beginner-in-vapor/483 "2026-03-09T04:26:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Safna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Safna](https://vapor.discourse.group/u/Safna)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://vapor.discourse.group/t/beginner-in-vapor/483/1 "2026-03-09T04:26:20Z")

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Hi, I am a beginner in Vapor. I installed the Vapor GUI and went through the documentation. I get an idea of how to use it. But, I have extrapolated ‘\*.sav’ save files fro SSWIDL with values Bx, By, and Bz in 3D. Before using the Vapor, I need to convert these save files into VDF files. But I tried with vdf\_create.pro, vdf\_setnumtimes.pro,vdf\_write.pro,etc., are not available in the downloaded Vapor version. With Python, I tried, but it also doesn’t provide proper ways to convert. Could you please advise me on what I should do? I need to learn from professionals. Please provide me some guidance, too. Thank you

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**Author:** ![pearse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/vapor.discourse.group/pearse/32/177_2.png) [@pearse](https://vapor.discourse.group/u/pearse)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://vapor.discourse.group/t/beginner-in-vapor/483/2 "2026-03-16T16:43:28Z")

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Hi, could you provide one of your data files so I can take a look at it? My email address is pearse@ucar.edu.

-Scott