diff --git a/ntrfc/filehandling/tecplot.py b/ntrfc/filehandling/tecplot.py
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-import os
-
-
-def writeTecplot1DFile(output_path, var_string, zone_string, values, title):
-    # var_string: namen der variablen als liste ['U','p']
-    # zone_string: namen der zonen als liste ['saugseute','druckseite']
-    # values: erster index der liste steht fuer zone, dann folgen die listen der eigentlichen variablen
-    # Beispiel: [[[10,11,10],[10000,11000,12000]],[[10,11,10],[10000,11000,12000]]]
-    data = open(os.path.join(output_path), 'w')
-    data.write('TITLE     ="' + title + '"\n')
-    var = 'VARIABLES = '
-    for i in range(len(var_string)):
-        if i < len(var_string) - 1:
-            var = var + '"' + var_string[i] + '", '
-        else:
-            var = var + '"' + var_string[i] + '"\n'
-
-    data.write(var)
-
-    for i in range(len(values)):
-        data.write('ZONE T="' + zone_string[i] + '",I=' + str(len(values[i][0])) + '\n')
-
-        # data.write('ZONE  T= "'+zone_string[i]+'"\n')
-        for j in range(len(values[i][0])):
-            line_string = ''
-            for k in range(len(values[i])):
-                if k < len(values[i]) - 1:
-                    line_string = line_string + str(values[i][k][j]) + '\t'
-                else:
-                    line_string = line_string + str(values[i][k][j]) + '\n'
-            data.write(line_string)
-
-    data.close()
-
-
-def writeTecplot2D3DFile(filename, X, Y, Z, vars):
-    def pad(s, width):
-        s2 = s
-        while len(s2) < width:
-            s2 = ' ' + s2
-        if s2[0] != ' ':
-            s2 = ' ' + s2
-        if len(s2) > width:
-            s2 = s2[:width]
-        return s2
-
-    def varline(vars, id, fw):
-        s = ""
-        for v in vars:
-            s = s + pad(str(v[1][id]), fw)
-        s = s + '\n'
-        return s
-
-    fw = 10  # field width
-
-    f = open(filename, "wt")
-
-    f.write('Variables="X","Y"')
-    if len(Z) > 0:
-        f.write(',"Z"')
-    for v in vars:
-        f.write(',"%s"' % v[0])
-    f.write('\n\n')
-
-    f.write('Zone I=' + pad(str(len(X)), 6) + ',J=' + pad(str(len(Y)), 6))
-    if len(Z) > 0:
-        f.write(',K=' + pad(str(len(Z)), 6))
-    f.write(', F=POINT\n')
-
-    if len(Z) > 0:
-        id = 0
-        for k in range(len(Z)):
-            for j in range(len(Y)):
-                for i in range(len(X)):
-                    f.write(pad(str(X[i]), fw) + pad(str(Y[j]), fw) + pad(str(Z[k]), fw))
-                    f.write(varline(vars, id, fw))
-                    id = id + 1
-    else:
-        id = 0
-        for j in range(len(Y)):
-            for i in range(len(X)):
-                f.write(pad(str(X[i]), fw) + pad(str(Y[j]), fw))
-                f.write(varline(vars, id, fw))
-                id = id + 1
-
-    f.close()
-
-
-def openTecplotFile(path):
-    values = []
-    var = []
-    zones = []
-
-    zone_bool = -1
-    with open(path, 'r') as f:
-        for line in f:
-            if line.startswith('VARIABLES'):
-                line_string = line.replace('\n', '').split('=')[-1].split(',')
-                for string in line_string:
-                    var.append(string.replace('"', ''))
-
-            if line.startswith('ZONE'):
-
-                zone_bool = zone_bool + 1
-
-                zones.append(line.replace('\n', '').split('=')[-1].replace('"', ''))
-                list_01 = []
-                for i in range(len(var)):
-                    list_01.append([])
-
-                values.append(list_01)
-
-            if line.startswith('ZONE') or line.startswith('VARIABLES') or line.startswith('TITLE'):
-                pass
-
-            else:
-                line_values = line.split()
-                for i in range(len(line_values)):
-                    values[zone_bool][i].append(float(line_values[i]))
-
-    return values
-
-
-def getTecplotFileVarNames(path):
-    var = []
-
-    with open(path, 'r') as f:
-        for line in f:
-            if line.startswith('VARIABLES'):
-                line = line.replace(' ', '')
-                line_string = line.replace('\n', '').split('=')[-1].split(',')
-
-                for string in line_string:
-                    var.append(string.replace('"', ''))
-
-    return var
-
-
-def getTecplotFileZoneNames(path):
-    var = []
-
-    with open(path, 'r') as f:
-        for line in f:
-            if line.startswith('ZONE') or line.startswith('Zone') or line.startswith('zone'):
-                line = line.replace(' ', '')
-                line_string = line.replace('\n', '').split('"')[1]
-
-                var.append(line_string)
-
-    return var