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> Full Name: Patrick Blood > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: NOAA > Package Version: 4.0u1 build date:2013-03-29 18:10 UTC > Operating System: Windows Vista > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_4.0u1\jre version: 1.6.0_43 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: making shapes > java.lang.NullPointerException > > This is the error I receicve when i attmept to load values onto a 2-D one > hour preciptaiton field. > > How can I load values? > Hi Patrick, I need more detail information to understand your problem. What kind of display were you trying to create? And how did you do it? Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.NullPointerException > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.makeShapes(StationModelDisplayable.java:1118) > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.makeShapesFromPointObsField(StationModelDisplayable.java:914) > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.makeNewDataWithShapes(StationModelDisplayable.java:697) > at > ucar.visad.display.StationModelDisplayable.setStationData(StationModelDisplayable.java:441) > at > ucar.visad.display.GridValueDisplayable.loadData(GridValueDisplayable.java:116) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.loadDataAtLevel(PlanViewControl.java:1229) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.loadDataAtLevel(PlanViewControl.java:1140) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.setData(PlanViewControl.java:697) > at ucar.unidata.idv.control.PlanViewControl.init(PlanViewControl.java:471) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1421) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.control.DisplayControlImpl.init(DisplayControlImpl.java:1106) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor.initControl(ControlDescriptor.java:986) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ControlDescriptor$1.run(ControlDescriptor.java:911) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1249) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PYZ-368882 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open