From 5ab9f955b02a51a728a82d754e81277d06734df6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: joergbuchwald <joerg.buchwald@ufz.de>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 14:28:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add array type for cell fields

---
 VTUinterface/vtuIO.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/VTUinterface/vtuIO.py b/VTUinterface/vtuIO.py
index bfc978b..9f38737 100644
--- a/VTUinterface/vtuIO.py
+++ b/VTUinterface/vtuIO.py
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ def add_cell_field(self, field, fieldname, ofilename, writefile=True, array_type
         array_type : `vtk array type`
         datamode : `str`
         """
-        field_vtk = numpy_to_vtk(field)
+        field_vtk = numpy_to_vtk(field, array_type=array_type)
         r = self.cdata.AddArray(field_vtk)
         self.cdata.GetArray(r).SetName(fieldname)
         if writefile is True: