- dictMCTyp={NORM_HEXA8:"hexa8",NORM_POLYHED:"nfaced",NORM_QUAD4:"quad4",NORM_POLYGON:"nsided",NORM_POINT1:"point",NORM_SEG2:"bar2",NORM_SEG3:"bar3",NORM_TRI3:"tria3",NORM_TRI6:"tria6",NORM_QUAD8:"quad8",NORM_TETRA4:"tetra4",NORM_TETRA10:"tetra10",NORM_PYRA5:"pyramid5",NORM_PYRA13:"pyramid13",NORM_PENTA6:"penta6",NORM_PENTA15:"penta15",NORM_HEXA20:"hexa20"}
+ dictMCTyp_str={NORM_HEXA8:"hexa8",NORM_POLYHED:"nfaced",NORM_QUAD4:"quad4",NORM_POLYGON:"nsided",NORM_POINT1:"point",NORM_SEG2:"bar2",NORM_SEG3:"bar3",NORM_TRI3:"tria3",NORM_TRI6:"tria6",NORM_QUAD8:"quad8",NORM_TETRA4:"tetra4",NORM_TETRA10:"tetra10",NORM_PYRA5:"pyramid5",NORM_PYRA13:"pyramid13",NORM_PENTA6:"penta6",NORM_PENTA15:"penta15",NORM_HEXA20:"hexa20"}
+ dictMCTyp = {k:bytes(v, "ascii") for k, v in list(dictMCTyp_str.items())}