[netcdf-hdf] conversion netcdf-3 to hdf5 1.6

Hello,

I have been wondering if there exists a way for converting a netcdf-3 file into 
hdf5 version 1.6.
I know how to convert to hdf5 1.8 however I am trying to use Tecplot that has a 
loader compiled with 1.6
and it won't load my file. As I learned the conversion of hdf5 1.8 to 1.6 can 
be done via h5dump and h5import through a binary or an ascii file, but this 
does not seem to be very convenient.
Of course the easiest way is to kindly ask Tecplot people to compile the loader 
with 1.8, I am trying ...

Thank you for any ideas,
Bedrich