# Development

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## [ServerManagerConfiguration for a "source"](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/servermanagerconfiguration-for-a-source/1374)

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**Author:** [@cobo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cobo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/servermanagerconfiguration-for-a-source/1374 "2019-03-04T10:12:53Z")

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I have written “source” filters in the past, and normally the first property that I put into the XML was this: Specify a CSV file that contains the Assay table of the sampling In a property panel widget const…

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## [Visualizer - pass file from html](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizer-pass-file-from-html/1359)

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**Author:** [@ravid.l](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ravid.l)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizer-pass-file-from-html/1359 "2019-02-28T15:26:02Z")

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In 5.2 version, I see you can write such code in index.html: Visualizer.connect({ application: 'visualizer', dataFile: 'a.vtk', dataDir: "" }); And in this way - to pass a file…

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## [Tolerance for 'Plot over line'](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/tolerance-for-plot-over-line/1335)

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**Author:** [@vincentlaboure](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vincentlaboure)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/tolerance-for-plot-over-line/1335 "2019-02-21T20:47:02Z")

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Hello all, I have a 1-D exodus file with the following coordinates: coordx = 5.22, 4.698, 4.176, 3.654, 3.132, 2.61, 2.088, 1.566, 1.044, 0.521999999999998, 0 ; coordy = 0, 6.39265629154918e-17, 1.2785312583098…

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## [pqCore cyclic dependency in a module](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pqcore-cyclic-dependency-in-a-module/1333)

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**Author:** [@phil\_ossk](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/phil_ossk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pqcore-cyclic-dependency-in-a-module/1333 "2019-02-21T18:29:10Z")

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Hello, I wrote a plugin that interacts with pipeline items. I need to access the server manager to gather the information that I want, hence a couple calls to pqApplicationCore::instance()-\>getServerManagerModel() and t…

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## [A good issue for a first-time ParaView contributor](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/a-good-issue-for-a-first-time-paraview-contributor/1207)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/a-good-issue-for-a-first-time-paraview-contributor/1207 "2019-02-20T00:07:21Z")

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If you’d like to get your feet wet contributing to ParaView, here’s a good first issue. https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/18576 Just comment on the issue that you’d like to take it on and I’ll assign …

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## [Custom VTK objects on server-side only](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/custom-vtk-objects-on-server-side-only/1315)

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**Author:** [@lhofmann](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lhofmann)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/custom-vtk-objects-on-server-side-only/1315 "2019-02-18T11:42:44Z")

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When running a pvserver with external plugins, these plugins do not need to be loaded on the client, and everything will work as expected, as long as they only produce standard VTK objects. However, if a plugin creates …

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## [New logging support in ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/new-logging-support-in-paraview/1308)

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**Author:** [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/new-logging-support-in-paraview/1308 "2019-02-17T15:55:43Z")

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VTK recently introduced a new logging infrastructure described in this post. This post acts as a brief summary of the implementation that we have under works on the ParaView side to access these new logging capabilities.…

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## [writing geo files in parallel](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/writing-geo-files-in-parallel/1293)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/writing-geo-files-in-parallel/1293 "2019-02-15T18:45:38Z")

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The .geo (Houdini) file writer is available in parallel, but it moves all of the data to rank 0. Would it be possible to have the .geo writer truly work and write in parallel? Is this a file format issue, or a ParaView …

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## [Paraview Reader Plugin is hanging on file open](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-reader-plugin-is-hanging-on-file-open/1156)

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**Author:** [@Aandreyev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Aandreyev)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-reader-plugin-is-hanging-on-file-open/1156 "2019-02-14T20:13:38Z")

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Hello all, I have written and AMR reader (inheriting from the vtkAMRBaseReader) for our in house code, but I cannot get Paraview to open the files. I have compiled it two ways using the plugin and building and directly…

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## [Python filter proxy does not update property](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-filter-proxy-does-not-update-property/1267)

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**Author:** [@AntoineD](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AntoineD)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 11:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-filter-proxy-does-not-update-property/1267 "2019-02-11T11:33:56Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to create a proxy for a python filter. On the client side, I would like the proxy to be able to provide an id. I tried 2 different property mechanisms for that purpose, but I am facing 2 issues: The …

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## [Settings in ParaView-branded app](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/settings-in-paraview-branded-app/676)

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**Author:** [@dcthomp](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dcthomp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2019, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/settings-in-paraview-branded-app/676 "2019-02-07T14:17:33Z")

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I’m trying to add some application settings to a ParaView-branded app; they’re exposed in the user preferences dialog now as a new panel (I create a new singleton class to hold settings and reference it in Server-Manager…

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## [Run ParaviewWeb Visualizer in browser](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-paraviewweb-visualizer-in-browser/1235)

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**Author:** [@barak.o](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/barak.o)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-paraviewweb-visualizer-in-browser/1235 "2019-02-06T16:36:47Z")

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Hello, I follow this link: visualizer github I don’t know how run the project in the browser?. when I open the index.html from src folder in browser and I get: I need help. thanks, Barak

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## [Building an old version](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-an-old-version/1228)

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**Author:** [@cobo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cobo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-an-old-version/1228 "2019-02-04T15:03:07Z")

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Trying to build an old version of ParaView (3.12.0) I am struggling with getting the right submodules ready (so maybe this is rather a git question than anything else). The purpose is to finally also compile the sources …

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## [Release Independent Plugin possible?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/release-independent-plugin-possible/1192)

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**Author:** [@cobo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cobo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/release-independent-plugin-possible/1192 "2019-01-30T17:16:50Z")

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After all I learned so far I know that I cannot simply write plugins for ParaView in C++, compile them as so or dll files and send them to somebody who has a ParaView installed from the “official” binary downloads: ParaV…

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## [ParaView install error: Copyright.txt is using the wrong path](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-install-error-copyright-txt-is-using-the-wrong-path/1187)

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**Author:** [@Haocheng\_Liu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Haocheng_Liu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-install-error-copyright-txt-is-using-the-wrong-path/1187 "2019-01-28T13:23:45Z")

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Hi, When trying to build a ParaView downstream application with the PV master branch, I run into the following error when calling ninja install in ParaView build dir: Error message as below: CMake Error at cmake\_inst…

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## [Run \`git submodule sync\`](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-git-submodule-sync/1186)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-git-submodule-sync/1186 "2019-01-25T21:51:46Z")

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If you run into problems with git submodule update when updating to paraview master, make sure you run git submodule sync. Then try again.

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## [Could we prevent the pv., pvcs. and pvcrs. test from running simultaneously](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/could-we-prevent-the-pv-pvcs-and-pvcrs-test-from-running-simultaneously/1151)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andy_Bauer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/could-we-prevent-the-pv-pvcs-and-pvcrs-test-from-running-simultaneously/1151 "2019-01-22T19:30:24Z")

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Could we automatically prevent the pv., pvcs. and pvcrs.\* tests from running simultaneously? For example, the SaveTSV test is currently forced to run in serial because it writes out a .tsv file and then reads it back in.…

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## [Paraview Master: new build standard use of \`PARAVIEW\_USE\_MPI\`](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-master-new-build-standard-use-of-paraview-use-mpi/1164)

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**Author:** [@Trophime](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Trophime)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-master-new-build-standard-use-of-paraview-use-mpi/1164 "2019-01-23T20:15:29Z")

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Hi, I don’t quite ketch the comment in latest master commit regarding the new “build” standard: ParaView’s flags forcefully disable some modules. For example, ParaView can no longer be built with PARAVIEW\_USE\_MPI and…

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## [Crash on Ubuntu reporting incorrect "Protocol Buffer runtime library" because of Qt5.10 PlatformTheme plugin](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crash-on-ubuntu-reporting-incorrect-protocol-buffer-runtime-library-because-of-qt5-10-platformtheme-plugin/114)

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**Author:** [@jcfr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jcfr)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crash-on-ubuntu-reporting-incorrect-protocol-buffer-runtime-library-because-of-qt5-10-platformtheme-plugin/114 "2019-01-23T15:41:15Z")

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Compiler: gcc 5.2 Qt version: 5.10 Ubuntu 15.10 Error ./bin/paraview libprotobuf FATAL /home/jcfr/Projects/ParaView/ThirdParty/protobuf/vtkprotobuf/src/google/protobuf/stubs/common.cc:62\] This program requires version…

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## [Adding project to ParaView Superbuild](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-project-to-paraview-superbuild/1143)

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**Author:** [@benjaminjeliot](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/benjaminjeliot)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-project-to-paraview-superbuild/1143 "2019-01-22T15:47:52Z")

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Hello everyone! I am trying to add an external project to ParaView Superbuild and I am having some difficulty due to the project layout. I have created a project file projects/unix/\<name\>.cmake and added the project to v…

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## [Writing out .csv files from a temporal composite dataset](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/writing-out-csv-files-from-a-temporal-composite-dataset/1142)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andy_Bauer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/writing-out-csv-files-from-a-temporal-composite-dataset/1142 "2019-01-16T13:03:35Z")

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Hi, I’m going through and reworking the way .csv files are written out in parallel (see https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/merge\_requests/2967 for my work in progress branch) to make it a bit more efficient an…

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## [does paraview 5.6.0 support gmsh 4?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/does-paraview-5-6-0-support-gmsh-4/1119)

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**Author:** [@Trophime](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Trophime)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/does-paraview-5-6-0-support-gmsh-4/1119 "2019-01-10T12:55:00Z")

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Hi, I’ve noticed that paraview may be compiled with gmsh support. It starts from gmsh 3.0.7 as far as I’ve understood The point is there is no 3.0.7 gmsh version. The only available version greater than 3.0.6 availab…

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## [Time values for Silo file format](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/time-values-for-silo-file-format/1034)

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**Author:** [@pmblakely](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pmblakely)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2019, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/time-values-for-silo-file-format/1034 "2019-01-10T08:31:28Z")

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Hello, I have a set of .silo files, which contain simulation times. They can be opened by VisIt, and their times display correctly as 0, 0.025, 0.05, 0.075. However, when I open them in Paraview (downloaded as ParaView…

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## [possible bug PV 5.4.1](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/possible-bug-pv-5-4-1/1099)

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**Author:** [@swornom](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/swornom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/possible-bug-pv-5-4-1/1099 "2019-01-04T15:59:28Z")

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1- make a contour, say pressure 2- apply custom scaling. 3- When one adds a text to a contour the scaling is deactivate. Has this bug been reported?

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## [Update VisIt Bridge?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/update-visit-bridge/1064)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/update-visit-bridge/1064 "2019-01-02T18:45:18Z")

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Is it time to update the VisIt Bridge? Many of the readers in current ParaView are OLD…

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## [Setting the extents for OverlappingAMR data set](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/setting-the-extents-for-overlappingamr-data-set/1084)

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**Author:** [@Aandreyev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Aandreyev)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/setting-the-extents-for-overlappingamr-data-set/1084 "2018-12-26T22:44:07Z")

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Hello all, I am writing a parallel reader for our in house AMR data. I am close, but I have some confusion with the request information routine and it’s requirement for “UPDATE\_EXTENT” portion. I am a bit confused what…

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## [Find Data option for blocks](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-option-for-blocks/1079)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andy_Bauer)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-option-for-blocks/1079 "2018-12-21T18:19:31Z")

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Hi, I’m working with a .silo dataset that has 1024 blocks and I’d like use Find Data to find just the small fraction of blocks where the cell data of a given field is non-zero. Pushing forward with this, it would be gre…

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## [Is it available making streaming plugin?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-available-making-streaming-plugin/1058)

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**Author:** [@ingyomi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ingyomi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-available-making-streaming-plugin/1058 "2018-12-18T01:49:32Z")

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I want show real-time streaming data in paraview. I think plugin can do it. Here’s how some application make vtk data(vtkunstructedgrid data) in every second and using IPC(such as pipe or shared memory) the plugin recei…

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## [QChart can be used in the solution compiled paraview-v5.6.0\_source?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qchart-can-be-used-in-the-solution-compiled-paraview-v5-6-0-source/1040)

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**Author:** [@arthur](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/arthur)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qchart-can-be-used-in-the-solution-compiled-paraview-v5-6-0-source/1040 "2018-12-14T14:09:10Z")

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hello everyone! I use cmake to compile Paraview5.6.0 source and get the VS solution of paraview C++ sourecode,but when I try to new a QChart object,run the VS solution,it corrupt，I want to add QChart module into the so…

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## [ParaView-superbuild crashes when .nas files are opened. Problem with VisIt reader?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-superbuild-crashes-when-nas-files-are-opened-problem-with-visit-reader/1032)

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**Author:** [@sabyasachi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sabyasachi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-superbuild-crashes-when-nas-files-are-opened-problem-with-visit-reader/1032 "2018-12-13T15:45:36Z")

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Hello, I have installed paraview with the superbuild procedure on a MacOS. My main use-case is to use paraview to read Nastran files. To do this, I have enabled VisIt reader by turning on “ENABLE\_visitbridge” during the…

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