# Feature Requests

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/feature-requests/14.md

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## [About the Feature Requests category](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/about-the-feature-requests-category/6943)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/about-the-feature-requests-category/6943 "2021-04-23T19:57:47Z")

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Request features for future versions of ParaView. If a feature you want to see in ParaView has already been added to this category, please vote for it by liking the first post in the topic. To see the list of feature re…

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## [get all existing sources on beginning when doing trace in a existing setup](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-all-existing-sources-on-beginning-when-doing-trace-in-a-existing-setup/17715)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-all-existing-sources-on-beginning-when-doing-trace-in-a-existing-setup/17715 "2026-09-23T19:05:27Z")

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hello, context: While scripting in paraview, I imagine i am not the only one, if i have a open paraview instance and I want to check how to modify a specific filter or how to call it to create it in paraview. I do, tool…

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## [add interactive widget to control crop filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-interactive-widget-to-control-crop-filter/17734)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-interactive-widget-to-control-crop-filter/17734 "2026-09-17T11:17:39Z")

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crop filter newly implemented on the gui in the few recent versions, is a great tool for working with structured data, in it we need to set the min max values in each axis. it would be great to have a box widget that we …

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## [duplicate filter context menu option](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/duplicate-filter-context-menu-option/17732)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/duplicate-filter-context-menu-option/17732 "2026-09-16T14:35:48Z")

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hello, context: Sometimes we are using repetitive filters (ie., same type of filters) with changing a single option, eg, same clipping but inverted one to another, or same plane slice but different origin. issue/situat…

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## [Dynamic GUI Generation for Python Plugins](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dynamic-gui-generation-for-python-plugins/17723)

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**Author:** [@Felipe\_Bordeu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Felipe_Bordeu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dynamic-gui-generation-for-python-plugins/17723 "2026-09-14T09:31:23Z")

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Hi ParaView Community, I do a lot of prototyping, and one feature I use heavily is Python plugins in ParaView. They make it possible to turn a prototype into something that instantly looks and feels professional, thank…

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## [Slice: Render Implicit Cylindrical Surface](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-render-implicit-cylindrical-surface/17717)

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**Author:** [@Raphael\_Bevand](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Raphael_Bevand)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-render-implicit-cylindrical-surface/17717 "2026-09-10T13:12:37Z")

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Dear vtk/paraview developers, in newer versions of ParaView (currently I use version 6.1.1), the slice filter only shows partially or not at all the implicit surface handles (the red edges and white transparent surface …

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## [add missing features to output of trace](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-missing-features-to-output-of-trace/17716)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-missing-features-to-output-of-trace/17716 "2026-09-04T15:30:40Z")

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hello, context: User is using trace on, of for example, lagrangean particles, uses Glyph over a cloud of points, set the Glyph to spheres and change its radius. saves the hole script to use it later. issue/situation fo…

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## [MED format native support in ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/med-format-native-support-in-paraview/7028)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/med-format-native-support-in-paraview/7028 "2026-08-31T07:14:48Z")

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From a user voice request. MED format is the output format of CODE\_Aster, a fairly popular open source simulation code. Currently, the only way to visualize MED file within ParaView requires to use ParaVis, a ParaView-…

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## [improve text warping script to programmable filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improve-text-warping-script-to-programmable-filter/17703)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2026, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improve-text-warping-script-to-programmable-filter/17703 "2026-08-28T08:14:31Z")

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Hello, currently one defines the script in a string and sends it to the programmable filter: such as: script="""import math 1+1 .... """ programmableFilter.Script=script #or the new Set method.... this works fine. th…

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## [be able to set default to plane parameters in clip/slice](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/be-able-to-set-default-to-plane-parameters-in-clip-slice/17686)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/be-able-to-set-default-to-plane-parameters-in-clip-slice/17686 "2026-08-24T14:18:03Z")

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in regards to the improvements of the gui, one annoyance while working in paraview, is create a clip/slice, set up the specific cutting point, and while moving the camera, move the cutting point. Furthermore, if one sets…

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## [camera undo/redo -\> render undo/redo](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/camera-undo-redo-render-undo-redo/17693)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/camera-undo-redo-render-undo-redo/17693 "2026-08-24T13:41:54Z")

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hello, I make this feature request in the follow up of different UI improvements. proposal: Currently there is a undo/redo on the renderviewer for the camera. it would be great if instead of being only camera, it would…

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## [Del shortkey for Delete downstream Pipeline](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/del-shortkey-for-delete-downstream-pipeline/17689)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/del-shortkey-for-delete-downstream-pipeline/17689 "2026-08-19T17:32:32Z")

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currently the Del shortkey is not assigned to anything, a lot of us were quite happy with the addition of Delete downstream Pipeline, it would be nice to have as default shortkey for it the Del key. at least personally i…

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## [automatic positioning of scroll bar on selection of filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/automatic-positioning-of-scroll-bar-on-selection-of-filter/17691)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/automatic-positioning-of-scroll-bar-on-selection-of-filter/17691 "2026-08-19T15:48:12Z")

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hello, I make this feature request in the follow up of different UI improvements. context: User using paraview particularly with pvstates or python scripts. when we load a pvstate or run a python script on the paravie…

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## [Add Show/Hide to context menu onpipeline browser](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-show-hide-to-context-menu-onpipeline-browser/17692)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 7:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-show-hide-to-context-menu-onpipeline-browser/17692 "2026-08-19T07:36:32Z")

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hello, I make this feature request in the follow up of different UI improvements. context: a current paraview session with a lot of filters and sources on the pipeline browser. some already shown some hidden. issue/si…

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## [Native 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) reader & representation for reconstructed real-world scenes](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/native-3d-gaussian-splatting-3dgs-reader-representation-for-reconstructed-real-world-scenes/17657)

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**Author:** [@Kenichiro-Yoshimi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenichiro-Yoshimi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/native-3d-gaussian-splatting-3dgs-reader-representation-for-reconstructed-real-world-scenes/17657 "2026-07-13T16:57:39Z")

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Hi ParaView team, I’d like to request first-class support for 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) in ParaView — both a reader for the de-facto 3DGS file format and a representation that renders the splats correctly. Motivatio…

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## [support of .mesh & .ovm formats](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/support-of-mesh-ovm-formats/17637)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/support-of-mesh-ovm-formats/17637 "2026-07-06T16:06:42Z")

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Hello, I would like to ask the possibility of adding the .mesh and .ovm formats to the readable/writable formats of paraview. the .mesh format is from geogram software and .ovm for openFlipper, two meshing processing fo…

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## [homogenize fields between python and spreadsheet](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/homogenize-fields-between-python-and-spreadsheet/17580)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/homogenize-fields-between-python-and-spreadsheet/17580 "2026-06-09T14:28:04Z")

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Hello, i would like to ask for the homogenization of what we ‘see’ on the spreadsheet and what we ‘use’ in python (regarding the names of fields). one example of this is ‘Point Id’, i wanted to use it: QuerySelect(Quer…

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## [add shortcut to 'Run script'](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-shortcut-to-run-script/17581)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-shortcut-to-run-script/17581 "2026-06-09T13:36:30Z")

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add the possibility to add a shortcut in paraview to open directly the Run script window to select the corresponding script we want to run.

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## [Writing vtk data at Gauss points of cells and displaying it in ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/writing-vtk-data-at-gauss-points-of-cells-and-displaying-it-in-paraview/10500)

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**Author:** [@ferhun.caner](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ferhun.caner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/writing-vtk-data-at-gauss-points-of-cells-and-displaying-it-in-paraview/10500 "2026-05-21T06:08:48Z")

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Currently ParaView can interpolate the point data loaded from a vtk file onto Gauss points in order to visualize them. That is wonderful. Most finite element calculations create data at Gauss points directly, such as st…

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## [Change File Name in Pipeline on Load Stae](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-file-name-in-pipeline-on-load-stae/17529)

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**Author:** [@Matthew03](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Matthew03)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2026, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-file-name-in-pipeline-on-load-stae/17529 "2026-04-21T14:52:47Z")

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I had a look and cannot find a feature request for this. When loading a state and selecting new files to replace the existing ones, I believe that there should be an option to automatically rename the file in the pipeli…

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## [Add an option to “Toggle between dark mode and light mode”](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-an-option-to-toggle-between-dark-mode-and-light-mode/17509)

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**Author:** [@diogo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/diogo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 1:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-an-option-to-toggle-between-dark-mode-and-light-mode/17509 "2026-04-03T13:46:20Z")

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Please add an option to “Toggle between dark mode and light mode”. References: 6.1: how to get rid of the dark theme? - ParaView Support - ParaView Switch off dark mode in 6.0? - ParaView Support - ParaView

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## [Check for data loaded prior to attemting render](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/check-for-data-loaded-prior-to-attemting-render/17451)

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**Author:** [@kimf](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kimf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/check-for-data-loaded-prior-to-attemting-render/17451 "2026-02-23T08:57:48Z")

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When working in UTM coordinates (X - 6 digits, Y - 7 digits) with the axes turned on + display grid, selecting a slice, clip or other daughter from an object in an existing state can cause PV to hang or at least become u…

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## [How to increase the display time of the pop-up box when hovering points?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-increase-the-display-time-of-the-pop-up-box-when-hovering-points/17440)

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**Author:** [@CsatiZoltan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/CsatiZoltan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-increase-the-display-time-of-the-pop-up-box-when-hovering-points/17440 "2026-02-13T13:41:15Z")

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Hi, I click on the Hover Points On button to show point data. After about 10 seconds, the pop-up box disappears. When there are many field values associated with a point, I don’t have time to read them. Yes, I know you …

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## [merge crinckleclip and crinckleslice into 'crinkle'](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/merge-crinckleclip-and-crinckleslice-into-crinkle/17426)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/merge-crinckleclip-and-crinckleslice-into-crinkle/17426 "2026-02-03T13:21:33Z")

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The clip and slice filters have the crinkle option, but in python they are separate flags with separate names (Crinkleclip & Crinkleslice) which are basically the same (at least from behavior perspective). it would be ni…

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## [keep GlobalPointIds when data conversion](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/keep-globalpointids-when-data-conversion/17420)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/keep-globalpointids-when-data-conversion/17420 "2026-02-02T13:56:10Z")

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Hello, not sure if it should fall in feature request or a straight bug. I notice that if we generate global IDs in a structured dataset and then clip it (ergo we transform it to a unstructured dataset) we loose this IDs…

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## [Add toggle to draw the outline in charts](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-toggle-to-draw-the-outline-in-charts/17415)

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**Author:** [@ggf](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ggf)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-toggle-to-draw-the-outline-in-charts/17415 "2026-01-29T10:50:44Z")

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Hi, I propose adding an option in chart view to draw the outline (bounding box) of the chart. This is the preferred style in some contexts. It is, for instance, the default style in matplotlib. It would add customizatio…

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## [vtkFileSeriesReader Multi-Output-Port Support](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkfileseriesreader-multi-output-port-support/17394)

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**Author:** [@Noerr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Noerr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkfileseriesreader-multi-output-port-support/17394 "2026-01-13T19:40:47Z")

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Allow vtkFileSeriesReader to support multi-output-port readers Summary We’ve successfully implemented file series support for a 3-output-port reader by subclassing vtkFileSeriesReader and overriding just the constructo…

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## [Remove automatic naming of vector components](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/remove-automatic-naming-of-vector-components/17366)

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**Author:** [@MarDiehl](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MarDiehl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/remove-automatic-naming-of-vector-components/17366 "2026-01-06T12:09:07Z")

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As a follow-up to Automatic naming of tensor components, I’d like to suggest to remove the automatic naming of components when a vector of length 6 is found. The reasons for that are The assumption that a vector of le…

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## [image reader read data as cell data instead of point data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/image-reader-read-data-as-cell-data-instead-of-point-data/17375)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 7:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/image-reader-read-data-as-cell-data-instead-of-point-data/17375 "2025-12-23T07:18:50Z")

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As mentionned here: the tiff reader reads the data as point data (and interpolates it) the same happens with the image reader (when reading raw data the same happens). when originally this data was voxel information, not…

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## [Export screenshot as geotiff](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-screenshot-as-geotiff/17380)

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**Author:** [@Vinicius](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Vinicius)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-screenshot-as-geotiff/17380 "2025-12-17T03:49:54Z")

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Hi, \* Can screenshots be saved as georeferenced TIFFs for direct import into GIS software? This would be valuable for geoscience research. Best regards, Vinicius\*

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