# Feature Requests

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/feature-requests/14.md?page=3

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## [Tile filter for data with periodic boundary conditions](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/tile-filter-for-data-with-periodic-boundary-conditions/8360)

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**Author:** [@woodscn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/woodscn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/tile-filter-for-data-with-periodic-boundary-conditions/8360 "2022-05-02T06:36:44Z")

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It is fairly common in many fields for users to work with data that is computed using periodic boundary conditions, and these users often encounter trouble (see examples below). I think that ParaView could make this work…

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## [Diagram of sectional quantities](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/diagram-of-sectional-quantities/9302)

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**Author:** [@Matthias](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Matthias)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2022, 7:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/diagram-of-sectional-quantities/9302 "2022-04-28T07:12:27Z")

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My request is related to a typical problem occurring in postprocessing of finite element results for plane elements such as shells for mechanical applications. Usually one would like to display sectional forces as diagra…

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## [Make "rescale to custom range" more user-friendly ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/make-rescale-to-custom-range-more-user-friendly/9512)

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**Author:** [@Eloise](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Eloise)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/make-rescale-to-custom-range-more-user-friendly/9512 "2022-04-26T10:06:54Z")

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When we want to chose a custom range for data with high values (1e5 or more) or very small (1e-5 or less), It is not easy to quickly set a value: Here is the “rescale to custom range” window for the ACCL field in can.ex…

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## [Transforming results to user-defined (local) coordinate systems](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transforming-results-to-user-defined-local-coordinate-systems/9387)

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**Author:** [@FEngineer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/FEngineer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transforming-results-to-user-defined-local-coordinate-systems/9387 "2022-04-07T11:22:51Z")

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Hi, for finite element analyses it’s often very important to be able to transform the results (mainly stress, strain or displacement components) to user-defined (local) coordinate systems - rectangular, cylindrical or e…

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## [Slider bar for Slice/ Clip/ etc.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slider-bar-for-slice-clip-etc/5769)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slider-bar-for-slice-clip-etc/5769 "2022-04-07T08:33:28Z")

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Why don’t we add a slider bar (is that what it is called?) on the slice filter, and all filters that use the plane tool, in the Properties tab? Then users could move the slice plane even if they are zoomed in. When you…

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## [plots to tex feature](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plots-to-tex-feature/9294)

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**Author:** [@Qutadah\_Rababah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Qutadah_Rababah)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plots-to-tex-feature/9294 "2022-03-28T14:28:29Z")

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I would like have a feature converting and saving line plots generated in ParaView to .tex? I want to have my plots in a tex document and want them to look very consistent with the document. Thanks!

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## [Colorbar background color?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colorbar-background-color/7416)

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**Author:** [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colorbar-background-color/7416 "2022-03-04T08:54:57Z")

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Is it possible to set a background color for colorbars? For example, is there a setting that would automatically “fill-in” the below colorbar with a background color of my choosing? I’ve seen some old posts regarding ba…

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## [Feature request: Clone renderView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-clone-renderview/2370)

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**Author:** [@bastian](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bastian)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-clone-renderview/2370 "2022-02-24T00:32:23Z")

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I am setting up a state which holds multipe renderViews, so that I can have a batch job render all these views for a particular dataset. I often want these views to show the same scene but viewed from different angles an…

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## [legend layout improvements](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/legend-layout-improvements/7052)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2022, 10:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/legend-layout-improvements/7052 "2022-02-15T10:41:04Z")

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From a user voice request legend layout improvements it would be nice having line-break / feed in legend headers, e.g. for displaying the unit in a second line ability to remove the display of the highest and lowest v…

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## [Order of objects in pipeline browser](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/order-of-objects-in-pipeline-browser/7741)

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**Author:** [@Venke](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Venke)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2022, 10:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/order-of-objects-in-pipeline-browser/7741 "2022-01-04T22:47:44Z")

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Hej, For sessions with many objects in the pipeline browser it would often be useful to rearrange the order of the objects later on. For example if the first objects in the pipeline browser are geological bodies followe…

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## [Allow one to rearrange sources in the pipeline browser](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/allow-one-to-rearrange-sources-in-the-pipeline-browser/8726)

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**Author:** [@natetron](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/natetron)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/allow-one-to-rearrange-sources-in-the-pipeline-browser/8726 "2022-01-04T22:40:22Z")

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Please consider in future ParaView versions allowing the user to rearrange source objects in the pipeline browser. One idea would be to allow the user to click on a source object in the pipeline browser, drag it to the d…

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## [Normal extrusion](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/normal-extrusion/8704)

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**Author:** [@FEngineer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/FEngineer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 2:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/normal-extrusion/8704 "2021-12-30T02:25:17Z")

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Hi, whenever shell models are analyzed with structural FEA, it’s very convenient to display the results on them using solid representation instead of the regular surface one. ParaView already has a Linear Extrusion filt…

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## [ParaView Python Script Editor](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-python-script-editor/8224)

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**Author:** [@theodorebaltis](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/theodorebaltis)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2021, 8:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-python-script-editor/8224 "2021-10-22T08:36:35Z")

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The Python Script Editor (first introduced in v5.10.0-RC1) is a welcome addition, but certainly could benefit from further development. Creating this post in hopes of collecting feedback from other users. My initial th…

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## [Add waiting icon when paraview is busy](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-waiting-icon-when-paraview-is-busy/8039)

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**Author:** [@Eloise](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Eloise)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-waiting-icon-when-paraview-is-busy/8039 "2021-10-07T21:49:43Z")

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When Paraview is processing a long task, we have no indication for when it has done. It could be a good thing to have a visual information about when it is processing, for example a cursor icon change (a loading weel or …

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## [3-D Scaling representation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/3-d-scaling-representation/8018)

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**Author:** [@woodscn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/woodscn)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/3-d-scaling-representation/8018 "2021-09-20T14:40:23Z")

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It would be very convenient to add a new Measurement source to represent a 3-D scaling object that could be embedded into the rendering. I was able to mock up something that almost works using the Fast Uniform Grid and 3…

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## [Add Table to Uniform filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-table-to-uniform-filter/7694)

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**Author:** [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-table-to-uniform-filter/7694 "2021-07-26T14:49:25Z")

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It would be helpful to have a Table to Uniform (or name it Table to Image) filter that converted a table (e.g. from a .csv file) to a uniform grid. This filter would behave similar to Table to Structured except that inst…

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## [Add extractor of type Data/auto](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-extractor-of-type-data-auto/7609)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Minot](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Alexandre_Minot)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-extractor-of-type-data-auto/7609 "2021-07-14T12:00:44Z")

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A data extractor that would choose the correct writer type based on input data type would be a welcomed addition. This could take the form of an extractor of type Data/auto. Such a feature would make in-situ post-process…

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## [Improve Tecplot support](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improve-tecplot-support/7035)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/improve-tecplot-support/7035 "2021-07-09T18:07:16Z")

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From a user voice request The Tecplot reader is very usefull, but it should be further improved because many Tecplot files (written by the user according to Tecplot format specifications or written by Tecplot itself !) …

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## [Scale textures on simple Texture Map to '...' filter?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/scale-textures-on-simple-texture-map-to-filter/7456)

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**Author:** [@datathing](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/datathing)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/scale-textures-on-simple-texture-map-to-filter/7456 "2021-06-22T07:16:22Z")

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This isn’t in the current feature requests, but seems like a fairly simple one: having the ability to transform textures that are applied to an object with a Texture Map to ‘…’ filter. An example to describe what I mean:…

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## [Add boolean operations filters](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-boolean-operations-filters/7040)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-boolean-operations-filters/7040 "2021-06-11T18:17:53Z")

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From a user voice request add boolean operations between several meshes. Not only append, but really intersection, union, difference. Related : https://discourse.paraview.org/t/boolean-operations/1498/9

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## [XML property to disable scalar mapping and slice view for vtkMultiBlockDataSets](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xml-property-to-disable-scalar-mapping-and-slice-view-for-vtkmultiblockdatasets/7190)

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**Author:** [@Jonas.Lukasczyk](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jonas.Lukasczyk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2021, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xml-property-to-disable-scalar-mapping-and-slice-view-for-vtkmultiblockdatasets/7190 "2021-06-10T13:50:27Z")

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Hi all, TTK now comes with a whole deferred rendering framework as described here: \[2010.03936\] Cinema Darkroom: A Deferred Rendering Framework for Large-Scale Datasets Many of these filters process vtkImageData object…

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## [Add sub ticks to the Axis Grid](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-sub-ticks-to-the-axis-grid/7351)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-sub-ticks-to-the-axis-grid/7351 "2021-06-04T01:12:41Z")

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Please add sub ticks to the Axis Grid.

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## [\# Export Dynamic Scenes](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-dynamic-scenes/7056)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-dynamic-scenes/7056 "2021-04-22T19:06:08Z")

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from a user voice request Export Dynamic Scenes Add capabilities to the VRML, WebGL, X3D etc. writers to enable the export of animated scenes. Note: Very Very recently added for .vtkjs, next format would be easier.

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## [Add support for a limited set of importers](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-support-for-a-limited-set-of-importers/7055)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-support-for-a-limited-set-of-importers/7055 "2021-04-22T19:02:55Z")

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From a user voice request Modernize VMRL and OBJ readers VRML reader should support aliased materials, OBJ reader should support MTL files (suggested by David E DeMarle) Note : Title reworded as this is what would be n…

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## [\# green dot marking the current time for time based parametric plots](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/green-dot-marking-the-current-time-for-time-based-parametric-plots/7054)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 6:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/green-dot-marking-the-current-time-for-time-based-parametric-plots/7054 "2021-04-22T18:54:01Z")

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from user voice request. green dot marking the current time for parametric plots In a PlotSelectionOverTime filter, the resulting 2D plot can be shown as a function y = y( timestep ). This is the default, and by default…

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## [LAMMPS format native support](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/lammps-format-native-support/7051)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/lammps-format-native-support/7051 "2021-04-22T18:45:43Z")

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From a user voice request Add native support for reading in LAMMPS data. It seems odd that despite Sandia’s involvement in both LAMMPS and ParaView, ParaView can’t read in native LAMMPS output files from simulations. h…

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## [LAS format support](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/las-format-support/7047)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/las-format-support/7047 "2021-04-22T18:43:22Z")

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From a user voice request. Add support for .las LAS file format, specifically xyzRGB: Laser scanning data are typically in xyzRGB format, where xyz are the coordinates and RGB are columns for the R, G, and B colours (v…

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## [User defined python variable](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/user-defined-python-variable/7050)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/user-defined-python-variable/7050 "2021-04-22T18:41:53Z")

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From a user voice request provide some kind of global variable definition Often I’d like to have a “global variable”, so that I can change a value at only one position, which is referenced by several filters, including …

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## [Implement dxf-file import in ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/implement-dxf-file-import-in-paraview/7045)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/implement-dxf-file-import-in-paraview/7045 "2021-04-22T16:48:31Z")

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From a user voice request. Implement dxf-file import in ParaView

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## [Add X3Dom export to get a easy webgl renderer](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-x3dom-export-to-get-a-easy-webgl-renderer/7042)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-x3dom-export-to-get-a-easy-webgl-renderer/7042 "2021-04-22T16:38:06Z")

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From a user voice request add X3Dom export to get a easy webgl rendere ParaView has already a nice X3D exporter. Would be very easy and useful if somebody would create an additional X3Dom exporter by adding some static …

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