# Feature Requests

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/feature-requests/14.md?page=4

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## [Glyphs: Scale only the arrow length instead of the whole glyph size](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-scale-only-the-arrow-length-instead-of-the-whole-glyph-size/7038)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-scale-only-the-arrow-length-instead-of-the-whole-glyph-size/7038 "2021-04-22T16:28:38Z")

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From a user voice request Glyphs: Scale only the arrow length instead of the whole glyph size The glyph filter has the nice property which allows to scale the glyph. However, for all arrow glyphs, a better way of scalin…

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## [Save State and Data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-state-and-data/7036)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-state-and-data/7036 "2021-04-22T16:20:48Z")

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From a user voice request. Include a ‘Save State & Data’ option. It would be very useful if an option was available so that the user could save his/her current state, commands and data (including any new variables) incl…

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## [Export to 3D PDF](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-to-3d-pdf/7033)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-to-3d-pdf/7033 "2021-04-22T16:07:09Z")

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From a user voice request Export to 3D PDF It would be great to be able to save a session to a 3D pdf so that any model can be viewed by almost anyone without the need for any other viewers. It is currently possible to…

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## [Add B-Spline/ NURBS visualization capability.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-b-spline-nurbs-visualization-capability/7029)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-b-spline-nurbs-visualization-capability/7029 "2021-04-22T16:05:01Z")

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From a user voice request. Please add a feature in order to be able to directly visualize NURBS --no discretization necessary!. NURBS is already a standard in computer graphics and the future of FEA (isogeometric analys…

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## [Do not hang ParaView during computation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/do-not-hang-paraview-during-computation/7032)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/do-not-hang-paraview-during-computation/7032 "2021-04-22T16:02:33Z")

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From a user voice request and request. Abort filters and rendering without having to quit paraview (Bug 3925) Some filters can take very long to finish. Also large datasets might take forever to render. It would be grea…

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## [Abaqus format native support](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/abaqus-format-native-support/7031)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/abaqus-format-native-support/7031 "2021-04-22T15:57:39Z")

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From a user voice request ABAQUS file format (.odb) is a fairly popular file format that is used mainly by SIMULIA, a proprietary simulation code from Dassault Systems. It would be nice to support this file format. Di…

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## [Automatically label contours](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/automatically-label-contours/7030)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/automatically-label-contours/7030 "2021-04-22T15:47:20Z")

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From a user voice request. create the ability to automatically label contour lines when creating contour plots I’m trying to place engine exhuasts on a car and need to identify regions of certain pressure. Solid colours…

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