# ParaView Support

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## [Failure to load an OpenFOAM Controldict.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failure-to-load-an-openfoam-controldict/3667)

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**Author:** [@David\_Vazquez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/David_Vazquez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 4:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failure-to-load-an-openfoam-controldict/3667 "2020-02-27T04:31:25Z")

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Good day, Paraview is crashing immediately without any messages when trying to open a Controldict file of an OpenFOAM case. It is only happening with this specific case and I do not know why since it does not display an…

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## [Loading custom built plugin into official PV binary causes segfault](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-custom-built-plugin-into-official-pv-binary-causes-segfault/3664)

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**Author:** [@Senui](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Senui)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-custom-built-plugin-into-official-pv-binary-causes-segfault/3664 "2020-02-27T03:25:02Z")

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Hello, I am trying to load my own plugin (called BDMGlyphFilter) that I have built in the superbuild development environment (the CATALYST\_RENDERING edition, at the v5.8.0 tag), into the ParaView client from the officia…

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## [View scalar on surface of building with polygonal bases. Cutting?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/view-scalar-on-surface-of-building-with-polygonal-bases-cutting/3648)

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**Author:** [@luigiraffaele](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/luigiraffaele)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/view-scalar-on-surface-of-building-with-polygonal-bases-cutting/3648 "2020-02-26T16:21:29Z")

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Dear all, I’m trying to visualize a 3d simulation of a scalar quantity, eg. a f(x,y,z), on a surface of city buildings with polygonal bases. I write the data on vtk file. With buildings lateral faces (several vertical…

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## [ParaView 5.7.0 crashes on Startup](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-0-crashes-on-startup/2954)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Jackson](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Michael_Jackson)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-0-crashes-on-startup/2954 "2020-02-26T14:49:28Z")

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Downloaded the latest and tried to launch it on a MacPro 5,1 running macOS 10.14.x with a Radeon 7950 GPU and get the following: Process: paraview \[24618\] Path: /Applications/ParaView-5.7.…

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## [Paraview displays nothing when choosing Nvdia IndeX option](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-displays-nothing-when-choosing-nvdia-index-option/3622)

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**Author:** [@Abbas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Abbas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-displays-nothing-when-choosing-nvdia-index-option/3622 "2020-02-26T04:25:16Z")

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Hi there, I loaded the pvNVIDIAIndeX plugin from the Plugin Manager and created a waveform source to test it and it worked. However when I load my own Unstructured Grid Data and choose Nvidia IndeX display option, ever…

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## [Threading](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/threading/3647)

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**Author:** [@sohayb\_bahi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sohayb_bahi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/threading/3647 "2020-02-25T23:04:03Z")

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ParaView blocks when i launch a script that contains a thread inside python shell in ParaView. Solutions??

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## [Paraview 5.6.2 crashes](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-2-crashes/3662)

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**Author:** [@Frantisek\_Prinz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Frantisek_Prinz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-2-crashes/3662 "2020-02-25T15:32:16Z")

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Hello, I use the newest version of paraview for visualisation of data from openLB but after a few minutes the software crashes. I tried it out several times. I suppose that the problem is in my graphics card because my…

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## [\[solved\] Compiling superbuild does not produce all executables](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/solved-compiling-superbuild-does-not-produce-all-executables/3308)

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**Author:** [@XavierStuvw](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/XavierStuvw)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/solved-compiling-superbuild-does-not-produce-all-executables/3308 "2020-02-25T12:47:10Z")

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Working with the superbuild of Paraview 5.7.0 with the tarball as source. I have independently installed pv on two computers in a network that tap from the same grand set of programs and shared libraries. Also the so-cal…

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## [volume rendering of multi-block dataset](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/volume-rendering-of-multi-block-dataset/3655)

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**Author:** [@thomas.engels](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/thomas.engels)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/volume-rendering-of-multi-block-dataset/3655 "2020-02-25T13:28:29Z")

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Dear Community, is there a way to use volume rendering on multi-block datasets? My data consists of regular (Cartesian) blocks with different spacings. It is point data (but can of course be converted to cell data). The…

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## [Layering multiple datasets](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/layering-multiple-datasets/3659)

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**Author:** [@MarcFrei](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MarcFrei)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/layering-multiple-datasets/3659 "2020-02-25T12:29:41Z")

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Hi all, I am layering 4 datasets for a material at different lengths over each other. The higher layers have “holes” in them that correspong to the mesh that was used. These holes do not appear when showing only one dat…

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## [Sound waves emitted from a point](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sound-waves-emitted-from-a-point/419)

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**Author:** [@RickF](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/RickF)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sound-waves-emitted-from-a-point/419 "2020-02-25T07:12:14Z")

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Hi, M trying to make a representation of (sound) waves generated in all directions from a point. Ideally would be transparent to a degree so as to not obscure other object. Can anyone give me a recipe for this. Thanks…

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## [Missing DLL](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/missing-dll/3650)

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**Author:** [@cmorris](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cmorris)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/missing-dll/3650 "2020-02-24T18:59:29Z")

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I have installed paraview 5.8.0 on my laptop running windows 10. When I try to run it I get a System Error. The code execution canot procedd because VCOMP140.DLL was not found. Any ideas?

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## [Error loading PVD file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-loading-pvd-file/3637)

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**Author:** [@greendt416](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/greendt416)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-loading-pvd-file/3637 "2020-02-25T03:34:29Z")

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Hello, I’m new to ParaView and I’ve been trying to load a simulation of a planetoid mantle evolving over time. I’ve been able to run the model on a different computer using ParaView version 5.5.0 but I had a frame rate …

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## [Launching pvserver with Nvidia Index and selecting the remote GPU to run on](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/launching-pvserver-with-nvidia-index-and-selecting-the-remote-gpu-to-run-on/3628)

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**Author:** [@XavierStuvw](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/XavierStuvw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/launching-pvserver-with-nvidia-index-and-selecting-the-remote-gpu-to-run-on/3628 "2020-02-24T04:04:51Z")

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Situation I am setting up a reverse client-server connection connection using the Nvidia Index plugin. I use the plugin version 2.3 required for ParaView 5.7.0 according to the user’s guide taken from the Paraview downlo…

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## [Black Screen when trying to use Volume Representation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/black-screen-when-trying-to-use-volume-representation/3634)

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**Author:** [@pwyszkie](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pwyszkie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/black-screen-when-trying-to-use-volume-representation/3634 "2020-02-24T02:54:59Z")

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Hello, I am trying to view a .vtu file in Paraview. When using the Surface representation I can view it in the Render View but when changing to Volume the screen is black. I am using a mesh generated in SimVascular I w…

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## [Complete source code for offline build?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/complete-source-code-for-offline-build/3641)

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**Author:** [@cesss](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cesss)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/complete-source-code-for-offline-build/3641 "2020-02-24T02:41:53Z")

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I’m building ParaView (not with superbuild, but installing dependencies first on my own), and, even then, I noticed that when I build ParaView, it’s still downloading lots of stuff, even I built the dependencies that the…

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## [Locate the normal point on a surface from a given point in world coordinates](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/locate-the-normal-point-on-a-surface-from-a-given-point-in-world-coordinates/3613)

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**Author:** [@Polly\_Hiro](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Polly_Hiro)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/locate-the-normal-point-on-a-surface-from-a-given-point-in-world-coordinates/3613 "2020-02-23T08:21:19Z")

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I have a polydata of 3D face. I would like to locate the z normal point from a given coordinate. For example, I could get the centre with coordinate x, y, z of the cluster from the nose region. But the point does not fal…

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## [Color palette and state files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-palette-and-state-files/3636)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andy_Bauer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-palette-and-state-files/3636 "2020-02-22T04:50:46Z")

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When I’m in the GUI for 5.8 and change the background from the default gray to white and then save the state and then restart ParaView and load that state file back into ParaView (either through the GUI’s Load State... o…

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## [Find data/ freeze selection appears to not work](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-freeze-selection-appears-to-not-work/3619)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/find-data-freeze-selection-appears-to-not-work/3619 "2020-02-22T04:03:53Z")

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Hi guys, I appear to not be able to “freeze selection” on a find data. First, I wanted to know if I am doing something obviously wrong, if not, I will write up a bug. My user wants to do the following: 5.8.0, Linux, …

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## [Why there is a plane that I do not want in ParaView using VTK data?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/why-there-is-a-plane-that-i-do-not-want-in-paraview-using-vtk-data/3629)

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**Author:** [@randomwangran](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/randomwangran)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/why-there-is-a-plane-that-i-do-not-want-in-paraview-using-vtk-data/3629 "2020-02-21T18:40:51Z")

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Dear ParaView experts: Thanks for your effort and contribution. I recently want to study how to visualize VTK data set in ParaView, but I meet some troubles. My question is: why there's a plane ( marked by red circl…

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## [GUI Bug](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/gui-bug/3631)

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**Author:** [@doczoidberg](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/doczoidberg)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/gui-bug/3631 "2020-02-21T17:19:50Z")

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As soon as I select the can.ex2 entry in the pipeline browser the GUI gets bigger and icons and menu are gone. This happens to me since 5.7. I use windows 10. What can I do?

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## [Async tasks](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/async-tasks/3571)

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**Author:** [@sohayb\_bahi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sohayb_bahi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/async-tasks/3571 "2020-02-21T15:45:15Z")

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Hi , I have a python script that uses vtk to launch a vtk window to visualize an object . This window is created and launched by a function and this function is assigned to a thread . I’m launching another function that…

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## [How to change frame rate](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-change-frame-rate/3623)

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**Author:** [@Richard](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Richard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2020, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-change-frame-rate/3623 "2020-02-21T09:08:38Z")

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How to change frame rate when plating them in the Renderview? I am going through playing 200 frames for a given analysis and I found it a bit slow when animating frames live

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## [Color transfer function: Unable to delete multiple start/end points](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-transfer-function-unable-to-delete-multiple-start-end-points/3618)

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**Author:** [@user223](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/user223)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-transfer-function-unable-to-delete-multiple-start-end-points/3618 "2020-02-20T18:04:20Z")

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Hello, this is my first question on the forum. Forgive me if any rules were not followed. So, I added new points to the “Mapping Data” under “Color Map Editor”. I accidentally moved few of the points to the start (i.e. …

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## [Reduce the size of grid data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reduce-the-size-of-grid-data/3615)

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**Author:** [@carl.hughes.cerberus](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/carl.hughes.cerberus)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reduce-the-size-of-grid-data/3615 "2020-02-20T15:34:13Z")

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Hello, Is there a filter or process that can reduce the size of a rectilinear grid. i.e, I want to reduce the mesh from 100x100x100 to 50x50x50 but have the overall outer dimensions the same, so that the blocks are aver…

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## [Is there a glowing (i.e. emitting light) effect for objects?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-there-a-glowing-i-e-emitting-light-effect-for-objects/3593)

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**Author:** [@Senui](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Senui)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-there-a-glowing-i-e-emitting-light-effect-for-objects/3593 "2020-02-19T16:38:03Z")

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Hello, I was wondering if it’s possible to add a ‘glowing effect’ to objects, such as glyphs. I saw this image on a Kitware tweet (https://twitter.com/kitware/status/1029769512558768128), where it seems like the streaml…

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## [Display of change in values](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-of-change-in-values/3609)

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**Author:** [@Samanvith\_A](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Samanvith_A)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-of-change-in-values/3609 "2020-02-20T12:03:53Z")

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I have set of files named CoordinatelogMass\_1, CoordinatelogMass\_2, CoordinatelogMass\_3 which represent mass. Now I have created an animation that shows the change in mass because of these three files. Now I want to dis…

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## [Change the time variables in pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-the-time-variables-in-pvpython/3600)

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**Author:** [@carl.hughes.cerberus](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/carl.hughes.cerberus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-the-time-variables-in-pvpython/3600 "2020-02-20T09:42:56Z")

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Hello, So far I have managed to use the GUI to produce an animation successfully. As I want to automated this process, I have used the tracer to generate a python script, but it doesn’t capture the time information. Th…

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## [Implications of 'Nvidia Index does not distribute data sets in vtk format with pvserver'](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/implications-of-nvidia-index-does-not-distribute-data-sets-in-vtk-format-with-pvserver/3588)

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**Author:** [@XavierStuvw](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/XavierStuvw)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/implications-of-nvidia-index-does-not-distribute-data-sets-in-vtk-format-with-pvserver/3588 "2020-02-20T08:48:54Z")

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I managed to set up a working reverse client-server connection using paraview 5.7.0 installed from the superbuild and MPI. I run on a Debian GNU/Linux 10 ‘buster’ and Cuda 10.1.168. The server side has a GPU too, which …

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## [pvserver security risk?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvserver-security-risk/3582)

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**Author:** [@StRuoff](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/StRuoff)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvserver-security-risk/3582 "2020-02-20T02:02:08Z")

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Hello All, we are using paraview (5.6.0) to visualize CFD data remotley. Our Pipeline is to start a pvserver on the remote machine and then connect to it via paraview. What we discovered recently (by accident) is the …

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