# ParaView Support

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## [Setting Backplate while using OSPRay](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/setting-backplate-while-using-ospray/2078)

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**Author:** [@mconti](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mconti)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/setting-backplate-while-using-ospray/2078 "2019-06-21T13:58:33Z")

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Hey all, I am doing some work using the OSPRay rending tool in PV 5.6, and am having a small issue I was hoping you could help with. When using the pathtracer engine, the image you put as a background is set as an HDRI …

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## [Unable to fly with OpenVR](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-fly-with-openvr/2063)

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**Author:** [@nickgski](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nickgski)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-fly-with-openvr/2063 "2019-06-20T20:09:55Z")

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I have been trying to view my Paraview scene on an Oculus. While I can scale and translate the world with the controllers, I have been unable use the joystick to fly around as described in this blog post, specifically th…

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## [Paraview crashes when saving pngs from pvtp files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-saving-pngs-from-pvtp-files/2074)

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**Author:** [@wyan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wyan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-saving-pngs-from-pvtp-files/2074 "2019-06-20T13:59:46Z")

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I have a series of parallel XML polyline files as (\*.pvtp and \*.vtp) files in base64 binary format (uncompressed) loaded into paraview. The visualization process works normally. However, when I try to save animation into…

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## [After Paraview imports the pvsm file, the model order changes.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/after-paraview-imports-the-pvsm-file-the-model-order-changes/2052)

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**Author:** [@RisingYoung](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/RisingYoung)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/after-paraview-imports-the-pvsm-file-the-model-order-changes/2052 "2019-06-20T13:58:40Z")

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Hi all, Steps: Open multiple models in ParaView, the order of models as below: Click Save state in file menu, we got a pvsm file. Startup another Paraview, and loading the pvsm file created in previous step. It is…

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## [New to Paraview application](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/new-to-paraview-application/1414)

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**Author:** [@mccormickm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mccormickm)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/new-to-paraview-application/1414 "2019-06-20T13:54:35Z")

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Good morning, I am new to ParaView. I am researching it with plans in mind to install a newer version of the sw on a RHEL 6.5 (I think) cluster environment. What version of ParaView will run on RHEL 6.5, v5.6 or should…

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## [plot the pressure over a cylinder in ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-the-pressure-over-a-cylinder-in-paraview/2076)

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**Author:** [@zakaria\_rhm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/zakaria_rhm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-the-pressure-over-a-cylinder-in-paraview/2076 "2019-06-20T09:12:12Z")

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Hi all, how to plot the pressure curves in functions of the angle (0 to 360) over a cylinder. the study is a numerical simulation of a turbulent flow around four cylinders in square configuration, I used Gmsh for geom…

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## [RangeMin and RangeMax of points in xml vtp polydata file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rangemin-and-rangemax-of-points-in-xml-vtp-polydata-file/2082)

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**Author:** [@Tho](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Tho)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rangemin-and-rangemax-of-points-in-xml-vtp-polydata-file/2082 "2019-06-19T15:35:26Z")

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Hi, I have to create a “.vtp” file (xml file for polydata object) from a model of simulation. I have found some examples on the internet to understand the construction of this kind of file. However, I don’t understand “…

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## [Multiple vectors on one point](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/multiple-vectors-on-one-point/2069)

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**Author:** [@gdesrues](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gdesrues)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/multiple-vectors-on-one-point/2069 "2019-06-19T13:57:55Z")

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Hi, I’ve been looking a long time for how to visualize local frames (3 orthonormal vectors in 3D) at some chosen points in a solid. My idea was to define 3 superposed points for each origin and assign a vector to each of…

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## [Warning while saving animation to png files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/warning-while-saving-animation-to-png-files/1276)

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**Author:** [@jvoor](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jvoor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/warning-while-saving-animation-to-png-files/1276 "2019-06-18T19:57:56Z")

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In paraview V5.6.0 I get this warning while saving a series of png files: Generic Warning: In C:\\bbd\\ecd3383f\\build\\superbuild\\paraview\\src\\ParaViewCore\\ClientServerCore\\Rendering\\vtkPVRenderView.cxx, line 1805 Missing…

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## [Paraview error while installation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-error-while-installation/2072)

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**Author:** [@MrMiz009](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MrMiz009)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-error-while-installation/2072 "2019-06-18T17:33:55Z")

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Hi, I am getting attched error while installation and praview crashed after running. I want to know which version is compatible with window 7 ? As it says please use older version. If there is anyother way to get rid of…

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## [Python and Color Map Presets](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-and-color-map-presets/2064)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-and-color-map-presets/2064 "2019-06-18T02:06:36Z")

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What is, or is there, Python to change presets? Note that the Trace utility does not record changing color map presets. Thanks, Alan

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## [Problem on running the same macro again.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-on-running-the-same-macro-again/2054)

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**Author:** [@obas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/obas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-on-running-the-same-macro-again/2054 "2019-06-17T10:48:45Z")

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When I run the macro added, it works as intended in the first run. For the second time, an error occured (Input port 1 of algorithm vtkPProbeFilter () has zero connections but is not optional.). I do not upload a dataset…

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## [Could NOT find MPI](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/could-not-find-mpi/1285)

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**Author:** [@Niklas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Niklas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/could-not-find-mpi/1285 "2019-06-14T15:02:25Z")

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Hi, sorry for posting and asking so much, but does anybody also have problems finding MPI, as is described here: https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/18570 We have a CentOS system with custom gcc and Intel com…

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## [Multiblock domain temporal (XDMF/HDF5) animation error](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/multiblock-domain-temporal-xdmf-hdf5-animation-error/2047)

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**Author:** [@Jordi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jordi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/multiblock-domain-temporal-xdmf-hdf5-animation-error/2047 "2019-06-14T14:47:34Z")

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Dear all, I am trying to create an animation using temporal data from a CFD simulation which is stored in a HDF5 file (created using version 1.10.4) and I am getting the following error when I try to animate a contour: …

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## [Read HDF5 file containing vector components](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-hdf5-file-containing-vector-components/2010)

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**Author:** [@navdeeprana](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/navdeeprana)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-hdf5-file-containing-vector-components/2010 "2019-06-14T11:58:35Z")

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I have an hdf5 file, which contains 3 datasets, namely x,y,z which are the three components of a cubic vector field. In visit for a vector plot I define a new vector expression as {x,y,z} and can then visualize it. I w…

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## [Delaunay3D on big data causes client/server crash](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/delaunay3d-on-big-data-causes-client-server-crash/2015)

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**Author:** [@rcoelho](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rcoelho)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 11:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/delaunay3d-on-big-data-causes-client-server-crash/2015 "2019-06-14T11:44:19Z")

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Dear Support, i have been using Paraview without problems to render data up to ~2million points. Data comes has 4 columns of CSV, i use first the Table to Points and then Delaunay3D and then typically IsoVolume and Cont…

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## [VTKPythonAlgorithmBase for custom annotations](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkpythonalgorithmbase-for-custom-annotations/1939)

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**Author:** [@siver](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/siver)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkpythonalgorithmbase-for-custom-annotations/1939 "2019-06-14T11:39:36Z")

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Dear devs, Can one use the VTKPythonAlgorithmBase class to create annotation filters, i.e. show additional descriptive text? I have managed to open a table in a separate window, but never to show a text in the same wind…

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## [Clipping voxel data for volume rendering with an arbitrarily oriented clip-plane efficiently](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-voxel-data-for-volume-rendering-with-an-arbitrarily-oriented-clip-plane-efficiently/2040)

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**Author:** [@romangrothausmann](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/romangrothausmann)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 10:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-voxel-data-for-volume-rendering-with-an-arbitrarily-oriented-clip-plane-efficiently/2040 "2019-06-14T10:34:01Z")

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Hi! Some years ago tried to realize a PV plug-in that would clip large voxel data with a clip-plane (or other implicit function) for volume rendering efficiently by masking the voxe data instead of using the available c…

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## [How to hide unwanted lattice grids during post processing?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-hide-unwanted-lattice-grids-during-post-processing/2030)

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**Author:** [@Dinushika1992](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dinushika1992)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2019, 3:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-hide-unwanted-lattice-grids-during-post-processing/2030 "2019-06-14T03:59:50Z")

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Hi, I’m doing post prospering with paraview. For the better view of the image I want to hide some lattice nodes (Blue color points in the image). I want to see only the other points (orange and red color ones. Actually …

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## [programmable filter & transform issue](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-transform-issue/2036)

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**Author:** [@ashirini](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ashirini)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-transform-issue/2036 "2019-06-13T19:39:33Z")

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I am trying to create an animation where two mask volumes move relative to each other (volume 1 fixed, volume 2 moving) and their intersection is rendered as they move. To do this, I use transform filter to move volume 2…

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## [Error: Cannot import vtkPVAnimation while building ParaView with python 3](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-cannot-import-vtkpvanimation-while-building-paraview-with-python-3/1797)

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**Author:** [@Shailesh\_Bg](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Shailesh_Bg)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-cannot-import-vtkpvanimation-while-building-paraview-with-python-3/1797 "2019-06-13T13:27:38Z")

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Hello, I have been at this issue for quite some time now. But still, I am not getting a way to successfully build ParaView with python3. I followed the documentation at https://github.com/Kitware/ParaView/blob/master/D…

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## [Error while running](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-while-running/2033)

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**Author:** [@Arghavanizad](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Arghavanizad)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-while-running/2033 "2019-06-13T11:55:30Z")

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I have faced with this problem when I am doing the motorBike with PISO solver: FOAM FATAL IO ERROR: \[1\] keyword potentialFlow is undefined in dictionary “IOstream” and my 0 folder is empty! Does anyone can help me …

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## [How to scale displacements of particles](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-scale-displacements-of-particles/2032)

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**Author:** [@Amiya\_Prakash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Amiya_Prakash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 9:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-scale-displacements-of-particles/2032 "2019-06-13T09:05:23Z")

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Hi I am trying to visualize the position of spheres at two different time instances. The difficulty in the visualization is that the displacement of the spheres is very small, so the animation window doesn’t show any ap…

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## [which paraview archive is preferred?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/which-paraview-archive-is-preferred/2029)

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**Author:** [@skypickle](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/skypickle)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/which-paraview-archive-is-preferred/2029 "2019-06-13T07:43:46Z")

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There two different paraview archives: ParaView-5.6.1-Windows-msvc2015-64bit and ParaView-5.6.1-MPI-Windows-msvc2015-64bit The folder and file structure of both seem similar. What is the difference?

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## [ParaView on POWER9](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-on-power9/2024)

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**Author:** [@Mike](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mike)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-on-power9/2024 "2019-06-12T15:50:16Z")

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I’m interested in setting up a visualization cluster for ParaView, and am currently considering which hardware to buy. I have two questions: Are there any problems with running ParaView on a cluster with IBM POWER9 s…

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## [Build paraview with Openturns](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-paraview-with-openturns/2022)

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**Author:** [@piranha007](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/piranha007)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-paraview-with-openturns/2022 "2019-06-12T13:34:54Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to build Paraview 5.6.1 in my Linux-OS (Archlinux) with Openturns, but I have this error: CMake Error at VTK/Filters/OpenTurns/CMakeLists.txt:1 (find\_package): By not providing "FindOpenTURNS.cmak…

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## [pvserver](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvserver/2018)

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**Author:** [@rgates](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rgates)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvserver/2018 "2019-06-11T13:42:02Z")

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Hello all, our install of Paraview 5.6 will only run on one core on a cluster server even though 20 plus are available. PBS is provisioning all the cores but Paraview will only use 1. What setting or configuration nee…

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## [Reader, Filters and Writers reference wiki page](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reader-filters-and-writers-reference-wiki-page/1741)

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**Author:** [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reader-filters-and-writers-reference-wiki-page/1741 "2019-06-10T14:45:01Z")

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The references page in the wiki should be replaced by the content of the auto generated Filters, Reader and Writers reference that is available in ParaView. https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users\_Guide/List\_of\_wri…

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## [Capture rendered images of CAVE mode created Win32OpenGL windows](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/capture-rendered-images-of-cave-mode-created-win32opengl-windows/2013)

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**Author:** [@leopessanha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/leopessanha)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/capture-rendered-images-of-cave-mode-created-win32opengl-windows/2013 "2019-06-10T14:16:58Z")

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Hi! Is it possible to capture trough ParaView the rendered image of the Win32OpenGL(highlighted in the image below) windows created when using a .PVX file? Their buffers do not come together when capturing the buffer…

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## [Unable to use Paraview Binaries or Build Paraview on Ubuntu 18.04](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-use-paraview-binaries-or-build-paraview-on-ubuntu-18-04/1996)

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**Author:** [@Geoff\_Schrank](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Geoff_Schrank)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-use-paraview-binaries-or-build-paraview-on-ubuntu-18-04/1996 "2019-06-10T08:22:12Z")

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Good evening! I’ve been a long time user of paraview, and I recently updated to Ubuntu 18.04. Previously, I had been using Ubuntu 16. I’ve been using Paraview v5.6. After updating to Ubuntu 18, I found that I could no …

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