# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=105

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## [How to change the value of the abscissa](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-change-the-value-of-the-abscissa/9834)

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**Author:** [@yuantangjin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/yuantangjin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-change-the-value-of-the-abscissa/9834 "2022-06-17T09:04:23Z")

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I imported the file for visualization and made a graph using the data in the file. But the value of the abscissa axis is not what I want. The abscissa axis I want should be the value of the abscissa axis based on the cur…

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## [Viewing measurements in submicrometer](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/viewing-measurements-in-submicrometer/9817)

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**Author:** [@dinodano](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dinodano)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/viewing-measurements-in-submicrometer/9817 "2022-06-16T23:50:18Z")

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Hello, I just started learning Paraview and sorry in advance if the problem I need help addressing is very trivial or have been answered before. :sweat\_smile: Currently I am using Paraview for postprocessing for a FEM …

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## [No difference between surface and points representations](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/no-difference-between-surface-and-points-representations/9801)

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**Author:** [@Iban\_H](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Iban_H)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/no-difference-between-surface-and-points-representations/9801 "2022-06-16T13:14:36Z")

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Hello there! I have been trying to plot bathymetric and topographic data alongside an ocean free surface. I managed to make an overall good animation, but I keep getting those holes in the landscape. When I zoom in,…

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## [About building GmshIO plugin](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/about-building-gmshio-plugin/9805)

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**Author:** [@Cam](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Cam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/about-building-gmshio-plugin/9805 "2022-06-15T22:11:41Z")

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Dear ParaView community, I would like to use Gmsh API in ParaView. There are two official plugins: GmshIO and GmshReader. Looking at the commit history, I understand GmshReader is now depreciated (But it seems like not …

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## [ParaView GUI not starting after enabling AutoMPI](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-gui-not-starting-after-enabling-autompi/9806)

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**Author:** [@vachan-potluri](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vachan-potluri)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 4:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-gui-not-starting-after-enabling-autompi/9806 "2022-06-15T04:25:39Z")

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Dear all, I enabled AutoMPI in ParaView using instructions given here: Paraview parallel - #4 by mwestphal. However, I am unable to open any new GUI after closing that session. The log from the terminal is as follows: …

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## [mapping scalar data to unstructured mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mapping-scalar-data-to-unstructured-mesh/9789)

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**Author:** [@erdi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/erdi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mapping-scalar-data-to-unstructured-mesh/9789 "2022-06-15T03:38:01Z")

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Hello I have a 2D CFD simulation on an unstructured grid with 47472 nodes. I exported x,y coordinates, Point ID(node numbers) to a “.csv” file. So I have 47472x3 data. I added a 4th column to this data that is coming fr…

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## [Paraview plot vectorial images in 2D plane](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-plot-vectorial-images-in-2d-plane/9802)

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**Author:** [@Trailer1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Trailer1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-plot-vectorial-images-in-2d-plane/9802 "2022-06-14T13:01:58Z")

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Hello to all, I have a table I have made in powerpoint with some case conditions and annotations. I exported the table into .pdf and with inkscape to .svg/(some other vectorial format). I would like to know if paravie…

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## [SaveScreenshot and Terminal issue](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/savescreenshot-and-terminal-issue/9779)

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**Author:** [@JDecker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JDecker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/savescreenshot-and-terminal-issue/9779 "2022-06-14T12:55:15Z")

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So I wrote a python script to automate some basic postprocessing functions that I would like to run in pvpython or pvbatch. I am able to use the run script button in the python shell within the GUI but would like to run …

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## [Represent contact network with Tube Filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/represent-contact-network-with-tube-filter/6678)

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**Author:** [@ebreard](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ebreard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/represent-contact-network-with-tube-filter/6678 "2022-06-14T08:50:14Z")

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Hi, I have data provided by discrete element method that are vtp files. I eventually would like to represent the contact network between the grains using the Tube Filter. Here is an example in the literature Each tu…

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## [How to take FFT of csv file containing data with time](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-take-fft-of-csv-file-containing-data-with-time/9335)

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**Author:** [@Bushra](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Bushra)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2022, 8:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-take-fft-of-csv-file-containing-data-with-time/9335 "2022-06-14T08:47:12Z")

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Hi! I want to take four transform over time of lift data that I calculated using openfoam. Since paraview can not read data calculated as function objects in openfoam, I have converted the coeffcients.dat file into a cs…

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## [impossible to import csv in Paraview 5.10.0](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/impossible-to-import-csv-in-paraview-5-10-0/9785)

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**Author:** [@ousan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ousan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 8:19am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/impossible-to-import-csv-in-paraview-5-10-0/9785 "2022-06-13T08:19:59Z")

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Hi, I am trying to import a simple csv file to Paraview (5.10.0-RC2), but it returns nothing (File\>Open). The same csv file can be imported to 5.5.2 without any problem. Is there something I am missing? Attached is the…

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## [Paraview\_window\_sizing](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-window-sizing/9793)

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**Author:** [@Aakash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Aakash)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-window-sizing/9793 "2022-06-13T08:05:50Z")

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Hello, I wish to resize paraview window so as to fit in well on my 14 inch screen. Currently, it appears as below: I wish to scale it down! Please advise. Thanks with kind regards, Aakash

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## [Use python script to do the repeated work in preview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-python-script-to-do-the-repeated-work-in-preview/9786)

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**Author:** [@Miraboreasau](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Miraboreasau)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-python-script-to-do-the-repeated-work-in-preview/9786 "2022-06-13T07:59:23Z")

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Hello, here is the process of how I load and export one data file as .csv I have some simulation results, like these ouput folders, I need to read the certain one in each output folder such as 6\_Run\_1\_femdem.r2m\_broken\_…

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## [How to pass (velocity) results through a function](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-pass-velocity-results-through-a-function/9771)

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**Author:** [@fvg](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fvg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 6:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-pass-velocity-results-through-a-function/9771 "2022-06-13T06:45:50Z")

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To obtain results for chance a certain windspeed is exceeded, I want to take the results of a windspeed calculation though an interpolation function of the windspeed probability. Essentially putting the results from thi…

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## [Asking for Numerical schlierern with paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/asking-for-numerical-schlierern-with-paraview/9792)

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**Author:** [@UNICO1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/UNICO1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/asking-for-numerical-schlierern-with-paraview/9792 "2022-06-11T02:48:45Z")

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Dear all! I would like to ask you about Numerical schlieren image from paraview. I’m not sure I was correct or not With density field, I use ‘gradient filter’ to calculate schlierern From here, I have a question abou…

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## [Best way of visualizing exported animated scenes](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/best-way-of-visualizing-exported-animated-scenes/9731)

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**Author:** [@Xabier\_Morales\_Ferez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Xabier_Morales_Ferez)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/best-way-of-visualizing-exported-animated-scenes/9731 "2022-06-10T18:07:26Z")

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Hello everyone, I work with blood flow in the heart and I have been mainly exporting videos to share my results with other colleagues. I wanted to try to export the whole scene instead as a lot of information is lost wh…

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## [What to pass as 'view' for python\_view.call\_render function?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/what-to-pass-as-view-for-python-view-call-render-function/9784)

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**Author:** [@pindakaas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pindakaas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/what-to-pass-as-view-for-python-view-call-render-function/9784 "2022-06-10T17:18:06Z")

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I’m trying to use a custom render function (call\_render from the python\_view module) for a PythonView instance. If I write a render(view, width, height) function in the Script tab, it works just fine. Then I tried renam…

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## [Labels in multi-column VTK objects](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/labels-in-multi-column-vtk-objects/9737)

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**Author:** [@Andrei](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andrei)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/labels-in-multi-column-vtk-objects/9737 "2022-06-10T14:00:58Z")

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Dear colleagues! I did the calculations using Programmable Filter and append the results to CellData using output.CellData.append(MyData, ‘Title’). Depending on the number of columns in MyData, they are assigned the labe…

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## [Can't open file if non-ASCII characters present in path name](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-if-non-ascii-characters-present-in-path-name/9759)

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**Author:** [@ragdollfun](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ragdollfun)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-file-if-non-ascii-characters-present-in-path-name/9759 "2022-06-09T22:50:19Z")

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Hello everyone, Just as the title says, I just found out that ParaView can’t open files whose path contains non-ASCII characters (a simple “é” will do). My ParaView version: 5.10.1-MPI-Windows-Python3.9-msvc2017-AMD64 …

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## [About Plot Streamlines Using Particle Data (using Delaunay 2D will result in soft)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/about-plot-streamlines-using-particle-data-using-delaunay-2d-will-result-in-soft/9774)

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**Author:** [@yuantangjin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/yuantangjin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/about-plot-streamlines-using-particle-data-using-delaunay-2d-will-result-in-soft/9774 "2022-06-09T15:15:59Z")

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My computational data consists of particle data, but I would like to plot the streamlines of the flow field made up of these particles so that I can see if there are vortices in the details. My result file is a bit large…

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## [Parallel processing of time series](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/parallel-processing-of-time-series/9765)

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**Author:** [@fra](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fra)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/parallel-processing-of-time-series/9765 "2022-06-09T08:42:52Z")

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Hi, I have a time series of CFD data exported in Ensight gold format (~5000 snapshots), with each snapshot containing two blocks. What I want to do is simply to plot over time variables on some points on one of the bloc…

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## [What is length in integrate variables of a sliced surface](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/what-is-length-in-integrate-variables-of-a-sliced-surface/9742)

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**Author:** [@Bushra](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Bushra)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/what-is-length-in-integrate-variables-of-a-sliced-surface/9742 "2022-06-09T00:13:12Z")

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Hi! I want to calculate perimeter of a 3D building with slice surface shown in picture attached When I use integrate variables and view cell data in spreadsheet, it shows me length in one column. I want to know if th…

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## [How to get selected block names from SelectSurfaceBlocks(python)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-selected-block-names-from-selectsurfaceblocks-python/9755)

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**Author:** [@mclarsen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mclarsen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-selected-block-names-from-selectsurfaceblocks-python/9755 "2022-06-08T14:31:23Z")

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I am having difficulty getting the names of the selected blocks using this call. First, I select some subset of blocks, then I call Extract Selection. However, I can’t seem to get the block names out. If I look at the h…

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## [output.SetPoints(newPoints)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/output-setpoints-newpoints/9732)

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**Author:** [@\_Marco](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_Marco)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/output-setpoints-newpoints/9732 "2022-06-08T09:03:48Z")

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Hi. For a past project, where I needed to visualize the complex space-time varying coordinate structure of my dataset, I had: 2, preprocessed the data, and added the coordinate (space-time varying) matrix created…

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## [Trame with multiple VTK files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trame-with-multiple-vtk-files/9735)

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**Author:** [@Vishnu\_Viz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Vishnu_Viz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trame-with-multiple-vtk-files/9735 "2022-06-07T14:54:05Z")

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Hi all, I’m here to discuss some doubts that I’ve. I’m trying to develop remote rendering using Trame. Trame is very useful and easy-to-use tool. I successfully developed the code and its working fine. In the development…

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## [Assigning non-constant longitude/latitude to a mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/assigning-non-constant-longitude-latitude-to-a-mesh/9348)

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**Author:** [@jbbarre](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jbbarre)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/assigning-non-constant-longitude-latitude-to-a-mesh/9348 "2022-06-07T08:23:19Z")

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Hello, I want to display the mesh used in a numerical simulation (Nemo ocean model). The model has 803\*803 cells with coordinates defined by longitude and latitude. Each cell has a specific size, which means that the g…

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## [Cannot open ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-paraview/9753)

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**Author:** [@groot\_123](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/groot_123)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-paraview/9753 "2022-06-07T06:37:43Z")

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when i try to open paraview i am getting like this could u help me

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## [Paraview not opening data from OpenFoam](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-opening-data-from-openfoam/5331)

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**Author:** [@brocklee](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/brocklee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-opening-data-from-openfoam/5331 "2020-09-14T07:25:03Z")

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Hi everyone! I’m pretty new to OpenFoam and paraview, and I got everything I needed installed and everything appears to work fine, except I run into an issue when launching ParaView with the ‘paraFoam’ command. I’m run…

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## [Support for mobile devices and AR](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/support-for-mobile-devices-and-ar/9730)

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**Author:** [@DavePont](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/DavePont)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/support-for-mobile-devices-and-ar/9730 "2022-06-06T22:08:23Z")

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Hi all, back after a long absence. I am interested in 3D, and AR, on mobile devices. A quick search was not yielding answers to the following questions. What happened to KiwiViewer? This had really impressively snappy…

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## [Extract data from different material domains](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-data-from-different-material-domains/9739)

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**Author:** [@hkchm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hkchm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-data-from-different-material-domains/9739 "2022-06-06T13:41:15Z")

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Hi everyone, I have a problem with how to extract data from fluid and solid domains. My geometry is a little complex and can not extract data with “Select cells through” simply. Now I select different domains with “Inte…

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