# ParaView Support

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## [How change the font size on the axes paraview?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-change-the-font-size-on-the-axes-paraview/3428)

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**Author:** [@nayla\_salvador](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nayla_salvador)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-change-the-font-size-on-the-axes-paraview/3428 "2022-04-26T07:31:49Z")

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How change the font size on the axes paraview? I would like to leave the same font size as the caption

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## [creating multiblock data from a datafile with a programmable source](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-multiblock-data-from-a-datafile-with-a-programmable-source/9495)

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**Author:** [@bigfooted](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bigfooted)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-multiblock-data-from-a-datafile-with-a-programmable-source/9495 "2022-04-25T23:39:30Z")

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My starting point is this example for reading a simple hex mesh: https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Simple\_ParaView\_3\_Python\_Filters#Producing\_An\_Unstructured\_Grid\_(Source) I would like to do something similar for …

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## [Edit colour map button not working](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/edit-colour-map-button-not-working/9390)

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**Author:** [@kenzbaker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kenzbaker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/edit-colour-map-button-not-working/9390 "2022-04-25T18:51:52Z")

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Hi all, I am having trouble with the edit colour map button. I am trying to change the colour of one of my contour/iso lines (sea level) to black as it is currently bright green. However when I click on this button nothi…

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## [Icon for programmable source not working](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/icon-for-programmable-source-not-working/9327)

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**Author:** [@MiguelAngelAGUIRRE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MiguelAngelAGUIRRE)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/icon-for-programmable-source-not-working/9327 "2022-04-22T11:18:38Z")

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Hello ! I’m following this guideline to add icons to my programmable sources: https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin\_HowTo#Adding\_Icons However, I’m not able to see the icon image on the list of sources. I’m mis…

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## [Display water surface with water depth colouring](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-water-surface-with-water-depth-colouring/9475)

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**Author:** [@HorC](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/HorC)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-water-surface-with-water-depth-colouring/9475 "2022-04-25T10:55:54Z")

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Hi everyone Context: I’m working with the BASEMENT model (www.basement.ethz.ch) to simulate environmental fluid flow. What I have: What I’m getting as output is an .xdmf file containing a) water depth information and…

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## [Temporal Statistics Filter do not compute over entire domain](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporal-statistics-filter-do-not-compute-over-entire-domain/9507)

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**Author:** [@pdhyani](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pdhyani)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporal-statistics-filter-do-not-compute-over-entire-domain/9507 "2022-04-24T19:01:51Z")

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Hello, I have a dataset with 19 time steps, I want to compute temporal average over the domain. I use the temporal statistics filter, but the filter computes the average partially over the domain. I have attached the tw…

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## [failed to read file using programmable source, help](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failed-to-read-file-using-programmable-source-help/9502)

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**Author:** [@wu\_ying](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wu_ying)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 3:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failed-to-read-file-using-programmable-source-help/9502 "2022-04-23T03:16:51Z")

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Hello, community, failed to read file using programmable source, help ERROR: In C:\\glr\\builds\\paraview\\paraview-ci\\build\\superbuild\\paraview\\src\\VTK\\Common\\ExecutionModel\\vtkDemandDrivenPipeline.cxx, line 760 vtkPVData…

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## [programmable source failed to import text](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-source-failed-to-import-text/9501)

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**Author:** [@wu\_ying](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wu_ying)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-source-failed-to-import-text/9501 "2022-04-23T02:05:42Z")

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programmable source failed to import text ERROR: In C:\\glr\\builds\\paraview\\paraview-ci\\build\\superbuild\\paraview\\src\\VTK\\Common\\ExecutionModel\\vtkDemandDrivenPipeline.cxx, line 668 vtkPVCompositeDataPipeline (000001C99…

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## [vtt file is written in big endian or little endian](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtt-file-is-written-in-big-endian-or-little-endian/9498)

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**Author:** [@wu\_ying](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wu_ying)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 9:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtt-file-is-written-in-big-endian-or-little-endian/9498 "2022-04-22T09:44:22Z")

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Hello community, help. Whether the vtt file is written in big endian or little endian, there are little endian marks in the file, but the writing is wrong according to the big and small endian, what is the binary data st…

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## [failure in servermanager.py: line 157 retVal = func(\*newArgs)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failure-in-servermanager-py-line-157-retval-func-newargs/9407)

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**Author:** [@Jan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failure-in-servermanager-py-line-157-retval-func-newargs/9407 "2022-04-22T07:17:22Z")

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After compilation of Paraview 5.10.0 (using superbuild) on a Cray XC40 with GNU (11.2) compilers and with osmesa build (batch mode only). Simple Paraview scripts run fine. Trying to display a Nek500 input file of 17 GB a…

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## [Annotation in the time-lapse vtk files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/annotation-in-the-time-lapse-vtk-files/9197)

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**Author:** [@reynoo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/reynoo)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/annotation-in-the-time-lapse-vtk-files/9197 "2022-04-21T11:37:26Z")

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Hi Paraview team, Hope you are doing well. I am using ParaView for the visualization of around 600 vtk files. Each file belongs to a certain date that the data were collected. When I am looking at the results I expect …

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## [Reading a single binary file succeeded, reading multiple binary files failed](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reading-a-single-binary-file-succeeded-reading-multiple-binary-files-failed/9497)

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**Author:** [@wu\_ying](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wu_ying)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reading-a-single-binary-file-succeeded-reading-multiple-binary-files-failed/9497 "2022-04-22T04:42:22Z")

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Reading a single binary file succeeded, reading multiple binary files failed Traceback (most recent call last): File “”, line 20, in File “”, line 46, in RequestData UnboundLocalError: local variable ‘x’ referenced …

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## [How to import a series of files with Programmable Source](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-import-a-series-of-files-with-programmable-source/9496)

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**Author:** [@wu\_ying](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wu_ying)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 1:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-import-a-series-of-files-with-programmable-source/9496 "2022-04-22T01:11:20Z")

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How to import a series of files with Programmable Source, the attachment is the import code for a single file import numpy as np import struct try: with open(r’c:\\00yf\\dh2\\bin2-time0.raw’, “rb”) as f: contents = f.r…

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## [Plot contours on surface of volume](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-contours-on-surface-of-volume/7246)

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**Author:** [@datathing](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/datathing)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-contours-on-surface-of-volume/7246 "2022-04-21T21:36:33Z")

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Hi, I feel like this should be a simple question with an easy answer but I haven’t been able to find the right information online yet to help me solve it. What I would like to do is to apply a filter that plots the cont…

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## [Can't write a vtk file using SaveData() (pvpython/pvbatch)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-write-a-vtk-file-using-savedata-pvpython-pvbatch/9493)

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**Author:** [@vvasilva](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vvasilva)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-write-a-vtk-file-using-savedata-pvpython-pvbatch/9493 "2022-04-21T17:41:22Z")

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Hello all, I am dealing with an error which I can’t solve. It is a simple case: read a binary, extract a slice, write the slice to disk in a vtk file. Same problem with pvbatch and pvpython as expected. The setup is th…

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## [looping over timespteps using forcetime filter ok?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/looping-over-timespteps-using-forcetime-filter-ok/9491)

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**Author:** [@jpruscio](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jpruscio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/looping-over-timespteps-using-forcetime-filter-ok/9491 "2022-04-21T15:27:55Z")

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Hello, I am trying to compute some pointdata for a step, then another point data for another step, finally operate between them and save it as .vtk. Kind of basic operation, but I am still struggling a little bit unfort…

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## [Read vtk binary file, modify the data and write](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-vtk-binary-file-modify-the-data-and-write/9489)

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**Author:** [@JunmingDuan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JunmingDuan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-vtk-binary-file-modify-the-data-and-write/9489 "2022-04-21T13:43:57Z")

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Dear all, I am trying to read a .vts file in the attachment using python. test.vts (2.5 KB) It is a 10x5 2D mesh with 1 degree of freedom on each point. Since it is indeed a periodic domain, I want to add another row…

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## [my binary file is imported into paraview, it crashes,](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/my-binary-file-is-imported-into-paraview-it-crashes/9472)

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**Author:** [@wu\_ying](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wu_ying)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/my-binary-file-is-imported-into-paraview-it-crashes/9472 "2022-04-21T10:38:51Z")

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Hello, help, my binary file is imported into paraview, it crashes, FILE\* fp; char filename\[1024\]; cols = 10; int num\_nodes = 1, list\_nodes = 1, cell\_type = 1; for (i = 0; i \< nn; i++) { sprintf(filename, "c:\\\\00yf\\…

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## [Using Para View to Display Surface Water Flow Using a DEM](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-para-view-to-display-surface-water-flow-using-a-dem/9485)

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**Author:** [@TylerTauscher](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/TylerTauscher)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-para-view-to-display-surface-water-flow-using-a-dem/9485 "2022-04-21T03:00:18Z")

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Hello, I am new to Para View but I have used Techplot and would like to transition to Para View. I am a hydraulic modeler and to view surface water flow I generally use Techplot to view surface stream tracing to determi…

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## [Paraview Segfault when running this script \[solved\]](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-segfault-when-running-this-script-solved/9482)

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**Author:** [@Devin\_Richard\_Bayly](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Devin_Richard_Bayly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-segfault-when-running-this-script-solved/9482 "2022-04-20T18:37:42Z")

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Hi there, For some reason this script crashes my Paraview. I’m using version ParaView-5.9.0-RC4-MPI-Linux-Python3.8-64bit on ubuntu 20.04 import paraview.vtk as vtk from paraview.simple import \* points = vtk.vtkPoints…

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## [Adding vtkPolyData as Source? \[solved\]](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-vtkpolydata-as-source-solved/9481)

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**Author:** [@Devin\_Richard\_Bayly](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Devin_Richard_Bayly)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-vtkpolydata-as-source-solved/9481 "2022-04-20T18:32:41Z")

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Hi there, Wait seems like TrivialProducer is what I’m looking for I’m just getting started with Paraview and was hoping to experiment with generating polydata programmatically to view in Paraview just to get some shape…

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## [Crash reading binary file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crash-reading-binary-file/9478)

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**Author:** [@wu\_ying](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wu_ying)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crash-reading-binary-file/9478 "2022-04-20T15:28:45Z")

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Crash reading binary file out.vtt (498 Bytes) int main(void) { int x\[\] = { 1, 2, 3 }; int y\[\] = { 4, 5, 6 }; int z\[\] = { 7, 8, 9 }; char filename\[1024\]; sprintf\_s(filename, "out.vtt", 1); ofstream file(filename, ios:…

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## [How does ParaView interprete the boundary fields of OpenFoam data?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-does-paraview-interprete-the-boundary-fields-of-openfoam-data/9463)

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**Author:** [@ckpark96](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ckpark96)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-does-paraview-interprete-the-boundary-fields-of-openfoam-data/9463 "2022-04-20T12:53:02Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to understand how ParaView imports the data from OpenFoam data files. The order of points/cells seems to follow the ‘points’ and ‘cellZones’ files from OpenFoam but it seems like the boundary fields…

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## [Correspondance between Paraview PBR variables and downloaded files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/correspondance-between-paraview-pbr-variables-and-downloaded-files/9375)

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**Author:** [@Vincent\_Rivola](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Vincent_Rivola)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/correspondance-between-paraview-pbr-variables-and-downloaded-files/9375 "2022-04-20T12:45:00Z")

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I’ve been using textures with PBR on some of my cases and it works quite nicely. However I often have questions on whether I’m using the proper file in the correct place. I mean the expected files in the PBR lighting s…

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## [Save current setting as default does not work for selection label property](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-current-setting-as-default-does-not-work-for-selection-label-property/9470)

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**Author:** [@Kei\_Yamamoto](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kei_Yamamoto)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-current-setting-as-default-does-not-work-for-selection-label-property/9470 "2022-04-20T11:05:09Z")

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Hi, I’m using paraview GUI Version: 5.9.0-RC3 on my Mac book pro. When I try to save current setting as default on Selection Label Properties, I get the following error ERROR: In /opt/glr/paraview/paraview-ci/build/su…

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## [How to get data from specific meshes](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-data-from-specific-meshes/9460)

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**Author:** [@Raymond.Yu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Raymond.Yu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-data-from-specific-meshes/9460 "2022-04-20T09:27:27Z")

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Hello everyone, I just started using Paraview, but I ran into a problem. As shown in the picture, I want to get the gas mass fraction in the selected meshes, but I don’t know how to do it. Any useful information would …

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## [Calculating the volume of pores in areas of huge stl files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculating-the-volume-of-pores-in-areas-of-huge-stl-files/9370)

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**Author:** [@Terry](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Terry)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculating-the-volume-of-pores-in-areas-of-huge-stl-files/9370 "2022-04-20T09:16:32Z")

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Dear ParaView Community, first time working with stl’s in paraview. My files are 2+ gigabyte STL’s with small areas of interest inside. They come from ct images of metal 3d printed parts. My first approach: Start trac…

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## [Modify default XYChart parameters](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/modify-default-xychart-parameters/9466)

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**Author:** [@gu.defromont](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gu.defromont)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/modify-default-xychart-parameters/9466 "2022-04-20T07:35:26Z")

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Hi, I would like to specify in a python macro the default parameters (linestyle, linewidth, marker, markersize, color) of a plotdata filter. Also I could not find the documentation (all attributes and methods) of th…

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## [Paraview download via curl ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-download-via-curl/9467)

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**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Yue](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nicholas_Yue)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-download-via-curl/9467 "2022-04-20T07:30:03Z")

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I am writing some script to automate the setup of a HPC Visualization cluster and would like to know if there is a way to download Paraview via command line ? Cheers

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## [VTK compilation errors building 5.10.0 and 5.10.1](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-compilation-errors-building-5-10-0-and-5-10-1/9461)

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**Author:** [@aerogt3](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aerogt3)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-compilation-errors-building-5-10-0-and-5-10-1/9461 "2022-04-19T17:08:39Z")

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I’m building the paraview superbuild, with osmesa, on ubuntu1804. I’ve used the superbuild successfully for paraview versions back to 5.4, but for 5.10 I can’t get it to work. There are no issues with LLVM, gallium, or …

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