# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=112

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## [Paraview glance build error](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-glance-build-error/9281)

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**Author:** [@klarry](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/klarry)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-glance-build-error/9281 "2022-03-28T15:24:45Z")

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While compiling Paraview Glance (npm run build), I am getting the following error ERROR in unable to locate ‘C:\\paraview-glance\\itk\\web-build\\itkfiltering\*’ glob Is there something missing on my computer?

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## [Convert line plots to tex](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/convert-line-plots-to-tex/9285)

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**Author:** [@Qutadah\_Rababah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Qutadah_Rababah)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/convert-line-plots-to-tex/9285 "2022-03-28T13:02:57Z")

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Is there a way to convert line plots generated in ParaView to .tex? I want to have my plots in a tex document and want them to look very consistent with the document. And its a hustle to convert all text formatting to Ti…

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## [Colormap and lighting properties](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colormap-and-lighting-properties/9240)

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**Author:** [@Akash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Akash)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 8:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colormap-and-lighting-properties/9240 "2022-03-28T08:21:15Z")

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Hello, I have attached a contour. As you can see in the Legend, 0 value indicates white color. However, in the contours, I am not getting the same colormap. How to rectify it and remove the radial lighting? Thank you f…

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## [Visualizing 2D image as a surface](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizing-2d-image-as-a-surface/2282)

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**Author:** [@Patrick\_Xian](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Patrick_Xian)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizing-2d-image-as-a-surface/2282 "2022-03-28T00:37:00Z")

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Hello, I would like to know how to visualize a 2D matrix/array stored in a greyscale image file (e.g. tiff) as a surface in Paraview. This sounds straightforward, but just no tutorial to be found on this topic…Many thank…

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## [Slice along Polyline y axis](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-along-polyline-y-axis/9259)

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**Author:** [@Qutadah\_Rababah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Qutadah_Rababah)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-along-polyline-y-axis/9259 "2022-03-26T23:19:10Z")

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Hello, I am trying to slice along a polyline, however it says it only slices along the z-direction. I would like to slice it in the y-direction. Here is my state file and the needed .foam file. I would really like t…

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## [Scale the GUI on Mac?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/scale-the-gui-on-mac/9283)

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**Author:** [@kylebeggs](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kylebeggs)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/scale-the-gui-on-mac/9283 "2022-03-26T14:54:49Z")

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I am using Paraview on MacOS with my 14inch Mac. The screen is small, but high resolution so I have scaled everything down to fit more not he screen, except preview still has huge icons for everything in the GUI. Is ther…

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## [Smoothen out manually created polylines](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/smoothen-out-manually-created-polylines/9279)

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**Author:** [@Qutadah\_Rababah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Qutadah_Rababah)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/smoothen-out-manually-created-polylines/9279 "2022-03-25T10:42:31Z")

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Hello everyone, I am looking for a way to smoothen out manually created polylines so that they look better. Here is how they currently look. Any advice? Thanks!

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## [Legend displaced, Axes dissapears when exporting as eps/svg. ParaView 5.7.0](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/legend-displaced-axes-dissapears-when-exporting-as-eps-svg-paraview-5-7-0/9277)

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**Author:** [@Qutadah\_Rababah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Qutadah_Rababah)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2022, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/legend-displaced-axes-dissapears-when-exporting-as-eps-svg-paraview-5-7-0/9277 "2022-03-25T10:38:23Z")

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Hello everyone, I am using ParaView 5.7.0 I am wondering if this is an issue with ParaView version, since exporting scenes displaces as svg or eps using the Export Scene legends and also all plot axis dissapear. Is the…

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## [Python Calculator, finding maximum and minimum of two expressions to Output a field](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-calculator-finding-maximum-and-minimum-of-two-expressions-to-output-a-field/9276)

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**Author:** [@Qutadah\_Rababah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Qutadah_Rababah)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-calculator-finding-maximum-and-minimum-of-two-expressions-to-output-a-field/9276 "2022-03-24T23:02:52Z")

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Hello everyone, I am trying to calculate a variable and show it as a point field in ParaView. I am using Python Calculator and until now, no luck. I am not sure what the problem is, since the code is correct. The formu…

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## [creating paraview animations](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-paraview-animations/9272)

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**Author:** [@swornom](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/swornom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-paraview-animations/9272 "2022-03-24T18:31:21Z")

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I successfully made some very nice .ogv animations several years ago. Paraview has changed a lot over the years and I forgot the steps involved, I am using 5.4.0 but I could use a newer version if necessary. I have time…

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## [Is it at all possible to display graphics in parallel projection?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-at-all-possible-to-display-graphics-in-parallel-projection/9268)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-at-all-possible-to-display-graphics-in-parallel-projection/9268 "2022-03-23T22:39:45Z")

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For some reasons I don’t want to employ perspective when visualizing the graphics.

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## [pvbatch with EGL device on HPC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvbatch-with-egl-device-on-hpc/9262)

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**Author:** [@jirikolar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jirikolar)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvbatch-with-egl-device-on-hpc/9262 "2022-03-23T20:51:18Z")

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Hi, I compiled paraview in headless mode with EGL support. However, I can use it only if PBS scheduler assigns me the very first GPU in the node (index 0). If it assigns me any other card, despite it is visible within t…

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## [Descriptive Statistics for extracting data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/descriptive-statistics-for-extracting-data/9266)

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**Author:** [@s195t](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/s195t)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/descriptive-statistics-for-extracting-data/9266 "2022-03-23T13:59:57Z")

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Dear all, Until now in my python scripts I always used Descriptive Statistics to get data from each cell in a specific clip, however I was wondering if there is a less convoluted way to get all the data from a cell into…

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## [Plot data over time on a selected points.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-data-over-time-on-a-selected-points/9264)

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**Author:** [@Ingineering\_DjouFEA](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ingineering_DjouFEA)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-data-over-time-on-a-selected-points/9264 "2022-03-23T13:44:57Z")

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Hello everyone. I would like to plot the solution as a function of time at a carefully chosen point. Only, so far, the selection of the point is manual (select points (d)). I would like to know if there is a way to ent…

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## [vtkPVClipDataSet not working in new PV versions](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkpvclipdataset-not-working-in-new-pv-versions/9252)

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**Author:** [@MiguelAngelAGUIRRE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MiguelAngelAGUIRRE)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkpvclipdataset-not-working-in-new-pv-versions/9252 "2022-03-23T13:15:30Z")

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Hello, I have been using vtkPVClipDataSet in ParaView 5.5 but it simply does not work in PV5.7 or even PV5.10. The error that I get is the following (see the code below for testing in a programmable filter applied to a …

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## [Handling multiple views](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/handling-multiple-views/9260)

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**Author:** [@s195t](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/s195t)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/handling-multiple-views/9260 "2022-03-23T12:10:28Z")

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Hi everyone, Starting from a cfd case, I am trying to display different visualization criteria (Q-Criterion, Lambda2,…) on a particular slice of the domain. which is the same for all views. In order to do that simultane…

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## [sreenshoot surface lic](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sreenshoot-surface-lic/9250)

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**Author:** [@hulli](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hulli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sreenshoot-surface-lic/9250 "2022-03-23T09:31:36Z")

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Hi para view specialists, I always get this pattern when saving screenshots by surface LIC. I actually found a solution here in this post. https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19302#note\_622535 I coul…

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## [segmentation fault on server when reading AMReX file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segmentation-fault-on-server-when-reading-amrex-file/9258)

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**Author:** [@BenWibking](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/BenWibking)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segmentation-fault-on-server-when-reading-amrex-file/9258 "2022-03-23T01:23:11Z")

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Hi, I get a segmentation fault on the server end when reading in my simulation files (AMReX grid format). Both client and server are running Paraview 5.10.1. $ pvserver Waiting for client... Connection URL: cs://gadi-c…

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## [How to display variable values in the view?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-display-variable-values-in-the-view/2172)

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**Author:** [@Mariana\_Rodriguez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mariana_Rodriguez)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-display-variable-values-in-the-view/2172 "2022-03-22T21:50:59Z")

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I would like to display the maximum pressure and other simulation variables in the screen view of ParaView. And I want to allow it to change over time as time progresses. Similar to Annotate Time Fileter, but with other …

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## [Getting started coloring many objects](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-started-coloring-many-objects/9247)

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**Author:** [@kaylyn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kaylyn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-started-coloring-many-objects/9247 "2022-03-22T20:26:43Z")

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Hello, I am a new ParaView user. Trying to figure out if ParaView is a good choice for my application. I am trying to visualize some medical imaging detector data. The setup is 16 arrays (11 x 15) of scintillators arra…

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## [Creating continuous movies with small number of frames](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-continuous-movies-with-small-number-of-frames/9254)

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**Author:** [@Avishek](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Avishek)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-continuous-movies-with-small-number-of-frames/9254 "2022-03-22T18:06:42Z")

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Hello everyone! I am new to Paraview. I have installed Paraview 5.10.1 in Windows 11. I need to generate a smooth movie out of pvd and vtu files. The pvd file has 2000 timesteps. I want to generate the movie using 150 …

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## [Disable interactive view window when running pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/disable-interactive-view-window-when-running-pvpython/9226)

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**Author:** [@Ying](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ying)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/disable-interactive-view-window-when-running-pvpython/9226 "2022-03-22T13:57:38Z")

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Hi all, I use pvpython to convert vtk file to image. During each processing procedure, the interactive view window (for my case is renderView1) will appear in real-time, is there any settings of renderView1() to disable…

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## [Plot field against blade length](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-field-against-blade-length/9244)

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**Author:** [@Qutadah\_Rababah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Qutadah_Rababah)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-field-against-blade-length/9244 "2022-03-22T12:09:58Z")

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Hello everyone, I have plotted a field on blades of a pump in a my simulations. Th problem is, I get the plot against the region Id, however I would like to have a plot against the blade length on the x-axis, where the t…

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## [Removing outliers from region](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-outliers-from-region/9249)

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**Author:** [@s195t](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/s195t)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 9:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-outliers-from-region/9249 "2022-03-22T09:22:27Z")

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Dear all, What I am trying to do is, given a specific clip/slice, remove the data which has a very high value and very low frequency. I tried implementing in python some kind of “dynamic” condition for the threshold but…

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## [slicing with a cone (bis)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slicing-with-a-cone-bis/9236)

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**Author:** [@laurent\_husson](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/laurent_husson)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 22, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slicing-with-a-cone-bis/9236 "2022-03-22T00:41:39Z")

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Hello, I am trying to slice an unstructured VTU grid with a cone. There are already a couple topics on that from 2020, which indicate to “Resample with Dataset”. I tried a range of options without success, for I don’t e…

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## [How to set a a dynamic DoubleVectorProperty in xml?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-set-a-a-dynamic-doublevectorproperty-in-xml/9245)

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**Author:** [@Cam](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Cam)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-set-a-a-dynamic-doublevectorproperty-in-xml/9245 "2022-03-21T23:10:25Z")

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I would like to define a property in the server xml for my filter like this. \<DoubleVectorProperty name="MyPoints"\> \</DoubleVectorProperty\> MyPoints is a dynamic array (new double\[size\]) and I update MyPoint…

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## [streamline representation not working](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/streamline-representation-not-working/9222)

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**Author:** [@Qutadah\_Rababah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Qutadah_Rababah)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/streamline-representation-not-working/9222 "2022-03-21T15:27:36Z")

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Hey everyone, I am trying to use streamline representation plugin for my case, I followed the steps from this: However I only get a black screen… I am modeling two-phase flow in a centrifugal pump btw. Here is attach…

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## [calculate cell volumes syntax error](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculate-cell-volumes-syntax-error/9224)

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**Author:** [@Qutadah\_Rababah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Qutadah_Rababah)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculate-cell-volumes-syntax-error/9224 "2022-03-21T15:25:19Z")

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Hello everyone, I am trying to calculate a ratio of bubble to cell volume in paraview. I found the link where it say I have to add calculator and in the Expression = volume(inputs\[0\]), which will give me the array of cel…

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## [Paraview for macOS Monterey](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-for-macos-monterey/8474)

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**Author:** [@Beer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Beer)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-for-macos-monterey/8474 "2022-01-19T07:57:54Z")

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Is Paraview available for macOS Monterey?

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## [XDMF in parallel: Failed to read attribute data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-in-parallel-failed-to-read-attribute-data/9223)

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**Author:** [@EdoAlvarezR](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/EdoAlvarezR)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-in-parallel-failed-to-read-attribute-data/9223 "2022-03-18T18:38:35Z")

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I’m having issues reading an XDMF structured grid in parallel. This issues seems similar to LINK1 and LINK2. Here I’m uploading the .xmf header and .h5 dataset. singlerotorfdom.396.h5 (3.6 MB) singlerotorfdom.396.xmf (…

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