# ParaView Support **URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=120 [Latest](https://discourse.paraview.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discourse.paraview.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discourse.paraview.org/tags.md) **Page:** 121 --- ## [Remove additional edges to export correctly the mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/remove-additional-edges-to-export-correctly-the-mesh/8730)
**Author:** [@Chris90](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Chris90)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/remove-additional-edges-to-export-correctly-the-mesh/8730 "2022-01-14T14:34:50Z")
Dear all, I have this problem. The following mesh in cgns format, has the following structure and it is plotted with “Surface With Edges” If I plot the mesh with “Feature Edges”, the mesh is different, triangular in… --- ## [crash paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crash-paraview/8773)
**Author:** [@nico](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nico)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crash-paraview/8773 "2022-01-14T09:13:15Z")
hi I’m using paraview from one year and now it crash when i open xdmf or pvd files (i don’t use others formats). the error message when I oper paraview from terminal is: Loguru caught a signal: SIGSEGV Stack trace: 40 … --- ## [I cannot open paraview on OF9](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-cannot-open-paraview-on-of9/8771)
**Author:** [@M\_Moshfeghi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/M_Moshfeghi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 8:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-cannot-open-paraview-on-of9/8771 "2022-01-14T08:09:34Z")
Hi everyone, I have faced a strange problem. First, please be noted that I have almost no knowledge in LINUX stuff and all I have done so far about installation on LINUX was only copy-paste from websites. Now my probl… --- ## [Substract a value at probe location from a field](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/substract-a-value-at-probe-location-from-a-field/8765)
**Author:** [@lolo18](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lolo18)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/substract-a-value-at-probe-location-from-a-field/8765 "2022-01-13T11:08:00Z")
Hi all, I have a simulation with a time-dependent pressure field around an object in a complex 2D flow. At any given time point, the pressure variations in space around the object of interest are much smaller than the p… --- ## [Data array multi-component labelling](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/data-array-multi-component-labelling/8006)
**Author:** [@Jairo\_Useche](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jairo_Useche)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/data-array-multi-component-labelling/8006 "2022-01-12T17:10:45Z")
My problem is in the Paraview GUI: Any vector components can be colored by Magnitude, or by components X, Y, Z. However, Is there a way to enforce this labelling to Ux, Uy, Uz (for example), instead of the spatial-centr… --- ## [TableToStructureGrid works for 2D csv file but not for the 3D version](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/tabletostructuregrid-works-for-2d-csv-file-but-not-for-the-3d-version/8751)
**Author:** [@Akash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Akash)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/tabletostructuregrid-works-for-2d-csv-file-but-not-for-the-3d-version/8751 "2022-01-11T15:34:17Z")
Hi all, I have two csv files. One contains data for only one z plane and the other contains data for 41 z planes. I am using TableToStructureGrid Filter to get the domain from CSV file. I also checked the number of row… --- ## [Annotate non-symmetric second order tensors with components XX, YY, ...](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/annotate-non-symmetric-second-order-tensors-with-components-xx-yy/8754)
**Author:** [@fredrik](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fredrik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/annotate-non-symmetric-second-order-tensors-with-components-xx-yy/8754 "2022-01-11T12:37:28Z")
ParaView automatically labels data components with X, Y, Z for vectors, and with XX, YY, ZZ, XY, YZ, XZ for 2nd order tensors (length-6 vectors in the VTK file), see screenshot: I wonder why this is not implemented a… --- ## [Floating point error after mesh transform](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/floating-point-error-after-mesh-transform/8753)
**Author:** [@Yann\_G-R](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Yann_G-R)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/floating-point-error-after-mesh-transform/8753 "2022-01-11T09:33:59Z")
Hi, for my OpenFoam simulation I perform a Hammer-Aitov Transformation. This works pretty well, however when opening the transformed data in paraview there are some render issues. When I set to surface in representation… --- ## [Legend fonts get messed up saving screenshot using pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/legend-fonts-get-messed-up-saving-screenshot-using-pvpython/3954)
**Author:** [@pdiercks](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pdiercks)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2022, 8:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/legend-fonts-get-messed-up-saving-screenshot-using-pvpython/3954 "2022-01-11T08:09:43Z")
Dear All, I am using the latest paraview binary (version 5.8.0 with MPI and python 3) under Linux. I have a simple python script (recorded via set trace) which loads a XDMF file, plots the data, adds a colorbar (settin… --- ## [Display artefact depending on fields in the file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-artefact-depending-on-fields-in-the-file/6998)
**Author:** [@fredrik](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fredrik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-artefact-depending-on-fields-in-the-file/6998 "2022-01-10T17:36:19Z")
I ran into a strange display artefact where some fields display incorrectly. I attach two files: bad.vtu (partly broken) and (412.6 KB) good.vtu (256.1 KB) which works as expected. The difference between the files is th… --- ## [Paraview 5.10 plot x,y,z and Temperature](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-10-plot-x-y-z-and-temperature/8744)
**Author:** [@yue2021](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/yue2021)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-10-plot-x-y-z-and-temperature/8744 "2022-01-10T08:23:43Z")
Dear all, I want to plot data of 3D temperature field (four columns: x y z Temp), and I followed these steps, import csv file filter to Table to Points apply set field 0 1 2 to x y z apply filter to Delaunay 3D b… --- ## [TemporalParticlesToPathlines works with .vtp particle data, fails with AMReX data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporalparticlestopathlines-works-with-vtp-particle-data-fails-with-amrex-data/8747)
**Author:** [@n8xm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/n8xm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporalparticlestopathlines-works-with-vtp-particle-data-fails-with-amrex-data/8747 "2022-01-07T18:55:16Z")
Attached is a .zip file with data for a single particle following a helical trajectory. particle\_pathlines\_data.zip (1.9 MB) particle\_pathlines\_vtp.pvsm uses the data in the particle\_vtp directory, which is in .vtp f… --- ## [Paraview launching error after setting autompi option](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-launching-error-after-setting-autompi-option/8663)
**Author:** [@vinodkgul](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vinodkgul)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-launching-error-after-setting-autompi-option/8663 "2022-01-07T16:33:00Z")
Dear Friends, In the settings panel, i have enabled Auto MPI option and relaunched paraview. But got following error and paraview GUI does not appear. The screen trace is as follows: AutoMPI: SUCCESS: command is: "/ho… --- ## [Accessing coordinates in python calculator](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/accessing-coordinates-in-python-calculator/8736)
**Author:** [@psakievich](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/psakievich)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/accessing-coordinates-in-python-calculator/8736 "2022-01-06T19:49:10Z")
I’m trying to access the coordinates from a hierarchical box data set (AMReX) to do a computation. What I really want to do is manipulate the coordinates since we are playing around with adding mesh stretching into our … --- ## [How to access to OPS SCALE FUNCTION](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-access-to-ops-scale-function/8739)
**Author:** [@Salah\_eddine](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Salah_eddine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-access-to-ops-scale-function/8739 "2022-01-06T14:56:13Z")
Hello, I am in the process of making a simulation by Paraview, which will require OPS SCALE FUNCTION. I have installed different versions of the software. However, I failed to find it. Please tell me how to access this… --- ## [Unwrapping a cylinder](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unwrapping-a-cylinder/8731)
**Author:** [@heisenmech](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/heisenmech)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unwrapping-a-cylinder/8731 "2022-01-06T11:11:01Z")
Hi all, I’m trying to unwrap a cylindrical surface. I managed to unwrap it using “coordsX\*iHat+(atan(coordsY/coordsZ) + (coordsZ/abs(coordsZ))1.570796326)(coordsZ^2+coordsY^2)^(1/2)jHat+0kHat”. However, when I plot some… --- ## [How to access time-dependent data via pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-access-time-dependent-data-via-pvpython/8737)
**Author:** [@parajan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/parajan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-access-time-dependent-data-via-pvpython/8737 "2022-01-06T09:11:58Z")
I have been using # create a new 'Resample To Image' resampleToImage1 = ResampleToImage(registrationName='ResampleToImage1', Input=inputState) resampleToImage1.SamplingBounds = \[-0.5, 0.5, -2.0, 2.0, 0.0, 0.0\] resampleT… --- ## [Order of Pipeline Browser Objects](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/order-of-pipeline-browser-objects/8685)
**Author:** [@natetron](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/natetron)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/order-of-pipeline-browser-objects/8685 "2022-01-04T15:30:47Z")
Is it possible to change the order of existing objects in the pipeline browser in PV 5.9.1? --- ## [Boolean Operations](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/boolean-operations/1498)
**Author:** [@David\_Ortley](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/David_Ortley)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/boolean-operations/1498 "2022-01-04T16:29:35Z")
I’m looking for a way to do boolean operations between two STLs in Paraview. Unions, Differences, etc… This is unfortunately for a compute environment that doesn’t have Meshlab, Blender, etc…, but it DOES have Paraview… --- ## [Exporting a mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-a-mesh/8724)
**Author:** [@wsherman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wsherman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-a-mesh/8724 "2022-01-04T15:41:07Z")
Hello all, I have what I think should be an easy thing to do in ParaView, but am presently stymied, so seeking advice from the community: I’d like to export some data into a mesh file (was hoping for OBJ, but PLY will … --- ## [Displaying only first tier of child blocks in ExtractBlock-like filter plugin](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-only-first-tier-of-child-blocks-in-extractblock-like-filter-plugin/7844)
**Author:** [@csniker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/csniker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-only-first-tier-of-child-blocks-in-extractblock-like-filter-plugin/7844 "2022-01-04T14:00:44Z")
I am trying to create filter via the VTKPythonAlgorithmBase class, and I want this filter to essentially be like the existing ExtractBlock filter, but only display the first level of child blocks in the multiblock data s… --- ## [Glyph at a fixed distance from the domain boundary](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyph-at-a-fixed-distance-from-the-domain-boundary/8696)
**Author:** [@Andrea](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andrea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2022, 7:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyph-at-a-fixed-distance-from-the-domain-boundary/8696 "2022-01-03T07:56:20Z")
Hi, This is an image with glyphs that have the direction of the velocity but they are not scaled. I do not want to display the glyphs that are near the walls. there is an option to display only the glyphs that are at… --- ## [How to exhibit vtk data by contour figure](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-exhibit-vtk-data-by-contour-figure/8722)
**Author:** [@subenyu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/subenyu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-exhibit-vtk-data-by-contour-figure/8722 "2022-01-02T22:55:40Z")
hi i have queation that how to exhibit vtk data by contour figure? --- ## [Named Blocks for Multiblock Dataset](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/named-blocks-for-multiblock-dataset/4592)
**Author:** [@cobo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cobo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/named-blocks-for-multiblock-dataset/4592 "2021-12-31T13:23:36Z")
From some other forum discussion I learned that I can programmatically add names to the different “blocks” of a multi-block dataset. These names appear nicely in the “Multi Block Manager” which is very helpful for the us… --- ## [Removing the internal cells from a CFD analysis](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-the-internal-cells-from-a-cfd-analysis/8645)
**Author:** [@TimScottz8](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/TimScottz8)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-the-internal-cells-from-a-cfd-analysis/8645 "2021-12-31T09:50:22Z")
Hi I’ve done a simple simulation in openFoam via FreeCad using the cfdOF plugin of an airplane wing which has nicely captured the tip vortex. Looking at the results in Paraview I have a small problem. If I set the opaci… --- ## [failure to makeParaview, kwsysDateStamp.cmake problem](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failure-to-makeparaview-kwsysdatestamp-cmake-problem/8691)
**Author:** [@Zhuangz\_Zhang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Zhuangz_Zhang)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 9:40am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failure-to-makeparaview-kwsysdatestamp-cmake-problem/8691 "2021-12-31T09:40:57Z")
Hello everyone: I tried to install openFoam8.0 with third\_party. All the installation is executed following the instruction of (OpenFOAM Repo: 4. Third Party Software | OpenFOAM). but when making paraview, some error … --- ## [Visualization of 3D flow from python simulation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualization-of-3d-flow-from-python-simulation/8709)
**Author:** [@Alberto\_Lolli](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Alberto_Lolli)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualization-of-3d-flow-from-python-simulation/8709 "2021-12-31T09:19:42Z")
hello everyone, I would ask some help in order to better understand my simulation results, the following images represent the pressure and the velocity field on a 3D domain. I know that there is the streamtracer fi… --- ## [converting Abaqus .odb to .vtk files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/converting-abaqus-odb-to-vtk-files/6066)
**Author:** [@marine3454](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/marine3454)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/converting-abaqus-odb-to-vtk-files/6066 "2021-12-31T07:16:03Z")
Hi all, I am working on writing a python script to convert Abaqus .odb to .vtk (StructuredGrid), but still in stuck without success. When run the script in Abaqus, it produces .vtk, but an error comes up when import to … --- ## [Superbuild with custom python version crashes after running script](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/superbuild-with-custom-python-version-crashes-after-running-script/8716)
**Author:** [@anthomas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/anthomas)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/superbuild-with-custom-python-version-crashes-after-running-script/8716 "2021-12-30T19:54:54Z")
I have been working with the superbuild using a custom python version on windows- When building I set these cmake variables: ENABLE\_python=True ENABLE\_python3=True Python3\_EXECUTABLE=…/python.exe Python3\_INCLUDE\_DIR=…… --- ## [Obtaining xml variable values in a property widget](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/obtaining-xml-variable-values-in-a-property-widget/8710)
**Author:** [@anthomas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/anthomas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/obtaining-xml-variable-values-in-a-property-widget/8710 "2021-12-30T19:44:15Z")
I have a plugin that implements a property widget, the plugin is an implementation of the vtkPOpenFOAMReader source. In a portion of the xml file I have: \