# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=135

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## [Node number and coordinate changing](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/node-number-and-coordinate-changing/7581)

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**Author:** [@F.A](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/F.A)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/node-number-and-coordinate-changing/7581 "2021-08-03T12:39:07Z")

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Hi, I imported a .vtk file (meshed model created by Segment Mesher) from Slicer to ParaView. I used the extract surface filter and then exported the model as .stl file, but the node number of stl file is not the same as …

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## [pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvpython/7590)

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**Author:** [@Ian](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ian)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvpython/7590 "2021-08-03T12:28:33Z")

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Hi, I am having trouble using pvpython with a python script recorded from within ParaView. The script works perfectly if I run it using ParaView’s python script window. However, the same script returns errors if I run i…

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## [Vicon support](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vicon-support/7596)

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**Author:** [@lyz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lyz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vicon-support/7596 "2021-08-03T12:20:57Z")

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Have you ever test the Vicon(https://www.vicon.com/) track system using PV5.7?

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## [Enabling ray tracing with glyphs](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/enabling-ray-tracing-with-glyphs/7603)

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**Author:** [@Miguel\_Angel\_Salazar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Miguel_Angel_Salazar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/enabling-ray-tracing-with-glyphs/7603 "2021-08-03T12:12:10Z")

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Whenever I click on “Enable Ray Tracing” and I have a Glyph object in my scene, a big object appears out of nowhere: I am referring to the ball and the cone in the bottom left. Is this somehow a light used by the ray…

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## [Server display not accessible](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/server-display-not-accessible/7615)

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**Author:** [@Hussein\_Kokash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Hussein_Kokash)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/server-display-not-accessible/7615 "2021-08-03T10:07:16Z")

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Hello everyone, I am fairly new to using linux in general and Paraview in particular. I am trying to view a case on a server using my local Paraview in the laptop. I have managed to connect between the server and Para…

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## [Plot3D Reader](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot3d-reader/7629)

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**Author:** [@luismsfern](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/luismsfern)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot3d-reader/7629 "2021-08-03T09:35:32Z")

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Dear ParaView community, I’m trying to read a Plot3D file into ParaView. I have the grid file (.x) and the code I have access to writes out the function file containing the solution data (.f). The files are binary, litt…

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## [pv5.7 static build with python failed](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pv5-7-static-build-with-python-failed/7652)

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**Author:** [@lyz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lyz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pv5-7-static-build-with-python-failed/7652 "2021-08-03T07:45:12Z")

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I build static paraview5.7 with python on windows10 x64, and I got the error below: And when I copy the static exe to the shared environment folder, it works. However, the model is rendered in the separate window as …

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## [Deactivate IDs for Particles](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/deactivate-ids-for-particles/7677)

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**Author:** [@gizem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gizem)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/deactivate-ids-for-particles/7677 "2021-08-03T07:39:57Z")

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Hello, is there a way to deactivate particle IDs generated by Paraview?

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## [Maximum Amount of Data for Volume Rendering](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/maximum-amount-of-data-for-volume-rendering/7742)

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**Author:** [@Michael\_Jackson](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Michael_Jackson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/maximum-amount-of-data-for-volume-rendering/7742 "2021-08-02T18:50:43Z")

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Is there an upper limit on the amount of data that can be volume rendered? I have noticed at some point when loading a data set, based on size of data loaded, that the volume rendering just goes off the rails. It is like…

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## [Parallel rendering of pvti files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/parallel-rendering-of-pvti-files/7733)

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**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Yue](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nicholas_Yue)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/parallel-rendering-of-pvti-files/7733 "2021-08-02T18:49:56Z")

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I am learning how to use Paraview for distributed parallel visualization of pvti files Is there some sample pvti files and instructions I can read up more on ? Cheers

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## [I want to get Uniform Rectilinear Grid](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-want-to-get-uniform-rectilinear-grid/7738)

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**Author:** [@rsrch](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rsrch)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-want-to-get-uniform-rectilinear-grid/7738 "2021-08-02T18:45:45Z")

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At line “press control and click on your dataset to select both” does the dataset mean the first csv file? In my case the filter AppendAttributes has the same output as PointDataToCellData

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## [How to change the default settings in Paraview lite?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-change-the-default-settings-in-paraview-lite/7704)

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**Author:** [@rasunag27](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rasunag27)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-change-the-default-settings-in-paraview-lite/7704 "2021-08-02T16:45:36Z")

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Dear all, I would like to change few default representations in Paraview lite. I have highlighted the needs of change in below points with example. Could anyone please shed a light on this on where I can change this eit…

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## [Color Map Editor - Make Bicolor Contours - Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-map-editor-make-bicolor-contours-paraview/7740)

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**Author:** [@Akash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Akash)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-map-editor-make-bicolor-contours-paraview/7740 "2021-08-02T14:38:52Z")

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Hi, I am trying to change color map editor so that I get blue color for data points more than 0.8 and red color for less than 0.8. I have managed to make it bi-color using the Color Discretization option however I am un…

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## [ParaView 5.9.1 still unusable](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-1-still-unusable/7668)

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**Author:** [@MBG](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MBG)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-1-still-unusable/7668 "2021-08-02T14:04:04Z")

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I’ve reported before that ParaView 5.9 can’t be used completely on macOS Mojave. For now, with upgrade to ParaView 5.9.1 and MacOS Catalina that’s still doesn’t work properly. Open a VTK file or a complete project we s…

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## [Plot polar coordinates in Paraview?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-polar-coordinates-in-paraview/6067)

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**Author:** [@AhmedSalih3d](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AhmedSalih3d)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-polar-coordinates-in-paraview/6067 "2021-08-02T13:55:19Z")

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Hello! Suppose I have a box like this. How could I make this data axes grid be in polar/cylindrical coordinates? Kind regards

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## [Paraview 5.9.1 crashing when loading time steps results](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-1-crashing-when-loading-time-steps-results/7675)

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**Author:** [@giammazazza](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/giammazazza)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-1-crashing-when-loading-time-steps-results/7675 "2021-08-02T12:29:05Z")

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Hi guys, hopefully someone can help me with this. I’m using Paraview 5.9.1 in windows 10, and I use it to check openFoam results. The problem is that, if I load an openfoam transient results set everything is fine, bu…

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## [Animation showing multiple planes of a 3D domain](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-showing-multiple-planes-of-a-3d-domain/7663)

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**Author:** [@physahel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/physahel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-showing-multiple-planes-of-a-3d-domain/7663 "2021-08-02T09:36:18Z")

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Dear Support Members, I use .vtk files to understand various physical parameters (density, temperature, etc.) of our 3D uniform cartesian mesh. Currently, I am looking for a filer that can animate the change of any such…

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## [How to rename OpenFOAM patches directly from Paraview?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-rename-openfoam-patches-directly-from-paraview/7666)

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**Author:** [@falco](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/falco)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-rename-openfoam-patches-directly-from-paraview/7666 "2021-08-02T09:32:35Z")

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Hello, I am using OpenFOAM to conduct several simulations. In most cases, I constantly use the ‘autoPatch’ utility to divide external faces of the mesh into patches based on a given angle. The utility will rename the re…

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## [Open ParaView File Fatal error if paraview launched with --multi-servers option](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-paraview-file-fatal-error-if-paraview-launched-with-multi-servers-option/6447)

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**Author:** [@nitawa](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nitawa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-paraview-file-fatal-error-if-paraview-launched-with-multi-servers-option/6447 "2021-08-02T09:25:12Z")

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Dear experts, running paraview with –multi-servers option generates a fatal error if user opens a file, after disconnecting from a server. the issue can be reproduced as follows: in a terminal, start pvserver in a s…

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## [Jetson Nano : Ubuntu 18.04 EGL ARM64](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/jetson-nano-ubuntu-18-04-egl-arm64/7687)

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**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Yue](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nicholas_Yue)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/jetson-nano-ubuntu-18-04-egl-arm64/7687 "2021-08-02T09:23:16Z")

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Hi, I just go access the Picocluster 5H Jetson Nano, a cluster of 5 Jetson Nano. It runs Ubuntu 18.04 ARM64 The Paraview version that comes with Ubuntu 18.04 is 5.4.1 The application works but it warns about changes …

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## [City-scale wind simulation with topography?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/city-scale-wind-simulation-with-topography/7649)

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**Author:** [@sous\_3dm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sous_3dm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/city-scale-wind-simulation-with-topography/7649 "2021-08-02T08:33:27Z")

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Q: Are there precedents for urban-scale outdoor windflow models, with topography? Hi everyone- I am coming from the AEC/3d modeling/Rhino-Grasshopper world. Following a great series of tutorials, I am at a point where I…

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## [Volume rendering option doesn't exist for this HDF5 file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/volume-rendering-option-doesnt-exist-for-this-hdf5-file/7690)

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**Author:** [@apadana](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/apadana)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/volume-rendering-option-doesnt-exist-for-this-hdf5-file/7690 "2021-08-02T08:31:18Z")

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Hi. When I open the attached VizSchema HDF5 file (produced by my own code) and use the variable “number-density” for coloring, I see no Volume option in the properties panel for volume rendering. But when I apply a filte…

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## [Determine percentage of colors in slice](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/determine-percentage-of-colors-in-slice/7693)

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**Author:** [@psad](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/psad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 8:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/determine-percentage-of-colors-in-slice/7693 "2021-08-02T08:15:01Z")

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Hi everyone, I am a beginner in paraview and need help. I have an issue and I dont know if I can solve it in Paraview. I have make a slice of my sample and want to determine the percentages of the colors of the slice. …

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## [Paraview - remote distributed rendering : how to showcase](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-remote-distributed-rendering-how-to-showcase/7705)

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**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Yue](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nicholas_Yue)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-remote-distributed-rendering-how-to-showcase/7705 "2021-08-02T08:02:29Z")

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Hi, I have build and setup Paraview+pserver on a cluster of Jetson Nano. The cluster contains 5 nodes (pc\[0-4\]). I am running paraview on pc0 and running mpiexec -np 4 -hosts pc1,pc2,pc3,pc4 pvserver I am able to con…

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## [Unstructured points X,Y,Z - visualise spatial density.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unstructured-points-x-y-z-visualise-spatial-density/7728)

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**Author:** [@RFQED](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/RFQED)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unstructured-points-x-y-z-visualise-spatial-density/7728 "2021-08-02T03:47:34Z")

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How would one load a .csv file containing unstructured point data, formatted as X,Y,Z,\[scalars…\] and visualise spatial point density in slice or volume representation? Cheers

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## [Time annotation in Paraview animations](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/time-annotation-in-paraview-animations/7699)

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**Author:** [@hopitigala](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hopitigala)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/time-annotation-in-paraview-animations/7699 "2021-08-01T15:21:28Z")

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I am trying to include annotate time filter in my animation. The time that shows there is the sequential number of the vtk files. For example, the names of the files that I use are xz1\_0000.vtk to xz1\_2487.vtk. So, the t…

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## [Viewing boundary patch in CGNS files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/viewing-boundary-patch-in-cgns-files/7732)

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**Author:** [@503075765](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/503075765)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/viewing-boundary-patch-in-cgns-files/7732 "2021-07-30T20:48:33Z")

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Hello, I have a CGNS file divided into 200 zones. Some of these zones have additional boundary patches, including possibly an “AIRFOIL” boundary patch. I only want to display the airfoil. In Ensight, this is easy. I lo…

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## [export data to raw](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-data-to-raw/7660)

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**Author:** [@kmilo9999](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kmilo9999)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-data-to-raw/7660 "2021-07-30T11:51:57Z")

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Hello, I have been working on a data set (paraview 5.9) and now I want to export the data with my modifications to a raw file. How can I do this in paraview? Thanks.

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## [best way to use paraview for AWS EC2?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/best-way-to-use-paraview-for-aws-ec2/7710)

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**Author:** [@Sina](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sina)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 9:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/best-way-to-use-paraview-for-aws-ec2/7710 "2021-07-30T09:54:58Z")

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Hello, I am using AWS EC2 graphic instance (x32 CPU, 128GB RAM, 1 GPU) regularly for post processing of CFD (OpenFOAM) cases. We usually use NICE DCV to connect to the machine with GUI and from there open up a Paraview …

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## [Field relative to average per slice](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/field-relative-to-average-per-slice/7726)

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**Author:** [@the\_german\_squirrel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/the_german_squirrel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/field-relative-to-average-per-slice/7726 "2021-07-30T09:35:24Z")

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Hi, I’d like to show the perturbation of a field (point array) relative to the average along one coordinate (or more precise: For each point, I want to compute the percentage perturbation of a parameter relative to the …

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