# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=139

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## [minimal docker image with paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/minimal-docker-image-with-paraview/7424)

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**Author:** [@olesenm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/olesenm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/minimal-docker-image-with-paraview/7424 "2021-06-17T12:35:59Z")

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I was exploring add a simple paraview layer onto a docker (ubuntu) image using the laziest approach that I can think of, which is to simply copy and install the ParaView Linux binary into a container and then setup the P…

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## [Shear Stress Coverage over STL](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/shear-stress-coverage-over-stl/7426)

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**Author:** [@User2021](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/User2021)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/shear-stress-coverage-over-stl/7426 "2021-06-16T13:49:01Z")

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Hi all, I’ve calculated shear stress over my domain and displayed it on paraview. There is a very small section of my domain which has any shear stress values. What I want to do is calculate how much area that actually…

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## [Reflect .vtp file and save as new .vtp file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reflect-vtp-file-and-save-as-new-vtp-file/7398)

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**Author:** [@Ahenry](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ahenry)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reflect-vtp-file-and-save-as-new-vtp-file/7398 "2021-06-16T13:48:27Z")

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Hello, I am fairly new to ParaView, but I did not see anything related to my question on the FAQ. I am attempting to create a reflection of a .vtp file that I have acquired from an OpenSim model. I can open the .vtp fil…

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## [ParaView GPU selection](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-gpu-selection/7423)

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**Author:** [@Bushra](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Bushra)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 16, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-gpu-selection/7423 "2021-06-16T10:45:53Z")

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Hello! I tried downloading paraview again from your link but still it does not recognize Nvidia GPU. Please help. I am using paraview in ubuntu cloud environment and NVIDIA GPU is selected in additional drivers.

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## [Nvidia GPU not used](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-gpu-not-used/5302)

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**Author:** [@Propanotriol](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Propanotriol)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-gpu-not-used/5302 "2020-09-09T16:43:52Z")

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Dear all, I have an MSI GS65 8SE with Ubuntu 18.04 and an RTX2060. But it seems that paraView and paraFoam do not use the nvidia GPU. Even if, it is well activated and set up as the GPU to be used… I do not unders…

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## [Changing axis gridline style](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/changing-axis-gridline-style/7413)

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**Author:** [@anandjebakumar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/anandjebakumar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/changing-axis-gridline-style/7413 "2021-06-15T15:21:56Z")

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Does Paraview allow changing style of axis gridlines? For instance, in the image below, can I change the style of the grid lines to dotted or dashed? Or better is there a way to change the color of the plane that has the…

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## [Export surface from ParaView as planes for 3D modeling software](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-surface-from-paraview-as-planes-for-3d-modeling-software/7411)

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**Author:** [@stonebe](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/stonebe)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-surface-from-paraview-as-planes-for-3d-modeling-software/7411 "2021-06-15T08:02:40Z")

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I have several vts files containing data which I am able to visualize as surfaces in ParaView. Afaik these are structured data although some doubt is eligible as stated in the discussion ParaView Support Sep 14. Unfortun…

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## [Adding data array to existing .vtu file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-data-array-to-existing-vtu-file/7401)

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**Author:** [@datathing](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/datathing)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-data-array-to-existing-vtu-file/7401 "2021-06-14T21:27:36Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to add a simple array of data to an existing .vtu file. I was trying to do this with the following code in Python prior to importing the data to ParaView: import vtk from vtk.numpy\_interface import datas…

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## [Renaming Selections?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/renaming-selections/7406)

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**Author:** [@AlD](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AlD)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/renaming-selections/7406 "2021-06-14T15:02:53Z")

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Is it possible to rename selections ie TableToPoints or ExtractSelection1 to CustomName? This is 5.7.0 btw.

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## [Regarding nvIndex plugin for paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/regarding-nvindex-plugin-for-paraview/7400)

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**Author:** [@Muhammad\_Mobeen\_Mova](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Muhammad_Mobeen_Mova)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/regarding-nvindex-plugin-for-paraview/7400 "2021-06-11T17:04:36Z")

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Hi all, I am using nvindex plugin for paraview 5.9.0. It is working really well. I have successfully run the custom kernel examples that ship with paraview 5.9.0 under kernels\_nvidia\_index folder to check the custom ker…

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## [Extracting data corresponding to xyz points](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-data-corresponding-to-xyz-points/7399)

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**Author:** [@maruthinh](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/maruthinh)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-data-corresponding-to-xyz-points/7399 "2021-06-11T15:42:11Z")

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Hi, I have a multiblock image data which has velocity, shear stress, etc. I also have a csv file with x y z coordinates close to the body corresponding to multiblock image data. How to extract shear stress (for example)…

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## [cityGMLReader Problem Opening](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/citygmlreader-problem-opening/7386)

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**Author:** [@Amin\_Nabikhani](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Amin_Nabikhani)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/citygmlreader-problem-opening/7386 "2021-06-11T13:31:41Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to visualize a few cityGML (LOD1) files I received from a third-party with paraview 5.9.1 and It fails to show the elements. I receive no errors along the way. However, it shows “NA” for all the parame…

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## [glTF camera](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/gltf-camera/7390)

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**Author:** [@frank\_forster](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/frank_forster)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/gltf-camera/7390 "2021-06-11T12:13:04Z")

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Hello, I export this scene in glTF with Paraview but when I open it in a glTF viewer I can’t rotate to see the intersting part. (I want to stick with online glTF online viewer because it’s move convenient to share) Is …

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## [How to obtain faceID of a patch in Paraview?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-obtain-faceid-of-a-patch-in-paraview/7388)

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**Author:** [@rasunag27](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rasunag27)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-obtain-faceid-of-a-patch-in-paraview/7388 "2021-06-11T08:13:34Z")

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Dear all, Is there a possibility to obtain FaceIDs of a particular patch? I have done a heat transfer simulation using OpenFoam and visualizing in paraview. When doing so, I can see “cellData” which includes Field (T…

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## [Filter to apply variable to blockID](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/filter-to-apply-variable-to-blockid/7384)

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**Author:** [@Lukasz\_Kuna](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Lukasz_Kuna)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2021, 4:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/filter-to-apply-variable-to-blockid/7384 "2021-06-11T04:26:04Z")

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Hi All, I’ve been trying to transform some data I have output from a C++ code I have developed. It is an exodus file with elemental variables. My simulations involve grains from solidification and output a voxel mesh.…

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## [Paraview segmentation fault core dumped](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-segmentation-fault-core-dumped/6694)

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**Author:** [@GLfast80](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GLfast80)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-segmentation-fault-core-dumped/6694 "2021-06-09T10:13:35Z")

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Good evening everyone, I am having some problems with Paraview/ParaFoam since a while: when I press the commands “Pick Center” or “Select Cells On” the program crashes suddenly and returns the following error: "/home/c…

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## [.vtk file Not Showing Spin Texture](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-file-not-showing-spin-texture/7355)

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**Author:** [@Ahsan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ahsan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-file-not-showing-spin-texture/7355 "2021-06-08T20:37:02Z")

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Hi All, I am new to start Paraview in order to study the spin texture created during micromagnetic simulations. I converted .omf file to .vtk using (ovf2vtk tool — discretisedfield documentation) ovf2vtk. My .vtk file i…

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## [vtkPythonSelector (0x55f2f1af8bf0): Failed to import 'paraview.python\_selector'](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkpythonselector-0x55f2f1af8bf0-failed-to-import-paraview-python-selector/7382)

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**Author:** [@verminator](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/verminator)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkpythonselector-0x55f2f1af8bf0-failed-to-import-paraview-python-selector/7382 "2021-06-08T19:53:09Z")

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i get this error on my machine when trying to use the “Find Data” functionality. "Warning: In /build/paraview-SVeOv3/paraview-5.7.0/ParaViewCore/ClientServerCore/Core/vtkPythonSelector.cxx, line 56 vtkPythonSelector (0…

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## [Animating volume opacity](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animating-volume-opacity/7381)

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**Author:** [@BrunoP](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/BrunoP)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animating-volume-opacity/7381 "2021-06-08T18:47:10Z")

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Hi, I am rendering a scene which is combination of volume and different poly data. I have designed transfer function which controls opacity of wanted values but would like to further reduce overall opacity of volume onc…

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## [Paraview 5.8.x macos big sur freezes on any action after opening](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-x-macos-big-sur-freezes-on-any-action-after-opening/6283)

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**Author:** [@Rojj](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rojj)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-8-x-macos-big-sur-freezes-on-any-action-after-opening/6283 "2021-06-08T18:05:17Z")

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Hi, I have installed ParaView 5.8.0 and 5.8.1 on macos big sur. Paraview freezes on any action after opening. I have checked related posts, but I cannot find a solution. I have tried: Install and reinstall a few tim…

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## [Pvserver error: symbol lookup error: ../lib64/libvtkFiltersParallelMPI-pv5.9.so.1: undefined symbol: \_\_svml\_nextafterf4](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvserver-error-symbol-lookup-error-lib64-libvtkfiltersparallelmpi-pv5-9-so-1-undefined-symbol-svml-nextafterf4/7367)

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**Author:** [@kmilo9999](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kmilo9999)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvserver-error-symbol-lookup-error-lib64-libvtkfiltersparallelmpi-pv5-9-so-1-undefined-symbol-svml-nextafterf4/7367 "2021-06-08T17:49:11Z")

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Hello, I built paraview 5.9 (from source) and linking it againts openmpi 4.0.5. Parview Qt client works, but when I execute pvserver I get the error: symbol lookup error: ../lib64/libvtkFiltersParallelMPI-pv5.9.so.1: u…

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## [Compiling paraview from openfoam package](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compiling-paraview-from-openfoam-package/7371)

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**Author:** [@tckosvic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tckosvic)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compiling-paraview-from-openfoam-package/7371 "2021-06-08T15:25:29Z")

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I am compiling paraview for openfoam 8. After a long period involved with config problems, I got through config and 90% through compilation and linking. Then an error killed the process. Below is the information I get…

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## [Numerics of "Gradient Of Unstructured DataSet" Filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/numerics-of-gradient-of-unstructured-dataset-filter/638)

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**Author:** [@JMuskat](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JMuskat)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/numerics-of-gradient-of-unstructured-dataset-filter/638 "2021-06-08T11:53:47Z")

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Hello, I’m looking for an answer regarding how ParaView (currently using v5.6.0) calculates the gradient on an unstructured dataset. I have a volume mesh filled with velocity data from my ANSYS Fluent CFD simulation; I …

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## [How to uninstall Paraview while it is "not installed" on Ubuntu?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-uninstall-paraview-while-it-is-not-installed-on-ubuntu/7364)

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**Author:** [@Aeschylus\_Ye](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Aeschylus_Ye)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-uninstall-paraview-while-it-is-not-installed-on-ubuntu/7364 "2021-06-08T11:51:15Z")

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I can turn on the Paraview through terminal on my Ubuntu, like xxx$ paraview However, I cannot uninstall it since “Package ‘paraview’ is not installed”, see below: xxx$ sudo apt-get purge paraview \[sudo\] password for…

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## [How to return NaN for the probe located outside the domain?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-return-nan-for-the-probe-located-outside-the-domain/7345)

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**Author:** [@Aroma](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Aroma)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-return-nan-for-the-probe-located-outside-the-domain/7345 "2021-06-07T17:58:32Z")

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Hi, I am using Paraview functions to read results of various point in my 2D simulation result (vtk format). However, it returns 0 if I give a point outside the domain. Is it possible to return NaN for the points outsid…

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## [\[SEGMENTATION FAULT (CORE DUMPED)\] Python Programmable Filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segmentation-fault-core-dumped-python-programmable-filter/2618)

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**Author:** [@dolesch](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dolesch)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segmentation-fault-core-dumped-python-programmable-filter/2618 "2021-06-07T14:47:11Z")

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Hi all, i tried to work through the tutorial for Python Programmable Filter, but unfortunately I got an error from the very beginning. After applying a Programmable filter paraview crashed and indicated a segmentation f…

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## [VTK: Unable to define two sets of CELL\_DATA](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-unable-to-define-two-sets-of-cell-data/7253)

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**Author:** [@Victor\_Saouma](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Victor_Saouma)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-unable-to-define-two-sets-of-cell-data/7253 "2021-06-07T02:56:55Z")

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I can define only one of the two sets of CELL\_DATA without error. When I specify the second one, I get and error"Unsupported cell attribute type: cell\_data" Mesh.vtk (260.0 KB) It is an unstructured mesh (finite eleme…

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## [Export lines/tubes with color](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-lines-tubes-with-color/7365)

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**Author:** [@frank\_forster](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/frank_forster)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-lines-tubes-with-color/7365 "2021-06-06T15:20:27Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to export these lines in order to insert them in Blender. I tried all export formats but I didn’t manage to keep neither the color nor the width. Result in Blender

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## [Segmentation fault when connecting to pvdataserver](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segmentation-fault-when-connecting-to-pvdataserver/6794)

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**Author:** [@viechr78](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/viechr78)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2021, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segmentation-fault-when-connecting-to-pvdataserver/6794 "2021-06-05T10:50:15Z")

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When I try to connect to a remote pvdataserver, Paraview on my client freezes after the connection is established. About 45 seconds after the connection is established, the pvdataserver crashes with following error: Wai…

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## [Error SSE3 with paraview-superbuild and ospray](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-sse3-with-paraview-superbuild-and-ospray/7357)

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**Author:** [@jleparoux](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jleparoux)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-sse3-with-paraview-superbuild-and-ospray/7357 "2021-06-04T21:31:20Z")

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Hi all, I am trying to build Paraview 5.9.1 on linux system with superbuild and with some advanced options activated, among others : ospray and mpi. Everything was ok until ospray part which required to install “openim…

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