# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=167

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## [Help with exporting quaternion data in vtu file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-exporting-quaternion-data-in-vtu-file/5173)

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**Author:** [@veikle](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/veikle)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-exporting-quaternion-data-in-vtu-file/5173 "2020-09-16T14:35:31Z")

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Hello, I am exporting data from a software called EDEM (Altair / DEM Solutions). I want to use ParaView to visualize the particle information from EDEM. I have used the pointsToVTK function to export the x, y, z posit…

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## [Mesh quality filter blank result](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mesh-quality-filter-blank-result/5353)

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**Author:** [@fab4100](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fab4100)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mesh-quality-filter-blank-result/5353 "2020-09-16T10:02:13Z")

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Dear all, I am trying to apply the mesh quality filter to a simple grid in order to check the mesh metrics. However, whenever I compute the quality, the result in the Quality cell array is zero everywhere. Can somebody …

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## [Paraview Immediately Crashes on Windows 10](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-immediately-crashes-on-windows-10/401)

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**Author:** [@GomerOfDoom](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GomerOfDoom)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-immediately-crashes-on-windows-10/401 "2020-09-16T08:45:25Z")

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Hello, I’m having trouble running Paraview on Windows 10. I downloaded version 5.5.2 64 bit for windows (.exe file), and installed. However, Paraview immediately crashes when started. I’ve seen two slightly different t…

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## [Is it possible create custom reader (static library) for paraview?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-create-custom-reader-static-library-for-paraview/5357)

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**Author:** [@lyz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lyz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-create-custom-reader-static-library-for-paraview/5357 "2020-09-16T08:27:58Z")

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For now, I use paraview (static library, v5.7.0) build from source. And I wanna create my own reader, I follow this link paraview howto, and I build ‘MyPNGReader’ using static library, generate MyPNGReader.lib finally. H…

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## [looking for large Datasets to test paraview and pvnvidia index on a cluster](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/looking-for-large-datasets-to-test-paraview-and-pvnvidia-index-on-a-cluster/5352)

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**Author:** [@kmilo9999](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kmilo9999)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/looking-for-large-datasets-to-test-paraview-and-pvnvidia-index-on-a-cluster/5352 "2020-09-15T17:45:26Z")

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Hello, I am looking for large datasets (over 50 GB) to test them with paraview + pvnvidia index running in parallel render server in a HPC cluster. I wonder if any of you can provide links where to find data of that siz…

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## [Contractual Work](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/contractual-work/5355)

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**Author:** [@Victor\_Saouma](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Victor_Saouma)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/contractual-work/5355 "2020-09-16T01:30:05Z")

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New to Paraview, I would like to use it to post-process finite element (stress) analysis, using Stock Paraview. Looking for someone who can write a (matlab preferably) script to get the data ready for paraview. Victor …

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## [ParaView wont load .foam files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-wont-load-foam-files/5340)

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**Author:** [@andytorrestb](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/andytorrestb)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-wont-load-foam-files/5340 "2020-09-15T16:30:00Z")

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Hello I have been using ParaView to process OpenFOAM data since April. Today out of nowhere the app stopped loading on me. Any time I opened I would just get a blank screen. I ended up uninstalling the version I had and …

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## [Operate mirror and original](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/operate-mirror-and-original/5319)

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**Author:** [@JDP](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JDP)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/operate-mirror-and-original/5319 "2020-09-15T14:58:55Z")

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Hello, I have a flow field around an aircraft (from SU2) that has a sideslip angle (AoS) of let’s say 5 deg. I want to get the mirror flow field at -5deg. For that, I go to Filters-\>Transform and scale Y with -1 and X an…

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## [Paraview Amazon Machine Image with MPI enabled](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-amazon-machine-image-with-mpi-enabled/5279)

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**Author:** [@af11g11](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/af11g11)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-amazon-machine-image-with-mpi-enabled/5279 "2020-09-15T14:53:04Z")

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Hi, I was wondering if an amazon machine image for paraview with MPI enabled exists anywhere for use? I don’t seem to have had much luck finding one. As such I was wondering whether there is a reason none exist, is the…

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## [Create 2D Hexagon](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-2d-hexagon/5321)

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**Author:** [@Sasha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sasha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-2d-hexagon/5321 "2020-09-15T14:52:35Z")

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I’m new to using Paraview and VTK, so I might be completely off here - but is there any way to create a 2D hexagon in Paraview? Currently, I’m creating the vtu file using the following code: This successfully creates …

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## [ComputeDerivatives filter creates constant vorticity from velocity field - PLOT3D](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/computederivatives-filter-creates-constant-vorticity-from-velocity-field-plot3d/5293)

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**Author:** [@Sangeet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sangeet)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/computederivatives-filter-creates-constant-vorticity-from-velocity-field-plot3d/5293 "2020-09-15T14:07:39Z")

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Hello! I have a plot3d grid file plot3dg.bin.xyz (25.2 KB) and a plot3d q file plot3dq.bin.q (33.6 KB). I tried to get the vorticity field using the ComputeDerivatives filter and the Gradient of Unstructured Dataset fil…

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## [set precision on csv table exported using ExportView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/set-precision-on-csv-table-exported-using-exportview/5346)

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**Author:** [@fabio.romani](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fabio.romani)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/set-precision-on-csv-table-exported-using-exportview/5346 "2020-09-15T14:04:04Z")

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hi, I’m performing some filtering on my database and I’d like to export the results in a csv file for further processing. by default the points in the csv file (using ExportView) are rounded to 2 decimals. I do need wa…

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## [Software stuck at data selection using can.ex2 example](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/software-stuck-at-data-selection-using-can-ex2-example/5336)

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**Author:** [@CJustin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/CJustin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/software-stuck-at-data-selection-using-can-ex2-example/5336 "2020-09-14T22:27:32Z")

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This is my first time using paraview and when I follow a tutorial online to use can.ex2 as the data input and use Find Data to select a section in this file, it get stuck when I click the run selection query and I have…

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## [Error in socket processing : client-server](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-in-socket-processing-client-server/5328)

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**Author:** [@sthavishtha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sthavishtha)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-in-socket-processing-client-server/5328 "2020-09-14T15:42:29Z")

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Hello everyone I am trying to visualize the files on my cluster using Paraview on the client side (both use Paraview 5.4.0 version). On the client side, I use the binary version of Paraview. It unfortunately gives me a …

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## [Setting graphical window as per image size](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/setting-graphical-window-as-per-image-size/5326)

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**Author:** [@malieng](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/malieng)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 11:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/setting-graphical-window-as-per-image-size/5326 "2020-09-14T11:13:21Z")

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Hi everyone, I am struggling to fit the graphical window size acording to the image size otherwise it takes a lot space. Could you please suggest how to do this?

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## [octree mesh loss of functionality in v5 paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/octree-mesh-loss-of-functionality-in-v5-paraview/689)

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**Author:** [@garcfd](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/garcfd)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/octree-mesh-loss-of-functionality-in-v5-paraview/689 "2020-09-14T08:02:30Z")

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Using same demo octree mesh (unstructured vtk) as in my previous topic… https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O4bxadtFyvLG9NWjSHeiS8AptYMc-hc8/view I notice that basic scalar visibility works fine in v3.98.1 and v4.3.1 b…

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## [Pathlines sticking around longer than MaxTrackLength with TemporalParticlesToPathlines](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pathlines-sticking-around-longer-than-maxtracklength-with-temporalparticlestopathlines/5314)

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**Author:** [@kaiser](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kaiser)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2020, 7:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pathlines-sticking-around-longer-than-maxtracklength-with-temporalparticlestopathlines/5314 "2020-09-14T07:49:07Z")

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Hello, When using TemporalParticlesToPathlines, some pathlines appear to stick around for far more frames than MaxTrackLength would indicate they should. Max Track Length is set to 25, but I’m seeing tails freeze and the…

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## [Compute volume of 2D axisymmetric data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compute-volume-of-2d-axisymmetric-data/5251)

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**Author:** [@woodscn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/woodscn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compute-volume-of-2d-axisymmetric-data/5251 "2020-09-12T15:49:51Z")

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I need to compute volumes for a 2-D cylindrical mesh of Cell Data, and I’m using V = 2pir\*A, where A comes from the Cell Size filter. I can get something close using the Cell to Point filter, but that creates strange vis…

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## [Reader plugin to extent vtk reader not used when accessing files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reader-plugin-to-extent-vtk-reader-not-used-when-accessing-files/5311)

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**Author:** [@AHanke](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AHanke)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reader-plugin-to-extent-vtk-reader-not-used-when-accessing-files/5311 "2020-09-12T14:37:13Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to write a plugin to extend the functionality of the vtkFileSeriesReader and I’m having trouble getting ParaView to use my reader to access the .vtp files. At the moment ParaView loads my plugin (I put a …

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## [ResampleToImage filter output save as a mhd file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/resampletoimage-filter-output-save-as-a-mhd-file/5318)

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**Author:** [@chathu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/chathu)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/resampletoimage-filter-output-save-as-a-mhd-file/5318 "2020-09-11T19:39:38Z")

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I have created a volumetric mesh using gmsh toolkit. It has an ellipsoid inside of a box. I have used two physical groups one is to hold the data for ellipsoid and the other group is to hold the whole 3D volumetric mesh …

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## [how to extract time steps from multi slice](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-time-steps-from-multi-slice/5315)

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**Author:** [@lyz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lyz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-time-steps-from-multi-slice/5315 "2020-09-11T06:51:48Z")

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I generate multi slice on sphere, and how can I convert to time steps data.

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## [obj-mtl-importer.py errors](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/obj-mtl-importer-py-errors/5309)

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**Author:** [@RvdN](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/RvdN)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/obj-mtl-importer-py-errors/5309 "2020-09-10T20:44:29Z")

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I am currently experimenting to visualise some 3D GIS data within Paraview, I am currently able to open en visualise my obj files within ParaView GUI but I would also like to import the mtl files. To achieve that I tho…

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## [How to adjust time of retrying connection to the pvserver?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-adjust-time-of-retrying-connection-to-the-pvserver/5310)

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**Author:** [@sharaborin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sharaborin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-adjust-time-of-retrying-connection-to-the-pvserver/5310 "2020-09-10T15:00:54Z")

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Dear All, I am using pvserver via VPN connection. Sometimes VPN disconnects and pvserver stops. Fortunately, it gives me the opportunity to save a state, However, I have huge files and preprocessing demands some time. I…

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## [2DGlyph Parameter not recorded by macro](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2dglyph-parameter-not-recorded-by-macro/5308)

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**Author:** [@leopessanha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/leopessanha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2dglyph-parameter-not-recorded-by-macro/5308 "2020-09-10T12:29:46Z")

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Hi! I was trying to automate the process of generating a 2d wind flow visualization with glyphs I’d like the GlyphType to be of 2D Glyph and the 2DGlyph to be a Filled Thick Arrow like in the following image When reco…

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## [Applying ProbeFIlter to volumetric mesh and generate 3D image](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/applying-probefilter-to-volumetric-mesh-and-generate-3d-image/5283)

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**Author:** [@chathu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/chathu)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/applying-probefilter-to-volumetric-mesh-and-generate-3d-image/5283 "2020-09-10T10:04:28Z")

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I have created a volumetric mesh (FEM) using gmsh and exported it as a .vtk file (i.e. unstructuredGrid). This FE model consists of a box with an ellipsoid where ellipsoid is located inside of the box. (Scalar range is 1…

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## [Render animation has quadrant overlay in frame #1](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/render-animation-has-quadrant-overlay-in-frame-1/2681)

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**Author:** [@unpopularmechanics](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/unpopularmechanics)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/render-animation-has-quadrant-overlay-in-frame-1/2681 "2020-09-10T02:08:15Z")

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I’ve been running into this strange bug when I export my animation at a resolution different from the default 1141x646 (mainly just want 1080p). The first frame will have this transparent overlay in the lower left quadra…

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## [Point Sprite plug-in](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/point-sprite-plug-in/5109)

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**Author:** [@bjadidi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bjadidi)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/point-sprite-plug-in/5109 "2020-09-10T00:46:23Z")

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Hi I want to add Point Sprite plug-in in my Paraview version 5. How can I do that?

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## [How can I use SaveData to write an ASCII file in ParaView 3.98.1?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-use-savedata-to-write-an-ascii-file-in-paraview-3-98-1/5303)

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**Author:** [@acmresende](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/acmresende)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-use-savedata-to-write-an-ascii-file-in-paraview-3-98-1/5303 "2020-09-09T20:05:43Z")

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Hello, I am writing an automation script for an old project and I need some help with pvpython from Paraview 3.98.1. The function SaveData() in this version does not exist. I found its implementation here and moved it t…

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## [How to track the trajectory of an arbitrary point within a polyline cell?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-track-the-trajectory-of-an-arbitrary-point-within-a-polyline-cell/5249)

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**Author:** [@wyan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wyan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-track-the-trajectory-of-an-arbitrary-point-within-a-polyline-cell/5249 "2020-09-09T13:42:51Z")

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We have a time sequence of a bunch of polylines. If we want to track the motion of the polyline cell centers then we can first apply the ‘cell centers’ filter and then apply the ‘Temporal Particles to Pathlines’ filter t…

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## [Removing background when exporting .png, .eps or .svg](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-background-when-exporting-png-eps-or-svg/880)

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**Author:** [@patito](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/patito)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2020, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-background-when-exporting-png-eps-or-svg/880 "2020-09-09T12:36:56Z")

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Hello! I am trying to export the plots that I’ve made on Paraview in .png, .eps or .svg format. When I do so, the blue-greyish background is “exported with it”. I’d like to be able to export my plot alone with no backgr…

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