# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=183

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## [Increasing mesh size of a .stl file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/increasing-mesh-size-of-a-stl-file/4120)

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**Author:** [@Dinushika1992](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dinushika1992)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/increasing-mesh-size-of-a-stl-file/4120 "2020-04-27T02:24:26Z")

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Hi, I have a .stl file of a model with 1920 triangles (meshes). I want to increase it to more than 5000 meshes. Can someone please tell me how can I increase the number of meshes of my model. Thank you

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## [Cell Value Precison](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cell-value-precison/2707)

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**Author:** [@erdi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/erdi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cell-value-precison/2707 "2020-04-27T02:09:45Z")

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Hi all Is there any way to change the precision so that I can get only 3 digit accuracy on these labels?

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## [Moving XY chart](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/moving-xy-chart/4174)

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**Author:** [@s1291](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/s1291)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/moving-xy-chart/4174 "2020-04-24T11:27:31Z")

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Hello, In XY chart, I’ve plotted the pressure at a point over time and I can see the vertical time marker. I am asking if is there a way to not plot the entire chart from \[0, tmax\] but only between \[0, t\] and the chart …

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## [Installing ParaView in Windows](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/installing-paraview-in-windows/4170)

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**Author:** [@Deepa](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Deepa)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/installing-paraview-in-windows/4170 "2020-04-24T07:09:55Z")

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Hi All, I’ve installed ParaView in Windows 10, the executable MS-MPI python3.7 version from here for visualizing vtp output files generated from VMTK. There is a problem in running Python scripts, the reason is I’ve in…

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## [No cell data from vtkThreshold in Python plugin (possible dup)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/no-cell-data-from-vtkthreshold-in-python-plugin-possible-dup/4168)

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**Author:** [@wsherman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wsherman)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/no-cell-data-from-vtkthreshold-in-python-plugin-possible-dup/4168 "2020-04-24T06:05:36Z")

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\[I think I just deleted my post, so if not, this will be a duplicate posting. (I’m having quite a bit of difficulty with Discourse this evening – twice it thought I wanted to “abandon” my posting, and then lost the draf…

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## [Possible to use a Python Plugin to add a button to the tool bars?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/possible-to-use-a-python-plugin-to-add-a-button-to-the-tool-bars/4164)

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**Author:** [@wsherman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wsherman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2020, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/possible-to-use-a-python-plugin-to-add-a-button-to-the-tool-bars/4164 "2020-04-24T05:10:21Z")

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Hello all, I’m doing some experimenting with simple Python Plugins in ParaView – trying to avoid the need to do any compiling (not so much for me, but for the people I’m helping). If possible, I’d like to be able to ad…

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## [Rendering the Interior of a Voronoi Object in a Slice](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rendering-the-interior-of-a-voronoi-object-in-a-slice/4157)

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**Author:** [@John](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/John)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rendering-the-interior-of-a-voronoi-object-in-a-slice/4157 "2020-04-23T21:28:26Z")

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I maintain a code that performs diffusion and chemistry simulations on an unstructured mesh. Calculations are performed on objects that have a surface mesh and an interior mesh. Meshes are based on 3D Voronoi tessellatio…

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## [building version 5.8.0 fails](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-version-5-8-0-fails/3660)

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**Author:** [@Rigel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rigel)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-version-5-8-0-fails/3660 "2020-04-23T20:31:48Z")

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Hi, I am trying to build ParaView 5.8.0 from source, but it is failing with the following output: WARNING: Target "cmTC\_42f5c" requests linking to directory "/sw/installed/impi/2018.1.163-iccifort-2018.1.163-GCC-6.4.0-…

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## [paraview.simple.SelectCells sellect multiple cell](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-simple-selectcells-sellect-multiple-cell/4153)

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**Author:** [@mcitrin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mcitrin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-simple-selectcells-sellect-multiple-cell/4153 "2020-04-23T01:47:41Z")

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Hi, i just started working with paraview python scripts, and i wanted to know if their was a way to query multiple cells based on their id similar to this in the editor i tried something like this but it didn’t work p…

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## [Paraview Interface Changes after running an uploaded file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-interface-changes-after-running-an-uploaded-file/4150)

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**Author:** [@Zoelle\_F\_Wong](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Zoelle_F_Wong)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-interface-changes-after-running-an-uploaded-file/4150 "2020-04-22T22:52:01Z")

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Hello! I’m new to paraview and I’m having trouble running Paraview. I’ve installed the ParaView 5.8.0- Windows.exe file from the downloads website. I have a file called “foo.foam”, which is a file from the results of t…

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## [How to make paraview display normal](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-paraview-display-normal/4138)

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**Author:** [@blsun](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/blsun)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-paraview-display-normal/4138 "2020-04-22T21:55:55Z")

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Hi，everyone When I open paraview, the display is normal. But when I open the model, the menu bar will disappear and all buttons in the toolbar will move up. When I click the button on the toolbar, the corresponding oper…

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## [Build ParaView plugin on macos that would work with ParaView 5.8 binary](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-paraview-plugin-on-macos-that-would-work-with-paraview-5-8-binary/4098)

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**Author:** [@danlipsa](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/danlipsa)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-paraview-plugin-on-macos-that-would-work-with-paraview-5-8-binary/4098 "2020-04-22T18:32:21Z")

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Hi all, What is the best way to build a ParaView plugin on MacOS that would work with ParaView 5.8 binary? Thanks, Dan

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## [Current status of PVGeo and Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/current-status-of-pvgeo-and-paraview/3804)

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**Author:** [@jwesolow](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jwesolow)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/current-status-of-pvgeo-and-paraview/3804 "2020-04-22T12:02:26Z")

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Hi, I’m not sure if I should be asking this here or not, so please let me know if I should take the question to PVGeo. This is unrelated to the other issue I just posted. Since Paraview has converted to Python 3, the o…

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## [Scripting animation confusion](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/scripting-animation-confusion/4140)

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**Author:** [@bg2b](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bg2b)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/scripting-animation-confusion/4140 "2020-04-22T09:58:31Z")

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I’m new to ParaView, but have managed to put together some Python scripts to render nice views of my data. One of the scripts has a phase option, and sweeping the phase through 2\*pi radians makes a pretty animation. I’…

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## [Dealing with a multi-column text file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dealing-with-a-multi-column-text-file/4141)

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**Author:** [@sidnei.paciornik](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sidnei.paciornik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dealing-with-a-multi-column-text-file/4141 "2020-04-22T02:47:56Z")

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Dear colleagues I have a text file with several columns representing (x,y,z) positions and corresponding values of Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) measurements. I would like to visualize in 3D the spatial distribution …

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## [SIGABRT after throwing VisRTX::Exception in CentOS 6.10](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sigabrt-after-throwing-visrtx-exception-in-centos-6-10/2670)

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**Author:** [@mr-reca](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mr-reca)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sigabrt-after-throwing-visrtx-exception-in-centos-6-10/2670 "2020-04-21T22:41:14Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve just installed ParaView 5.7 (ParaView-5.7.0-RC4-MPI-Linux-Python3.7-64bit.tar.gz) in a CentOS 6.10. The machine comes with 2 P5000 GPU (configured now with SLI and drivers up to date from the official …

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## [How To Filter Point Data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-filter-point-data/4134)

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**Author:** [@blnphoenix](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/blnphoenix)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-filter-point-data/4134 "2020-04-21T19:43:33Z")

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Hi, i want to filter my DEM data based on the coordinates of the simulated particles. Specifically i want to get a list of all particles that are inside a certain region of my domain. I figured i could do that by findin…

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## [ServerManager xml reference](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/servermanager-xml-reference/4068)

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**Author:** [@Yoshino](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Yoshino)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/servermanager-xml-reference/4068 "2020-04-21T01:08:11Z")

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I’m looking for reference of ServerManager xml usage and ParaViewWiki tells that I should refer to ParaViewGuide.pdf, where actually I found few things relevant. Any guidance for me? thanks.

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## [SaveScreenshot in pvpython/pvbatch takes significantly longer than GUI when StreamTracer is used](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/savescreenshot-in-pvpython-pvbatch-takes-significantly-longer-than-gui-when-streamtracer-is-used/4126)

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**Author:** [@dwesley](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dwesley)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/savescreenshot-in-pvpython-pvbatch-takes-significantly-longer-than-gui-when-streamtracer-is-used/4126 "2020-04-20T22:25:24Z")

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I have a large amount of CFD results that I want to save images of. There are two types of images: surface pressures alone and surface pressures with streamlines (created with Calculator and StreamTracer). When I use pvp…

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## [Color legend does not agree with color displayed in data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-legend-does-not-agree-with-color-displayed-in-data/1716)

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**Author:** [@Tine](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Tine)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-legend-does-not-agree-with-color-displayed-in-data/1716 "2020-04-20T16:35:22Z")

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Hello, I am using paraview 5.6.0 but have noticed the following issue already in version 4.3.1: the colors representing my .vtu or .vtk data are not exactly agreeing with the one shown in the color legend. The colors of…

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## [How to visualize tetrahedra in vtk unstructured grid](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-visualize-tetrahedra-in-vtk-unstructured-grid/4114)

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**Author:** [@Juan\_Jose\_Casafranca](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Juan_Jose_Casafranca)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-visualize-tetrahedra-in-vtk-unstructured-grid/4114 "2020-04-20T12:30:33Z")

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I want to visualize an unstructured grid made of tetrahedra. I would like to use some kind of plane and see all the tetrahedra that are at the right (or left) of the plane. To check is the tetrahedron is right or left of…

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## [Paraview v5.8 Not responding](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-v5-8-not-responding/4106)

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**Author:** [@Ankur\_Gurjar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ankur_Gurjar)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-v5-8-not-responding/4106 "2020-04-20T12:01:47Z")

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Hello All, I’m Ankur, I’ve downloaded v5.8 for Microsoft from the paraview software from the website. After finishing pipeline in dream 3d software I’m trying to import and visualise the .xdmf file in Paraview.But as i…

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## [render only what's visible](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/render-only-whats-visible/4121)

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**Author:** [@marios\_geo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/marios_geo)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/render-only-whats-visible/4121 "2020-04-20T10:51:30Z")

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Hi all, I am visualizing large 3d gridded data using paraview. AFAIK, all voxels are rendered, independent if the user can see them or not. In other words, if i have a “big” cube that consist of 3x3 smaller cubes, the c…

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## [need help on ParaView startup](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/need-help-on-paraview-startup/4112)

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**Author:** [@avshalom\_mor](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/avshalom_mor)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/need-help-on-paraview-startup/4112 "2020-04-20T07:10:11Z")

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## [Implementing a Visit Reader in Paraview 5.8.0 ADD\_VISIT\_PLUGIN\_READER](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/implementing-a-visit-reader-in-paraview-5-8-0-add-visit-plugin-reader/3726)

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**Author:** [@nitawa](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nitawa)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/implementing-a-visit-reader-in-paraview-5-8-0-add-visit-plugin-reader/3726 "2020-04-20T03:14:18Z")

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Dear experts, I recently moved to Paraview 5.8 and need to upgrade a Visit Reader plugin With Paraview 5.6.0, following the online documentation: https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/VisIt\_Database\_Bridge#Custom\_Plugin\_of\_Vi…

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## [Filled slice](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/filled-slice/4102)

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**Author:** [@safranyikf](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/safranyikf)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/filled-slice/4102 "2020-04-20T02:55:42Z")

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Hi All, I have a 3D point cloud which represent centroid of spheres and velocity vectors are assigned to each points. I used spherical glyph to visualize the spheres. A slice was created in predefined height and I woul…

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## [Paraview 5.7.0 crashes on Win10x64](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-0-crashes-on-win10x64/3694)

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**Author:** [@safranyikf](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/safranyikf)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-0-crashes-on-win10x64/3694 "2020-04-20T02:29:03Z")

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Dear All, until this time ParaView 5.7.0 worked well on my PC on win 10 x64 with GeForce GTX950. Yesterday I tried to create some vector field from my simulation results and ParaView crashes immediately after starting w…

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## [Smoothing Contours (iso lines) on a Planar Slice](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/smoothing-contours-iso-lines-on-a-planar-slice/4104)

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**Author:** [@RAndress](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/RAndress)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/smoothing-contours-iso-lines-on-a-planar-slice/4104 "2020-04-19T17:54:13Z")

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Shown below is the plot of electric current density (A/m) imported from FEAtool output VTK and STL data. I am, as yet, unable to smoothing the contour/Iso lines. Please point the way … The model is of a cylindrical …

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## [Negative Cell Volumes](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/negative-cell-volumes/4103)

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**Author:** [@AD\_TX](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AD_TX)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/negative-cell-volumes/4103 "2020-04-19T01:09:18Z")

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Hello. I am using Paraview 5.5.2 and I am looking for some advice on how to filter out cells with negative volumes. I discovered that some cells had negative volumes when using the Integrate Variables filter on a posit…

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## [Transform exodus data with programmable filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-exodus-data-with-programmable-filter/4107)

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**Author:** [@Nikhil\_Vaidya](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nikhil_Vaidya)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-exodus-data-with-programmable-filter/4107 "2020-04-18T15:59:32Z")

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Hello, I am new to paraview programmable filters. I have exodus data with multiple blocks. I would like to write a programmable filter which loops over the various blocks in the exodus dataset and transforms the nodes i…

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