# ParaView Support

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## [Glyph filter, random scale value](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyph-filter-random-scale-value/16452)

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**Author:** [@mehrpay](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mehrpay)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyph-filter-random-scale-value/16452 "2025-04-11T07:33:29Z")

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When using Paraview Glyph filter, the scale factor seems to be a random value. I think the rational default value would be 1. (e.g., when visualizing particles based on their associated diameter data), so I wonder if th…

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## [Emphasizing current time step by showing a marker or plot gradually with time (when x axis is not time)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/emphasizing-current-time-step-by-showing-a-marker-or-plot-gradually-with-time-when-x-axis-is-not-time/15805)

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**Author:** [@mehrpay](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mehrpay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/emphasizing-current-time-step-by-showing-a-marker-or-plot-gradually-with-time-when-x-axis-is-not-time/15805 "2025-04-10T03:04:38Z")

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I want to show the plot data chart next to the render view by emphasizing the current step on the plot curves. This can be done with a time marker when the x axis is time, but is there a way when plotting not against ti…

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## [Interpolating results on a points cloud](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interpolating-results-on-a-points-cloud/16451)

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**Author:** [@Gianmarco\_di\_vina](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Gianmarco_di_vina)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interpolating-results-on-a-points-cloud/16451 "2025-04-09T20:46:51Z")

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Hi! I would like to try to interpolate the results obtained on a cutting plane of my simulation onto a point cloud representing a plane with a certain dimension. However, I would like a null value to be assigned where th…

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## [CSV and Volume Rendering Extended](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/csv-and-volume-rendering-extended/16448)

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**Author:** [@Dan\_S](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dan_S)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/csv-and-volume-rendering-extended/16448 "2025-04-09T15:37:01Z")

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Hi. I want to render points on a csv file as a volume. I’ve checked out the post here: CSV and Volume Rendering. Followed the steps \[Table to Points then Resample to Image\] for two different (but similar) csv files, but…

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## [Reader for vtk series .json metafile](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reader-for-vtk-series-json-metafile/16447)

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**Author:** [@DonPepote](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/DonPepote)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reader-for-vtk-series-json-metafile/16447 "2025-04-09T14:48:22Z")

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Hey, I’m having problems loading a vtk series in paraview. My meta file frame.vtk.series looks like this: { "file-series-version" : "1.0", "files" : \[ { "name" : "frame\_0.vtk", "time" : 0.0 }, { "name" : "f…

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## [calculate wall share stress 3D mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculate-wall-share-stress-3d-mesh/16441)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculate-wall-share-stress-3d-mesh/16441 "2025-04-08T06:26:14Z")

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Hello, I am looking into how to calculate the wall shear stress in my fluid simulation. going around the forum i finished in this two links: https://www.paraview.org/pipermail/paraview/2016-October/038305.html but no…

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## [Issue with OpenFOAM Data Visualization in ParaView for Windows](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-with-openfoam-data-visualization-in-paraview-for-windows/16433)

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**Author:** [@Luigui\_Augusto](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Luigui_Augusto)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-with-openfoam-data-visualization-in-paraview-for-windows/16433 "2025-04-07T14:31:19Z")

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I am using OpenFOAM 12 along with ParaView 5.13.2 on Windows 11. I am experiencing difficulties visualizing specific OpenFOAM fields (such as alpha.water ) in ParaView for Windows, even though these fields display correc…

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## [Aircraft fin Local deflection angles](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/aircraft-fin-local-deflection-angles/16438)

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**Author:** [@tabarek](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tabarek)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/aircraft-fin-local-deflection-angles/16438 "2025-04-05T23:37:49Z")

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Hello everyone, I am a new ParaView users so apologize me if this seems basic. I created and meshed an aircraft geometry using Gmsh. I need to find the deflection angles along the fin (theta shown in the attached image…

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## [Strange visualization issue](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/strange-visualization-issue/16430)

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**Author:** [@Suman\_Vajjala](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Suman_Vajjala)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/strange-visualization-issue/16430 "2025-04-04T15:01:50Z")

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Dear Paraview Team, I have written a code to output my CFD data to a VTKHDF file. When I zoom and plot I notice strange striations in the visualization. I have not activated any contours but just the solid lines. Why ar…

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## [particle tracer - disappearing after time step 1](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/particle-tracer-disappearing-after-time-step-1/16412)

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**Author:** [@Nikolas\_Kare](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nikolas_Kare)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2025, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/particle-tracer-disappearing-after-time-step-1/16412 "2025-04-04T08:11:01Z")

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Hello, I’m using the Particle Tracer filter to visualize particle age trajectories in a 3D unsteady CFD simulation. I followed the steps from this video: YouTube Tutorial. The particles generate correctly at the first…

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## [2D Stream Tracer does not follow glyphs](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2d-stream-tracer-does-not-follow-glyphs/16426)

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**Author:** [@Kbhansson](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kbhansson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2d-stream-tracer-does-not-follow-glyphs/16426 "2025-04-03T18:19:28Z")

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I’ve got some 2D rectilinear data, see attached (1.6 MB). There are a couple variables in here concerning the gradient of some function. I’d like to make stream traces of this gradient function. In the attache data I …

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## [Paraview for processing fatigue using API](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-for-processing-fatigue-using-api/16416)

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**Author:** [@Mishal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mishal)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-for-processing-fatigue-using-api/16416 "2025-04-03T14:59:41Z")

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Hi Guys Just asking the question before I go down a rabbit hole and find find out that it is not entirely possible. We have a structural engineering software which can create an export to Paraview consisting of a .vtm …

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## [Clip with max and min](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-with-max-and-min/16425)

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**Author:** [@giorgianig](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/giorgianig)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-with-max-and-min/16425 "2025-04-03T14:45:51Z")

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Dear all, When doing a clip with Clip Type=Scalar, a single value is asked. The clip is the done from the minimum value in the range to the chosen value, or from the chosen value to the max value in the range clicking “…

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## [STEP files limitation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/step-files-limitation/16424)

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**Author:** [@Nourelden](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nourelden)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2025, 12:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/step-files-limitation/16424 "2025-04-03T12:33:58Z")

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Hello, I am using ParaView 5.13.2 and encountering issues when opening STEP files with the STEPReader. The reader shown as OCCTReader gets stuck at a certain loading percentage and remains in this state for a long time.…

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## [Bring wind speed data to an imported surface](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bring-wind-speed-data-to-an-imported-surface/16407)

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**Author:** [@Julio\_Fernandez\_Amod](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Julio_Fernandez_Amod)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bring-wind-speed-data-to-an-imported-surface/16407 "2025-04-02T16:59:08Z")

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Hi there, I am new in Paraview. I am strugling to extract field data from an analysis carried out in Simscale. I have the case file which i could open and observe the region of interest as a bounding box, i can do secti…

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## [XDMF+HDF5 file crashes ParaView non-deterministically](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-hdf5-file-crashes-paraview-non-deterministically/16319)

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**Author:** [@CsatiZoltan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/CsatiZoltan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-hdf5-file-crashes-paraview-non-deterministically/16319 "2025-04-02T10:57:17Z")

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Hi everyone, My application writes the results into an HDF5 file, and also creates an XDMF file to interpret the data. When I open the XDMF file in Paraview 5.13.2 and click on Apply, ParaView crashes and exits. Here a…

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## [sperate stream lines from a custo source](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sperate-stream-lines-from-a-custo-source/16410)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 8:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sperate-stream-lines-from-a-custo-source/16410 "2025-04-01T08:17:13Z")

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Hello, I have created stream lines in my simulation using streamTracerWithCustomSource. and using the points of the inlet patch of my mesh as origin of the streams. this works great. what I am looking to do now, is samp…

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## [Clip plane and warp by vector with or without nvidia index volume rendering](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-plane-and-warp-by-vector-with-or-without-nvidia-index-volume-rendering/16401)

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**Author:** [@joetristano](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/joetristano)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-plane-and-warp-by-vector-with-or-without-nvidia-index-volume-rendering/16401 "2025-03-29T13:38:52Z")

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Hi I have my own webgl shader for volume rendering fe results displacement and stresses plus warp and clip plane. However I’d like to use ParaView bc of the ecosystem. However whenever I try to warp or clip a volume r…

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## [How to fixed Points ID in parview wrt time?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-fixed-points-id-in-parview-wrt-time/16395)

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**Author:** [@Madhusudan\_Sharma](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Madhusudan_Sharma)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-fixed-points-id-in-parview-wrt-time/16395 "2025-03-27T17:53:32Z")

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Hi, I am using ParaView for subduction zone modelling visualizations, and I want to trace the slab angle over time. For that, I need the points’ IDs to not vary over time. If you know how to do this, I would be grateful. …

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## [paraview.qch not found](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-qch-not-found/16376)

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**Author:** [@nabilG](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nabilG)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-qch-not-found/16376 "2025-03-27T17:22:52Z")

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Hi, I am trying to compile latest ParaView and hit this issue about one missing qch file. I am trying to dig this out, and before in the end switching off the documentation generation, I am wondering whether someone exp…

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## [noise reduction on isosurface](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/noise-reduction-on-isosurface/16392)

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**Author:** [@FedericoPinto02](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/FedericoPinto02)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/noise-reduction-on-isosurface/16392 "2025-03-27T16:17:33Z")

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hi im in postprocessing phase of a simulation of a lid driven cavity 3d, i want to ask if there are a kind of filter that reduce the noise and help me to like smoothing the isosurface

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## [Writing fluent simulation results in Paraview format](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/writing-fluent-simulation-results-in-paraview-format/16360)

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**Author:** [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/writing-fluent-simulation-results-in-paraview-format/16360 "2025-03-27T12:55:11Z")

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Hi. I want to write the entire fluent simulation results into paraview format directly (instead of .dat files that fluent originally writes in) while the simulation is running in fluent. Is it possible to do that? Curre…

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## [ParaView Remote Connection to \`pvserver\` on Ubuntu 22.04 (No Data Display)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-remote-connection-to-pvserver-on-ubuntu-22-04-no-data-display/16391)

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**Author:** [@Lemon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Lemon)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-remote-connection-to-pvserver-on-ubuntu-22-04-no-data-display/16391 "2025-03-27T11:37:06Z")

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System Information Server OS: Ubuntu 22.04 Server ParaView Version: 5.13.2 (MPI, Linux, Python 3.10, x86\_64) Client OS: macOS (M4, Apple Silicon, ARM) Client ParaView Version: 5.13.2 Problem Description I am trying to …

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## [Show particle orientation with texture](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/show-particle-orientation-with-texture/16383)

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**Author:** [@Roman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Roman)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2025, 8:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/show-particle-orientation-with-texture/16383 "2025-03-27T08:32:14Z")

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Can I somehow show the orientation of particles in a point cloud? I have a table of points, each storing a particle size (radius) and orientation vectors. I would like to see them rotate. My idea was to represent them as…

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## [Display of a specific range of pressure](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-of-a-specific-range-of-pressure/16388)

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**Author:** [@Federico\_Feliziani](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Federico_Feliziani)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-of-a-specific-range-of-pressure/16388 "2025-03-26T13:42:18Z")

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Hello everyone, I am using paraview for the first time. I have results from a numerical modelling in which I applied pressures to a portion of the model. The model represents a natural slope. Part of the right-hand fre…

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## [Paraview Line type window proble](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-line-type-window-proble/16386)

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**Author:** [@Sonia\_Akter](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sonia_Akter)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-line-type-window-proble/16386 "2025-03-26T13:35:30Z")

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Hi, I am facing some problem in the window of line type. How can I solve this.

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## [SaveData from descriptive statistics exports an empty csv file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/savedata-from-descriptive-statistics-exports-an-empty-csv-file/14426)

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**Author:** [@Trophime](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Trophime)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/savedata-from-descriptive-statistics-exports-an-empty-csv-file/14426 "2025-03-26T09:00:08Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to export the result from Descriptive Statistics as a csv file. I’ve tried to do it in a python script and in GUI mode: # create a new 'Descriptive Statistics' descriptiveStatistics1 = DescriptiveStatis…

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## [Size of coordinates orientation axes in high res images](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/size-of-coordinates-orientation-axes-in-high-res-images/16373)

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**Author:** [@jpmorr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jpmorr)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/size-of-coordinates-orientation-axes-in-high-res-images/16373 "2025-03-26T08:20:15Z")

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I’m trying to export some of the lovely visualisation I’ve made with paraview but in high resolution. I’m having a problem with the visibility of the orientation axes - they are not initially very clear and become even …

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## [VTK polyhedra not rendering in XML format](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-polyhedra-not-rendering-in-xml-format/16379)

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**Author:** [@Kbhansson](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kbhansson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-polyhedra-not-rendering-in-xml-format/16379 "2025-03-26T08:14:52Z")

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I’ve been trying to reproduce the example polyhedral cell from here: https://examples.vtk.org/site/Python/GeometricObjects/PolyhedronAndHexahedron/ Instead of rendering to screen I am dumping the scene to a .vtu file. …

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## [Change button size in GUI](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-button-size-in-gui/14803)

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**Author:** [@ZiyangHuang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ZiyangHuang)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2025, 9:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-button-size-in-gui/14803 "2025-03-25T09:24:02Z")

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Hi, I installed ParaView on both Windows 11 and WSL, and they work. ParaView on Windows 11: ParaView on WSL: The front size and button size of ParaView on Windows 11 are suitable for me, while those on WSL are …

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