# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=198

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## [Colors for the text annotation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colors-for-the-text-annotation/3005)

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**Author:** [@Mayakruha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mayakruha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colors-for-the-text-annotation/3005 "2019-11-19T15:12:46Z")

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Hello everyone! I’m writing a Python script that creates a number of text annotations in the Flagpole Actor display mode. I need a white background for a whole picture but the annotation lines between base and top point…

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## [PV 5.7.0: Calculator error](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pv-5-7-0-calculator-error/3000)

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**Author:** [@MiguelAngelAGUIRRE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MiguelAngelAGUIRRE)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pv-5-7-0-calculator-error/3000 "2019-11-19T14:20:17Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to do a very simple operation with the “Calculator” filter that works fine in previous versions but NOT in PV5.7.0. In the new version the software crashes and closes. Please, find in the attached fil…

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## [Why GetBounds() for sphere is different than sphere radius? What is the logic?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/why-getbounds-for-sphere-is-different-than-sphere-radius-what-is-the-logic/3006)

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**Author:** [@Richard](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Richard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/why-getbounds-for-sphere-is-different-than-sphere-radius-what-is-the-logic/3006 "2019-11-19T13:50:19Z")

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\>\>\> sphere.Radius = 0.5 \>\>\> print(sphere.GetDataInformation().GetBounds()) (-0.48746395111083984, 0.48746395111083984, -0.48746395111083984, 0.48746395111083984, -0.5, 0.5) Thank you

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## [How to subtract time(t) data from time(0) data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-subtract-time-t-data-from-time-0-data/130)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2019, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-subtract-time-t-data-from-time-0-data/130 "2019-11-19T11:22:54Z")

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I need to visualize a displacement field for a Sierra run with its initial non-zero, spatially-varying displacement field subtracted off. Essentially, at every element I want \[displacement(t) – displacement(t0)\]. I thoug…

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## [Interact() crash the second time in pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interact-crash-the-second-time-in-pvpython/2984)

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**Author:** [@maria\_vlas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/maria_vlas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/interact-crash-the-second-time-in-pvpython/2984 "2019-11-18T21:34:38Z")

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I’m using pvpython trying to replicate (without much success) work than in ParaView. Right now I’m having trouble with pvpython and the funcion Iteract(), after closing the interact windows it doesn’t open again. Is thi…

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## [Exporting .csv data from a surface at a particular point in time](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-csv-data-from-a-surface-at-a-particular-point-in-time/2963)

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**Author:** [@ramos](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ramos)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-csv-data-from-a-surface-at-a-particular-point-in-time/2963 "2019-11-18T20:29:07Z")

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Hello, I am attempting to export x location, y location, and data point (x,y) from a surface (.xdmf file format) at a particular time step for further analysis or plotting in python, matlab, r, etc. Attached is a scree…

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## [Exctracting time history of a spatial point in pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exctracting-time-history-of-a-spatial-point-in-pvpython/528)

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**Author:** [@kilojoules](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kilojoules)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exctracting-time-history-of-a-spatial-point-in-pvpython/528 "2019-11-18T16:12:23Z")

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Hello All. I would like to extract time series data for a single point in my domain. Right now, I have only been able to come up with a workflow that accesses one time-history value at a time. I send the desired time st…

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## [Uniform color scale](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/uniform-color-scale/2990)

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**Author:** [@msjuhasznora](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/msjuhasznora)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/uniform-color-scale/2990 "2019-11-18T15:35:04Z")

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Hi guys, I am new to the paraview discourse group, I hope that this is the right place to ask this question. I use FEniCS to generate several pvd files like cfile\_pvd\_epsilon1.0 = File(“sol-eps1\_0.pvd”) cfile\_pvd\_eps…

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## [Importing time series after loading a state in 5.4.1](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/importing-time-series-after-loading-a-state-in-5-4-1/2983)

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**Author:** [@javierdiaz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/javierdiaz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 10:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/importing-time-series-after-loading-a-state-in-5-4-1/2983 "2019-11-18T10:49:05Z")

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In the past, I had been using Paraview (version 5.0.1 64-bit in Ubuntu 16.04) to analyse simulation results. In the simplest case I have a (x,y,z) file with simply 3 column vectors separated by a space, with N lines for …

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## [Ospray material colored by cell/point array](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ospray-material-colored-by-cell-point-array/2926)

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**Author:** [@Vincent\_Rivola](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Vincent_Rivola)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ospray-material-colored-by-cell-point-array/2926 "2019-11-18T10:03:36Z")

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Hi everyone, I’d like to use a material which would have a color directly related to the color of any cell/point data that I have on my polyData. Is that possible and how should I do that? Basically I’d like to be able…

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## [Mapping data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mapping-data/2965)

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**Author:** [@Samanvith\_A](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Samanvith_A)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mapping-data/2965 "2019-11-18T09:50:00Z")

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Myself Samanvith, I am doing my post-grad in IIT Indore. I have 3d gridded data ( 384, 384, 384) and I have a coordinate data, X, Y, Z each of length 122987. I want to map the coordinate data to the gridded data. It wo…

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## [TextureMaptoSphere Scripting](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/texturemaptosphere-scripting/2991)

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**Author:** [@Pat](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/texturemaptosphere-scripting/2991 "2019-11-18T09:44:17Z")

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Hello, how would I go about setting the texturemaptosphere texture image via python script, from what I understand I would have to manually create the proxy that accomplishes this since the trace command wont spit out a …

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## [Saving state file with TextureMapToSphere](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/saving-state-file-with-texturemaptosphere/2797)

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**Author:** [@henry](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/henry)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 9:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/saving-state-file-with-texturemaptosphere/2797 "2019-11-18T09:41:29Z")

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Hello, I am trying to save a state file that includes a sphere earth object in ParaView 5.6.1. I am able to create this object by running the Python script pvCreateEarthObj.py that I have attached. However, after running…

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## [Paraview: Cannot create GLX context](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-cannot-create-glx-context/2992)

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**Author:** [@kirathegreat](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kirathegreat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-cannot-create-glx-context/2992 "2019-11-18T09:13:23Z")

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Hello, I am currently experiencing trouble starting Paraview on my newly built Linux Station. For the hardware my graphics card is AMD Radeon Pro WX7100 , for system I have LInux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon 4.2.4, for Paraview v…

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## [run paraview py script with ssh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-paraview-py-script-with-ssh/1009)

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**Author:** [@ebreard](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ebreard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 15, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/run-paraview-py-script-with-ssh/1009 "2019-11-15T19:19:40Z")

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Hello, I am trying to run the .py script made from the trace on the cluster of my university. I can run it from the command line successfully using pybatch file.py , and I can run it as bash script. However, while run…

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## [Particle path](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/particle-path/2569)

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**Author:** [@Alex\_Bafkar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Alex_Bafkar)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/particle-path/2569 "2019-11-14T16:54:25Z")

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Hey Guys, I am trying to post-process my data and visualise the particle path from the CSV file with the x,y, and z values. I used the table to points and from there I tried to use particle path filter and the second I …

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## [Histogram Bin Width](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-bin-width/2975)

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**Author:** [@yamartinezgomez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/yamartinezgomez)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-bin-width/2975 "2019-11-14T16:26:11Z")

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Hello, When plotting Histograms, is it possible to set “bin width”? I am using ParaView 5.6.0 64-bit, and my options for histograms are: (1) center bins around min and max, (2) calculate averages, and (3) use custom bi…

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## [Python shell reset on first use with Paraview 5.6](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-shell-reset-on-first-use-with-paraview-5-6/2978)

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**Author:** [@aspsgge](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aspsgge)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-shell-reset-on-first-use-with-paraview-5-6/2978 "2019-11-14T16:16:46Z")

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Hello, I’ve got an issue with Paraview 5.6.0 with the use of script. I open the GUI of ParaView with command line and the use of --script=name\_of\_script.py to execute a python script at the openning This open me the…

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## [Histogram Custom Bin Size](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-custom-bin-size/2966)

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**Author:** [@yamartinezgomez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/yamartinezgomez)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-custom-bin-size/2966 "2019-11-14T14:48:22Z")

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Hello, I am currently plotting a histogram (using the histogram filter) on a dataset that ranges from 0 to 1. When I select a number of bins (i.e 10 bins), the histogram displays correctly. I also have access to a spre…

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## [After vtkCylinderSource is transformed, the location is incorrect after calling SetCenter.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/after-vtkcylindersource-is-transformed-the-location-is-incorrect-after-calling-setcenter/2974)

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**Author:** [@RisingYoung-Learn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/RisingYoung-Learn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2019, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/after-vtkcylindersource-is-transformed-the-location-is-incorrect-after-calling-setcenter/2974 "2019-11-14T09:08:01Z")

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Hello, I get the vtkCylinderSource Actor, call SetUserMatrix to set vtkTransform, call vtkCylinderSource member function SetCenter, found that the mobile location is not correct! may I know what is the reason? Thank y…

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## [Paraview 5.6.0 crash](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-0-crash/2940)

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**Author:** [@ivanlonati](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ivanlonati)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-0-crash/2940 "2019-11-13T17:41:24Z")

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I used CHT to produce a simulation with different regions. When I open paraview, I try to plot over a line the results, but the program just shutting down. How I can fix the problem?

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## [How to increase the speed of volume rendering](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-increase-the-speed-of-volume-rendering/2969)

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**Author:** [@Quefrency](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Quefrency)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-increase-the-speed-of-volume-rendering/2969 "2019-11-13T13:00:21Z")

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Hello, I am new to Paraview and need some assistance in what I can do to reduce the time to do volume rendering. Firstly my computer specs are: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 16 GB ram (going to be upgrading to 64 GB soon) SSD h…

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## [Combining pre-built distribution with local build of non-Qt components](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/combining-pre-built-distribution-with-local-build-of-non-qt-components/2943)

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**Author:** [@cponder](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cponder)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2019, 6:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/combining-pre-built-distribution-with-local-build-of-non-qt-components/2943 "2019-11-13T06:47:45Z")

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I still haven’t figured out hot to build ParaView (and CMake too) with Qt dependencies, so I’ve reverted to installing the pre-built components, which work just fine. The problem is that I also need to build the interfa…

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## [Strange effects with volume representation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/strange-effects-with-volume-representation/2951)

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**Author:** [@cobo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cobo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/strange-effects-with-volume-representation/2951 "2019-11-12T14:23:27Z")

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Just downloaded and installed Paraview 5.7 on two brand new Lenovo T590 notebooks, both with Interl UHD Graphics 620, but the one with Windows 10 (1903) and the other with Ubuntu 18.04. On the Windows machine there seem…

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## [Which version of Boost should I use to build ParaView with VisitBridge?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/which-version-of-boost-should-i-use-to-build-paraview-with-visitbridge/2947)

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**Author:** [@lyz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lyz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/which-version-of-boost-should-i-use-to-build-paraview-with-visitbridge/2947 "2019-11-12T09:52:13Z")

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I have build ParaView 5.6 x64 in windows visual studio 2017 successfully. I want to build ParaView with VisitBridge to support more reader. However, I get compile error when I use Boost 1.7 and Boost 1.68 to build soluti…

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## [How to configure Paraview Client/Server configuration with native GPU rendering over SSH](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-configure-paraview-client-server-configuration-with-native-gpu-rendering-over-ssh/2919)

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**Author:** [@rdbisme](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rdbisme)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-configure-paraview-client-server-configuration-with-native-gpu-rendering-over-ssh/2919 "2019-11-12T09:25:53Z")

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Hello, I’m having some troubles compiling/configuring ParaView in order to be able to render on a remote server on its GPU and visualizing the results on a client, on another machine. My server setup is an Ubuntu 18.04…

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## [How to render 3D bathymetry data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-render-3d-bathymetry-data/2945)

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**Author:** [@yijianmingliu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/yijianmingliu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2019, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-render-3d-bathymetry-data/2945 "2019-11-12T09:21:15Z")

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Hi,I am quite new to paraview, I’d like to use paraview for visualizing bathymetry data. I have a netCDF file containing the lat, lon, and elevation , Like in this picture, I also want to do this., I use the‘Warp by…

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## [Having trouble to start Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-trouble-to-start-paraview/2931)

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**Author:** [@kirathegreat](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kirathegreat)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2019, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-trouble-to-start-paraview/2931 "2019-11-12T09:14:06Z")

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Hello, I am currently experiencing trouble starting Paraview on my newly built Linux Station. For the hardware my graphics card is AMD Radeon Pro WX7100, for system I have LInux Mint 19.2 Cinnamon 4.2.4. I tried to st…

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## [Loading tif stacks](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-tif-stacks/2903)

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**Author:** [@ep513140](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ep513140)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 11, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-tif-stacks/2903 "2019-11-11T15:45:59Z")

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I am extremely new to Paraview. I am using the desktop app and I am trying to load three tif files. One of the tiff files loads, but the other two do not. In preview when I select Open Files and then select the files I w…

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## [Multiple colormaps for multiblock dataset?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/multiple-colormaps-for-multiblock-dataset/2936)

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**Author:** [@evmasuta](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/evmasuta)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/multiple-colormaps-for-multiblock-dataset/2936 "2019-11-08T23:08:11Z")

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Hello all! I am working with anatomic MRI data with associated blood flow vector fields. Due to issues with OpenVR, I absolutely need to group the anatomic and vector data into a multiblock dataset. It works decently …

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