# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=202

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## [Legend size pvbash](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/legend-size-pvbash/2697)

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**Author:** [@DanPar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/DanPar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/legend-size-pvbash/2697 "2019-10-07T09:12:26Z")

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Hi, I am using Paraview 5.47 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I have recorded my file.py in order to save my set of instructions (some camera adjustments and save a screenshot). When I open Paraview and I load the state everything…

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## [How to view different layers of a planar process ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-view-different-layers-of-a-planar-process/2700)

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**Author:** [@Ashish\_Jayant\_Shukla](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ashish_Jayant_Shukla)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2019, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-view-different-layers-of-a-planar-process/2700 "2019-10-07T02:54:08Z")

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Hi, I have imported a particular geometry (.vtf) file from a chip design software. My geometry is essentially a circuit layout consisting of different layers that are part of the planar process associated with the fabri…

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## [GLEW could not be intialized missing GL version in ParaView-5.7.0-RC4-Windows-Python3.7-msvc2015-64bit](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glew-could-not-be-intialized-missing-gl-version-in-paraview-5-7-0-rc4-windows-python3-7-msvc2015-64bit/2650)

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**Author:** [@Sirius\_Fuenmayor](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sirius_Fuenmayor)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glew-could-not-be-intialized-missing-gl-version-in-paraview-5-7-0-rc4-windows-python3-7-msvc2015-64bit/2650 "2019-10-05T23:44:30Z")

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Hi, I can not run ParaView on Windows 10 x64, I’m using the lastest installer "ParaView-5.7.0-RC4-Windows-Python3.7-msvc2015-64bit " and I get the error: GLEW could not be intialized missing GL version

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## [Change color scale to logarithmic scale](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-color-scale-to-logarithmic-scale/2305)

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**Author:** [@Mariana\_Rodriguez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mariana_Rodriguez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-color-scale-to-logarithmic-scale/2305 "2019-07-25T23:06:59Z")

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Hello, How can I change the color scale from linear to logarithmic scale? I want to show velocities but in a logarithmic scale. Thank you.

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## [Read file format .nek5000](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-file-format-nek5000/2687)

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**Author:** [@DanPar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/DanPar)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-file-format-nek5000/2687 "2019-10-04T10:17:53Z")

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Hi, Can you give me precise instructions regarding how i can read in paraview the file format .nek5000 ( so the output of the CFD code nek5000) ? There was a previous discussion, but wat not clear at all. Thanks in ad…

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## [Pipeline browser name filtering](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pipeline-browser-name-filtering/2689)

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**Author:** [@david.k](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/david.k)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pipeline-browser-name-filtering/2689 "2019-10-04T09:49:37Z")

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Hello, I have multiple layers in my pipeline browser loaded from separate \*.pvd files. It works just perfect when the data are loaded manualy (by drag and drop, file(layer) by file). However just after I save the state …

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## [Check GPU Utilization](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/check-gpu-utilization/2677)

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**Author:** [@nopech](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nopech)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/check-gpu-utilization/2677 "2019-10-03T13:02:50Z")

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Hello everyone I’m using the precompiled binary “ParaView-5.7.0-RC4-MPI-Linux-Python3.7-64bit” from the website on a virtual machine with Ubuntu 18.04 in Azure. The Nvidia GRID driver is installed and paraview does work…

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## [Paraview 5.7.0 - import tkinter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-0-import-tkinter/2679)

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**Author:** [@simon.rit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/simon.rit)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-0-import-tkinter/2679 "2019-10-03T13:17:15Z")

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Hi, I’d like to use the pre-compiled binaries of ParaView 5.7.0 to run some python 3 scripts (which is running on a former version of paraview I compiled myself) but there seems to be a problem with the tkinter package …

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## [New trouble opening cell data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/new-trouble-opening-cell-data/2665)

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**Author:** [@Dec](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dec)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/new-trouble-opening-cell-data/2665 "2019-10-03T03:31:05Z")

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All of a sudden opening my solution data has become an issue. In short I use CONVERGE CFD, convert a given solution file to “Paraview in-line binary format”, I then usually work with the cell data file and some of the bo…

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## [Question about the "Save current display settings values as default"](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/question-about-the-save-current-display-settings-values-as-default/2672)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andy_Bauer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/question-about-the-save-current-display-settings-values-as-default/2672 "2019-10-02T18:11:09Z")

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Hi, I’m trying out the Save current display settings values as default option in the GUI and I’m wondering what the behavior is supposed to be. What I’m doing is creating a Cylinder source, the changing the representati…

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## [sorted/unsorted data array selection](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sorted-unsorted-data-array-selection/1055)

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**Author:** [@olesenm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/olesenm)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 11:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sorted-unsorted-data-array-selection/1055 "2019-10-02T11:59:24Z")

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In my plugin I’ve been using the following type of logic void addNames(vtkDataArraySelection\* select) { select-\>AddArray("internal"); ... } When presented with these values in ParaView (5.6), the order is sorted…

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## [Adding and visualizing point data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-and-visualizing-point-data/2663)

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**Author:** [@eelcovanvliet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/eelcovanvliet)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 9:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adding-and-visualizing-point-data/2663 "2019-10-02T09:26:52Z")

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Hi all, In advance I’d like to apologize for my lack of in-depth knowledge regarding Paraview. GOAL I’m trying to visualize the motion of a mesh, consisting of two separate data sets: (1) general displacement and (2) …

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## [Question when rendering two vti files in Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/question-when-rendering-two-vti-files-in-paraview/2667)

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**Author:** [@rjsgml5698](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rjsgml5698)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/question-when-rendering-two-vti-files-in-paraview/2667 "2019-10-02T08:26:32Z")

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Hello. I have a question.(First of all, please understand my lack of English) When rendering two vtk files in paraview, I can recognize the relative position of the objects. As follows. \[front\] \[Back\] So I can re…

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## [Exporting from ParaView to Abaqus or Ansys](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-from-paraview-to-abaqus-or-ansys/2658)

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**Author:** [@Amin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Amin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 3:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/exporting-from-paraview-to-abaqus-or-ansys/2658 "2019-10-02T03:27:21Z")

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Hi, I have an Unstructured Grid \*.vtk file that contains points and cells data and attributes. With hexaheral dominant mesh. I’m trying to perform some initial mechanical analysis in either ABAQUS or Ansys. I tried usin…

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## [How to replace XML specification with python decorators?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-replace-xml-specification-with-python-decorators/2664)

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**Author:** [@Loic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Loic)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2019, 2:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-replace-xml-specification-with-python-decorators/2664 "2019-10-02T02:39:14Z")

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Hi, I would like to replace an old vtkPythonProgrammableFilter with a subclass of VTKPythonAlgorithmBase. There was an XML specification file to expose that filter in ParaView and I would like to use some decorators to…

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## [Option to Hide File Formats in Open Dialog?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-hide-file-formats-in-open-dialog/2646)

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**Author:** [@jkulesza](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jkulesza)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-hide-file-formats-in-open-dialog/2646 "2019-10-01T20:39:48Z")

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Is there an option in the preferences (or elsewhere) that allows me to hide file types in the “Open File…” dialog that I will never use? Sorry if I’m overlooking it, but nothing obvious is apparent. There are lots of s…

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## [How to build ParaView distribution package with some VTK modules enabled by default](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-build-paraview-distribution-package-with-some-vtk-modules-enabled-by-default/2558)

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**Author:** [@Tarun\_Choudhary](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Tarun_Choudhary)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 1:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-build-paraview-distribution-package-with-some-vtk-modules-enabled-by-default/2558 "2019-10-01T01:50:55Z")

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Dear ParaView Experts, I want to build a distribution package of ParaView in Linux for which some VTK modules (listed below) would be enabled because my custom ParaView-plugin depends on these modules. Module\_vtkImagin…

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## [Can't run Paraview successfully on Linux mint](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-run-paraview-successfully-on-linux-mint/2645)

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**Author:** [@tomchor](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tomchor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-run-paraview-successfully-on-linux-mint/2645 "2019-10-01T02:17:59Z")

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I’m using Linux Mint 19.1 on an office computer which has an NVIDIA graphics card and I’m trying to run Paraview on it. It used to work a while back, but for some reason it’s not working anymore. I’ve first tried to ins…

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## [ParticleTracer (slight reprise)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/particletracer-slight-reprise/2607)

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**Author:** [@insley](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/insley)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2019, 1:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/particletracer-slight-reprise/2607 "2019-10-01T01:54:44Z")

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This is related to a similar thread I started a while ago (https://discourse.paraview.org/t/particletracer-temporalparticlestopathlines-and-state-files/2468), but is a more specific question about the expected behavior o…

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## [Extract surface and keep numbering](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-surface-and-keep-numbering/2590)

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**Author:** [@matthieuvitse](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/matthieuvitse)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-surface-and-keep-numbering/2590 "2019-09-30T18:13:34Z")

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Hi there, from what I’ve seen, ExtractSurface renumbers the vertices of the mesh. I’d like to find a way to keep the initial number of the nodes from the full 3D mesh. It could be by creating blocks (1 with the inner vo…

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## [Determine the width of individual sections](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/determine-the-width-of-individual-sections/2655)

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**Author:** [@rbl](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rbl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/determine-the-width-of-individual-sections/2655 "2019-09-30T10:19:02Z")

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Hello, maybe it is a really simple question but I’m new to ParaView. In the picture you can see a simulation of the water depth on a street section with a tilt along and across. Now i want to know how big the areas with…

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## [2D/3D rectilinear programmable source examples](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2d-3d-rectilinear-programmable-source-examples/2652)

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**Author:** [@greenwade](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/greenwade)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 5:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2d-3d-rectilinear-programmable-source-examples/2652 "2019-09-30T05:56:25Z")

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Looking for a couple examples for creating 2d & 3d rectilinear data, such as z=f(x,y) and w=f(x,y,z). The only one I’ve found (helix, double helix) doesn’t help. I need to create a dense 2d & 3d rectilinear grid rather t…

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## [Rendering 3D HDF data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rendering-3d-hdf-data/2640)

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**Author:** [@skindl](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/skindl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2019, 1:40am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rendering-3d-hdf-data/2640 "2019-09-30T01:40:21Z")

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Hi, I’m using an Xdmf3 file to read in a three dimensional dataset in Paraview 4.4. There are three separate arrays that define the X, Y, and Z axes and a fourth three dimensional density dataset that I would like to re…

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## [Python script get proxy name](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-script-get-proxy-name/2614)

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**Author:** [@RisingYoung-Learn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/RisingYoung-Learn)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-script-get-proxy-name/2614 "2019-09-29T16:15:00Z")

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Hello, In ParaView 5.5.2, I saved the Save State as a py file, but found that the proxy name was not saved. How can I save the name? Best regards.

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## [Unable to allocate memory for merge block during coprocessing](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-allocate-memory-for-merge-block-during-coprocessing/2359)

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**Author:** [@kschau](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kschau)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-allocate-memory-for-merge-block-during-coprocessing/2359 "2019-09-28T15:39:30Z")

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I am getting a std::bad\_alloc when using the merge block feature in a Catalyst script. ERROR: In ParaView/VTK/Common/Core/vtkGenericDataArray.txx, line 452 vtkIdTypeArray (0x2aab39a989f0): Unable to allocate 154940 elem…

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## [Inconsistent memory behavior in Catalyst](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/inconsistent-memory-behavior-in-catalyst/2444)

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**Author:** [@kschau](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kschau)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/inconsistent-memory-behavior-in-catalyst/2444 "2019-09-28T15:38:39Z")

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I have implemented Catalyst into a Fortran-MPI research code. For now I am using the writers to write out reduced data sets like plotOverLine and Slices for visualization and analysis later. I have built ParaVeiw 5.6.1…

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## [error with mesa library](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-with-mesa-library/2605)

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**Author:** [@uturuncoglu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/uturuncoglu)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 27, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-with-mesa-library/2605 "2019-09-27T15:42:02Z")

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Hi, I am getting error when i try to use my application (along with co-processing) with mesa library (the same code is working without any problem with NVIDIA EGL installation). I tried both Python 2 and Python 3 with P…

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## [Export vtk to gltf or other format compatible with AR](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-vtk-to-gltf-or-other-format-compatible-with-ar/1677)

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**Author:** [@lorak41](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lorak41)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-vtk-to-gltf-or-other-format-compatible-with-ar/1677 "2019-09-26T14:25:06Z")

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Hi, I am looking for a reliable solution to export datasets to some Augmented Reality environment. Is it possible to export from paraview to gltf format? Will this preserve Color Maps? I also tried using blender and t…

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## [Getting error in building ParaView Superbuild](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-error-in-building-paraview-superbuild/2628)

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**Author:** [@Tarun\_Choudhary](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Tarun_Choudhary)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-error-in-building-paraview-superbuild/2628 "2019-09-26T13:36:29Z")

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Dear ParaView Experts, I am getting the above shown error when I am building PV-5.6.0 in Windows 7 using MSVS2013 express compiler. I am running VS2013 x86 Native Tools Command Prompt and then in that window launchin…

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## [CellDatatoPointData](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/celldatatopointdata/2171)

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**Author:** [@Mariana\_Rodriguez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mariana_Rodriguez)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/celldatatopointdata/2171 "2019-09-26T12:24:38Z")

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I would like to know what the the method that ParaView uses to interpolate valued from element to nodes in the Filter CellDatatoPointData. Is there any documentation about the algorithm used in this filter? I was not a…

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