# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=214

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## [rotate object given center and degrees](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rotate-object-given-center-and-degrees/1638)

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**Author:** [@marios\_geo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/marios_geo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rotate-object-given-center-and-degrees/1638 "2019-04-10T15:31:43Z")

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Hi, I have several VTK files that are exported from a processing software. To save memory for the 3d grid, the coordiantes are rotated, given a xy center and a degree. Those values are known. Since I have several of th…

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## [Animation View - rotation around coordinates axis at an angle](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-view-rotation-around-coordinates-axis-at-an-angle/1605)

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**Author:** [@nicj](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nicj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-view-rotation-around-coordinates-axis-at-an-angle/1605 "2019-04-10T08:28:50Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to make an animation of data around sphere (earth model). I’ve made rotation around z-axis, using animation view -\> camera-\>orbit: example animation. What I’m trying to do is the same animation, arou…

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## [How to see Mesh regions in paraview?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-see-mesh-regions-in-paraview/1624)

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**Author:** [@priyankap](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/priyankap)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-see-mesh-regions-in-paraview/1624 "2019-04-10T08:26:09Z")

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Hello All, I have built a mesh for a solid geometry and now I want to see it in paraview. I have already checked my mesh and it is working fine. But when I open it using paraFoam it doesn’t show me my mesh regions. Why…

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## [3D raster with 690 Million voxels, takes too long to open.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/3d-raster-with-690-million-voxels-takes-too-long-to-open/1630)

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**Author:** [@fanfan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fanfan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/3d-raster-with-690-million-voxels-takes-too-long-to-open/1630 "2019-04-09T22:54:12Z")

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Hi, I created a VTK file with 690 million voxels using GRASS GIS (resolution 20 m x 20 m x 1 m over a 40 km x 40 km domain. After about 2 hrs of opening the file in paraview (opened VTK using Legacy VTK reader), paravi…

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## [How to convert from TDMS to something ParaView can read](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-convert-from-tdms-to-something-paraview-can-read/1636)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-convert-from-tdms-to-something-paraview-can-read/1636 "2019-04-09T22:22:10Z")

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Does anyone know how to convert LabView’s native format, TDMS, into something that ParaView can read? My user suggested hdf5, or csv? Also, my user is on a mac

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## [Does anyone know how to do this Aerodynamics fog in paraview?Thanks in advance.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-do-this-aerodynamics-fog-in-paraview-thanks-in-advance/1631)

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**Author:** [@hdz19900725](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hdz19900725)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/does-anyone-know-how-to-do-this-aerodynamics-fog-in-paraview-thanks-in-advance/1631 "2019-04-09T14:07:42Z")

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## [How to add clock time to a multi-panel display](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-add-clock-time-to-a-multi-panel-display/1621)

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**Author:** [@desA](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/desA)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-add-clock-time-to-a-multi-panel-display/1621 "2019-04-09T12:07:51Z")

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I have an 8 panel display that shows snapshots as clock time advances. I’d like to add time on at least one panel, for clarity. How can this be done? Thank you. :slight\_smile: BR/desA

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## [Paraview User Settings](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-user-settings/1610)

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**Author:** [@tladd](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tladd)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-user-settings/1610 "2019-04-08T21:05:26Z")

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I would like to override a number of Paraview defaults using the ParaView-UserSettings.json file. I was able to override some settings but not others. A major difficulty is that I cannot find a list of the names of the v…

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## [Plotting selected cells with variable](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plotting-selected-cells-with-variable/1588)

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**Author:** [@KJ\_Chuah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/KJ_Chuah)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plotting-selected-cells-with-variable/1588 "2019-04-08T19:26:27Z")

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Hi there, I am trying to plot selected cells with its variable. I have selected few cells randomly. The number of each cell is plotted on the x-axis, but how could I recognize which cell belongs to which number? Is it …

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## [Problem about Save screenshot](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-about-save-screenshot/1613)

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**Author:** [@Wesley](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Wesley)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-about-save-screenshot/1613 "2019-04-08T16:22:06Z")

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Hi, I met a problem when using file --\> save screenshot. Everything looks perfect when I about to save my image: But actually it comes out like this, the middle part somehow being erased I had tired all the forma…

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## [Particle Tracing until predefined z-coordinate](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/particle-tracing-until-predefined-z-coordinate/1604)

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**Author:** [@gesli](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gesli)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/particle-tracing-until-predefined-z-coordinate/1604 "2019-04-08T16:19:28Z")

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Hey, I got a flow in a pipe in z-direction and like to trace the particle. I like to evaluate the homogenity of an inserted point source at the end in a x-y sectional view. Unfortunately I get very different z-coordin…

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## [Right axis data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/right-axis-data/1622)

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**Author:** [@mostamoh](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mostamoh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/right-axis-data/1622 "2019-04-08T11:50:06Z")

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Hey– I am plotting two sets of data one using the left Y-axis and the second the right Y-axis sharing the bottom X-axis. Only the left Y-axis characteristics appear while the right doesn’t, any help !!

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## [adjust manually colors to desired range](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adjust-manually-colors-to-desired-range/1618)

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**Author:** [@fanfan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fanfan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/adjust-manually-colors-to-desired-range/1618 "2019-04-07T19:47:58Z")

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Hi, I would like to be able to change the color scale to certain desired levels ex: start of range at 0.07, 1.2, ,2.5, 10, 19 etc, It seems that the color scale can only be adjusted manually in a very approximate manne…

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## [How to view the data restrict to certain x range](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-view-the-data-restrict-to-certain-x-range/1612)

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**Author:** [@Wesley](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Wesley)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-view-the-data-restrict-to-certain-x-range/1612 "2019-04-07T18:15:17Z")

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Hi, Previously we’ve been able to solve “How to view the data restrict to one domain”, now I wonder if we can view the data restrict to certain x range, as the part circled out is not desired, I am thinking if I can res…

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## [Limitations of Ensight data format?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/limitations-of-ensight-data-format/1596)

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**Author:** [@Erik\_Keever](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Erik_Keever)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/limitations-of-ensight-data-format/1596 "2019-04-06T00:57:05Z")

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Hello, I am trying to visualize a large structured 3d mesh dataset that is in Ensight format. The Ensight Gold manual says that it supports a max of 2 billion elements per part and 2 billion nodes per part. Bisecting t…

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## [Text label for polygons](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/text-label-for-polygons/1565)

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**Author:** [@pauloh](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pauloh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/text-label-for-polygons/1565 "2019-04-04T18:18:37Z")

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Hello, I would like to know if there is an easy way to add text labels (or better add text as cell data) to polygons or general unstructured cells. Thanks, Paulo

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## [Text Background](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/text-background/1598)

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**Author:** [@gromaxe](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gromaxe)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/text-background/1598 "2019-04-04T16:56:22Z")

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Hello everyone! Is there a way to set a background color for Text source and Python annotation filters? I’m making an animation, and changing colors sometimes make text unreadable (like this) Having a constant backg…

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## [Paraview 5.6 won't open with optirun (Bumblebee + Nvidia)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-wont-open-with-optirun-bumblebee-nvidia/1590)

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**Author:** [@gafernandesl](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gafernandesl)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-wont-open-with-optirun-bumblebee-nvidia/1590 "2019-04-04T16:35:55Z")

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Hello! Paraview opens with some fontconfig erros if not using Bumblebee but it wont open at all using optirun. Will the Nvidia Index plugin work without using bumblebee? I have the Paraview-MPI-Linux 5.6 (not mesa) ins…

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## [Build a plugin from ParaView Wiki](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-a-plugin-from-paraview-wiki/1578)

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**Author:** [@e-kolosov](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/e-kolosov)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2019, 7:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-a-plugin-from-paraview-wiki/1578 "2019-04-04T07:55:34Z")

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Hello. How can I build http://paraview.org/Wiki/images/b/b9/LandmarkTransformPlugin\_v2.zip? Is command “ADD\_PARAVIEW\_PLUGIN” deprecated? How to fix CMakeLists.txt correctly so that I can build this plugin outside the …

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## [How to view the data restrict to one domain](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-view-the-data-restrict-to-one-domain/334)

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**Author:** [@Wesley](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Wesley)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-view-the-data-restrict-to-one-domain/334 "2019-04-03T16:29:43Z")

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Hi all, I am using PlotOverLine in ParaView to visualize my data from variable u and v. In my 1-D simulation u and v have some value through whole domain, but actually for my problem u is only valid in domain 1 (0\<x\<1) …

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## [add DEM on voxel](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-dem-on-voxel/1591)

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**Author:** [@fanfan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fanfan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-dem-on-voxel/1591 "2019-04-03T01:03:08Z")

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Hi, I would like a DEM (imported as XYZ) to wrap on a 3D voxel. I have tried with using the same vertical exageration as the 3D voxel.

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## [Different colormaps for different components](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-colormaps-for-different-components/1562)

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**Author:** [@soupault](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/soupault)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-colormaps-for-different-components/1562 "2019-04-02T11:48:31Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to visualize a section of a 3D scan along with a 3D multi-class segmentation mask. I want to keep the scan in grayscale and, at the same time, to use distinct colors for the different classes in the ma…

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## [Nek5000 file format](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nek5000-file-format/1503)

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**Author:** [@chturner](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/chturner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2019, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nek5000-file-format/1503 "2019-04-02T08:58:05Z")

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Hello, I am trying to use Paraview for output visualization from Nek5000. I have run some examples from Nek5000 on my univeristy’s HPC cluster. Since the example is small, I can copy the results to my desktop and view…

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## [trace recording does not record Find Data toolbox information](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recording-does-not-record-find-data-toolbox-information/1575)

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**Author:** [@Elias](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Elias)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trace-recording-does-not-record-find-data-toolbox-information/1575 "2019-04-01T17:41:16Z")

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I want to write a python script to find some cells containing a list of points. To know how to do it, I used start trace then used the Find Data toolbox and extracted the selection then stopped the trace. I don’t see an…

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## [Paraview and eGPUS on macOS 10.14](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-and-egpus-on-macos-10-14/1581)

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**Author:** [@alexscheppert](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/alexscheppert)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-and-egpus-on-macos-10-14/1581 "2019-04-01T17:14:00Z")

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Hello all, I was wondering if the mac version of Paraview supports use of external gpu acceleration (eGPU) in macOS 10.14. The setup would be a Mac mini and a Blackmagic eGPU (Radeon pro 580). I have not been able to f…

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## [How to integrate the Data files into Paraview tree structure - Linux?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-integrate-the-data-files-into-paraview-tree-structure-linux/1570)

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**Author:** [@desA](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/desA)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2019, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-integrate-the-data-files-into-paraview-tree-structure-linux/1570 "2019-04-01T12:48:54Z")

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ParaViewTestingData-v5.6.0.tar.gz ParaViewData-v5.6.0.tar.gz How/where do I integrate the contents of the above data files into the main Paraview tree structure - in Linux? How can the contents be accessed/utilised? M…

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## [Applying clustering algorithms to a volume surface](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/applying-clustering-algorithms-to-a-volume-surface/1572)

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**Author:** [@LVittorelli](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/LVittorelli)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/applying-clustering-algorithms-to-a-volume-surface/1572 "2019-04-01T00:16:06Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to compare some OpenFOAM CFD simulations that reproduce the flow through an almost spherical object(the object is a reconstruction, with an irregular shape), searching for the one with the smallest clu…

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## [XDMF3 reader fails to read X\_Y\_Z Geometry](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf3-reader-fails-to-read-x-y-z-geometry/1530)

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**Author:** [@Marcin\_Krotkiewski](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Marcin_Krotkiewski)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf3-reader-fails-to-read-x-y-z-geometry/1530 "2019-03-29T14:00:45Z")

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The following problem is observed using Paraview 5.5.1. The attached file defines a single-cell quadrilateral grid. The Geometry is specified using separate arrays for each coordinate (X\_Y\_Z). This loads just fine with t…

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## [XDMF3 reader doesn't support Geometry references?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf3-reader-doesnt-support-geometry-references/1528)

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**Author:** [@Marcin\_Krotkiewski](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Marcin_Krotkiewski)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf3-reader-doesnt-support-geometry-references/1528 "2019-03-29T12:26:45Z")

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The following problem is observed using Paraview 5.5.1. The attached XDMF file uses topology and geometry defined at the Domain level (for re-use in a real scenario), and references those in a single-element quadrilatera…

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## [XDMF Status](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-status/1526)

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**Author:** [@Marcin\_Krotkiewski](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Marcin_Krotkiewski)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/xdmf-status/1526 "2019-03-29T08:13:56Z")

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Hi, I am wondering about the support / development status of XDMF + HDF5 in VTK/Paraview. I’ve found a number of problems, some of which have been reported by others (also here on discourse), but there was no answer fro…

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