# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=27

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## [Can't open large Ensight file on Windows 10](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-large-ensight-file-on-windows-10/15791)

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**Author:** [@fatihmtlm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fatihmtlm)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-open-large-ensight-file-on-windows-10/15791 "2024-11-29T11:27:28Z")

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Hi, I’ve a 89 gb ensight gold data (5 files; encas, scl1, scl2, scl3, vel, xml, geo) which I generated on ansys fluent. The data is transient (includes time steps). When I try to load it, it can see the point data in it…

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## [StringVectorProperty attributes](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stringvectorproperty-attributes/4596)

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**Author:** [@PetiteViking](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PetiteViking)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stringvectorproperty-attributes/4596 "2024-11-29T11:25:02Z")

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Hi, after searching this discourse as well as the VTK documentation I could not find the information I was looking for. When declaring a StringVectorProperty there are a number of attributes where I cannot figure out w…

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## [Paraview - 3D surface](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-3d-surface/15801)

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**Author:** [@Esmaeil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Esmaeil)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 8:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-3d-surface/15801 "2024-11-29T08:34:07Z")

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Hi, I have a topography surface with hilly parts and buildings. I would like to get a contour plot for a variable over 2m height across the whole domain. i.e. an elevated 3D surface parallel to the ground condition. The…

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## [Paraview High order element visualization](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-high-order-element-visualization/15796)

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**Author:** [@Jacob\_Moore](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jacob_Moore)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-high-order-element-visualization/15796 "2024-11-28T15:00:48Z")

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I’m running into some visual artifacts when rendering high order elements with large deformation. The non-linear subdivisions are not updating for some surfaces, but seem to be for others, which leads to strange behavio…

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## [Visualising MATLAB Data from Gaussian Quadrature in ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualising-matlab-data-from-gaussian-quadrature-in-paraview/15809)

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**Author:** [@Seyed\_Sajad\_Mirjavad](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Seyed_Sajad_Mirjavad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualising-matlab-data-from-gaussian-quadrature-in-paraview/15809 "2024-11-28T09:17:47Z")

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“I have my data stored in a results.mat file in MATLAB, which includes the plastic strain at Gaussian points. Is there a way to visualise this data in ParaView?”

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## [Docs Bit Broken, Where is the Camera Orbit?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/docs-bit-broken-where-is-the-camera-orbit/15793)

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**Author:** [@BrendaEM](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/BrendaEM)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/docs-bit-broken-where-is-the-camera-orbit/15793 "2024-11-28T09:03:34Z")

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Hi, Firstly, the docs need a bit of updating, as it still mentions the Animation view, which AFAIK has been merged to the “Time Manager.” https://docs.paraview.org/en/v5.12.0/Tutorials/ClassroomTutorials/advancedAnimat…

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## [Access data at different timesteps through Programmable Filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/access-data-at-different-timesteps-through-programmable-filter/15800)

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**Author:** [@jeytsav](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jeytsav)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/access-data-at-different-timesteps-through-programmable-filter/15800 "2024-11-28T08:28:08Z")

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Hello Community! This is my first ever post so please be lenient with me :slight\_smile: I am a relatively new user of ParaView and I’ve been recently looking into Programmable Filters I would like to see how I can acc…

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## [Opening h5 file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opening-h5-file/15758)

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**Author:** [@zhangyi2012](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/zhangyi2012)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opening-h5-file/15758 "2024-11-28T01:32:33Z")

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Hi, Julien, I use the ParaView v5.13.1, which should has already support the Fluent CFF I think. Here are xxx.cas.h5 and xxx.dat.h5 generated from fluent, now I try to post them by ParaView. When I load the xxx.cas.ht…

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## [Cannot Open some netCDF files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-some-netcdf-files/15792)

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**Author:** [@ANON1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ANON1)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-some-netcdf-files/15792 "2024-11-27T21:58:54Z")

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Hello, I have the following netCDF file: some\_data.nc (3.0 MB). I tried to open it with ParaView 5.12 without success. Any idea why it is not possible to read it? Thank you

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## [Introduce different located (x,y,z) geoelectrical tomographies in ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/introduce-different-located-x-y-z-geoelectrical-tomographies-in-paraview/15804)

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**Author:** [@Santi\_Rebole\_Canals](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Santi_Rebole_Canals)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/introduce-different-located-x-y-z-geoelectrical-tomographies-in-paraview/15804 "2024-11-27T20:03:52Z")

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Hi to everyone, I am currently working with 5 geologic profiles or tomographies, and I am seeking assistance on how to visualize them simultaneously in ParaView. Each profile comes with North, East, and Altitude coordin…

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## [Segmentation fault when computing vorticity](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segmentation-fault-when-computing-vorticity/15798)

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**Author:** [@sheng\_chen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sheng_chen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segmentation-fault-when-computing-vorticity/15798 "2024-11-27T16:27:19Z")

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Hello, I am running into an issue with computing vorticity using the Gradients function. I have an unstructured dataset with velocity field, and I am trying to computer the vorticity and Q-criterion. However, when I use …

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## [Where to find the list of all time relevant fields in Python calculator](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-to-find-the-list-of-all-time-relevant-fields-in-python-calculator/15797)

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**Author:** [@ANON1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ANON1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-to-find-the-list-of-all-time-relevant-fields-in-python-calculator/15797 "2024-11-27T12:08:09Z")

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Hello, I checked the different ParaView documentations about the Python calculator field but noticed that some information is still missing. For example, in my experience, to access the current time, I can access that w…

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## [Building Paraview through spack](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-paraview-through-spack/7901)

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**Author:** [@bastian](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bastian)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-paraview-through-spack/7901 "2024-11-26T15:10:57Z")

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Has anyone ever installed paraview for off-screen GPU rendering through spack? I’d love to learn how to do that and was unable to find documentation for the build parameters, because All I found was https://spack.r…

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## [How to update ArraySelectionDomain based on selected time?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-update-arrayselectiondomain-based-on-selected-time/15789)

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**Author:** [@SBl](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/SBl)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-update-arrayselectiondomain-based-on-selected-time/15789 "2024-11-26T14:57:29Z")

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I am writing a python plugin which should show different properties in an ArraySelectionDomain depending on which time step is currently selected in Paraview. I have tried but I cannot seem to figure out how to update th…

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## [FLUENTCFFReader averaged field variable range off](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/fluentcffreader-averaged-field-variable-range-off/15787)

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**Author:** [@nabla](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nabla)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/fluentcffreader-averaged-field-variable-range-off/15787 "2024-11-26T12:30:29Z")

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Hello, When running a fluent case and sampling steady-state statistics, we obtain field variables that appear as SV\_U\_MEAN or SV\_U\_RMS (in the case of x-velocity) after having imported the cas.h5/dat.h5 file into paravi…

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## [Open file dialog exceeds screen width while selecting very long directory path](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-exceeds-screen-width-while-selecting-very-long-directory-path/15784)

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**Author:** [@Sclah](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sclah)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-exceeds-screen-width-while-selecting-very-long-directory-path/15784 "2024-11-26T10:58:07Z")

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Hello everyone, I am running ParaView on Ubuntu 22.04 by executing it directly from the binary files provided on the ParaView download page. I am encountering a minor issue while trying to open files with very long pat…

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## [table to points filter error: expecting proxy as input](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/table-to-points-filter-error-expecting-proxy-as-input/15778)

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**Author:** [@simonw](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/simonw)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/table-to-points-filter-error-expecting-proxy-as-input/15778 "2024-11-25T17:24:07Z")

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from paraview.simple import \* import numpy as np from vtkmodules.vtkCommonDataModel import vtkTable from vtkmodules.vtkCommonCore import vtkDoubleArray num\_points = 100 # Calculate points angles = np.linspace(np.radians…

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## [Paraview using spack](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-using-spack/15775)

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**Author:** [@omnipresent](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/omnipresent)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-using-spack/15775 "2024-11-25T13:49:53Z")

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Hi, I have built paraview using spack. How can i access the paraview gui using it? I don’t find any executable, such as ./bin/paraview Thanks

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## [extract edge of mesh using slice and refine the edge](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-edge-of-mesh-using-slice-and-refine-the-edge/15772)

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**Author:** [@simonw](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/simonw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-edge-of-mesh-using-slice-and-refine-the-edge/15772 "2024-11-25T12:34:00Z")

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data.vtu (6.2 KB) I apply a slice filter of type cylinder to the attached data.vtu file to extract the circle line, see After slicing, the polygonal mesh has only 16 points (because the input is coarse), hence I woul…

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## [Reset camera to closest in saving animation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reset-camera-to-closest-in-saving-animation/14823)

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**Author:** [@dutta-alankar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dutta-alankar)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reset-camera-to-closest-in-saving-animation/14823 "2024-11-25T08:43:29Z")

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I want ParaView to reset camera closest every time it moves from one file to the other in a time series while saving an animation. This is because the underlying mesh moves in my simulation with time. How can I achieve t…

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## [Failed to launch Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failed-to-launch-paraview/15769)

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**Author:** [@Runqi\_Zhang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Runqi_Zhang)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failed-to-launch-paraview/15769 "2024-11-23T02:37:41Z")

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I failed to lauch paraview, it showed this window for about 3 seconds and then gone. The version is 5.13.1, and i encountered the same problems in the previous version. Appreciate for the help. Best,

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## [I have trouble opening vtr](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-trouble-opening-vtr/15765)

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**Author:** [@Jack\_Jack](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jack_Jack)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-trouble-opening-vtr/15765 "2024-11-22T10:27:55Z")

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This author of this tutorial claimed that he can play this animation. test.zip (19.0 KB) however, what I got is an empty box.

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## [I have problem opening xml](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-problem-opening-xml/15764)

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**Author:** [@Jack\_Jack](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jack_Jack)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-problem-opening-xml/15764 "2024-11-22T00:37:09Z")

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I created xml files using openEMS. CRLH.xml (28.3 KB) However, this xml can’t be open under paraview. It gives the following error. Try a different LOD. Warning: In vtkCityGMLReader.cxx, line 1107 vtkCityGMLReader (0…

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## [Paraview-superbuild for linux (Ubuntu 20.04): Build failed](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-superbuild-for-linux-ubuntu-20-04-build-failed/15759)

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**Author:** [@sigmasix](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sigmasix)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-superbuild-for-linux-ubuntu-20-04-build-failed/15759 "2024-11-21T15:53:56Z")

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Hello, I have been trying to build paraview-superbuild on Linux (Ubuntu). I wanted to have a UI for the same so I tried qt5 but it failed at QDoc. Regarding QDoc i tried many solution or work around but did not work. I…

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## [How to describe the motion trajectory of a particle](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-describe-the-motion-trajectory-of-a-particle/15740)

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**Author:** [@Guanlong](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Guanlong)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2024, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-describe-the-motion-trajectory-of-a-particle/15740 "2024-11-20T08:28:16Z")

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Hello researchers, I have two VTK files containing particle information, which includes two types of particles. I want to track the motion trajectory of a particle with type = 1 and obtain the results shown in the follow…

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## [rescale to data range across several vtu files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rescale-to-data-range-across-several-vtu-files/15738)

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**Author:** [@simonw](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/simonw)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rescale-to-data-range-across-several-vtu-files/15738 "2024-11-19T08:57:12Z")

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I loaded two .vtu files in the pipeline which share the same variables. Is there an efficient way to rescale the legend across the two datasets? Example: min1 = 1.0, max1 = 10.0, min2 = 5.0, max2 = 20.0. Then, the data …

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## [Q-criterion calculation for cell-based .pvtu files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/q-criterion-calculation-for-cell-based-pvtu-files/15742)

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**Author:** [@CFDER-HF](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/CFDER-HF)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/q-criterion-calculation-for-cell-based-pvtu-files/15742 "2024-11-19T06:14:03Z")

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Dear all, I am attempting to calculate the Q-criterion for my cell-based data stored in a .pvtu file along with its associated .vtu files. After converting the cell-based data to point data, I used the ‘Gradient’ filter…

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## [Paraview crashes every time when reading cell data of plt file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-every-time-when-reading-cell-data-of-plt-file/15737)

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**Author:** [@Iamcannon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Iamcannon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2024, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-every-time-when-reading-cell-data-of-plt-file/15737 "2024-11-18T09:12:06Z")

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Hi there, Like the title suggests, paraview can’t load cell array of plt file, regardless of whether the plt file is large or not. It just crashed without any error. The version I am using is 5.13.1 both win and linux,…

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## ["How to Update TTK from Version 1.2 to 1.3 in ParaView?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-update-ttk-from-version-1-2-to-1-3-in-paraview/15717)

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**Author:** [@Ali01](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ali01)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-update-ttk-from-version-1-2-to-1-3-in-paraview/15717 "2024-11-16T17:11:49Z")

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Hello, Before, I was using TTK version 1.2 and an older version of ParaView. Now, there are new versions, so I wanted to update my system. But, the steps in this link did not work well for the new versions: TTK - the To…

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## [configure web based paraview lite but can't launch the paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/configure-web-based-paraview-lite-but-cant-launch-the-paraview/15723)

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**Author:** [@chris.yang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/chris.yang)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/configure-web-based-paraview-lite-but-cant-launch-the-paraview/15723 "2024-11-16T00:23:46Z")

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Hi, I created a custom docker image (see the dockerfile below) and ran the image in codespace linux environment. I followed this documentation to setup the launch.config and 001-pvw.conf file. https://kitware.github.io…

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