# ParaView Support

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## [Seeking help building the superbuild](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/seeking-help-building-the-superbuild/15309)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Minot](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Alexandre_Minot)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/seeking-help-building-the-superbuild/15309 "2024-08-27T18:39:19Z")

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Hello, I need to build ParaView and it’s dependencies to run ParaView through Catalyst from our simulation code. I therefore need ParaView to be built against our environments, particularly our various MPIs. I am tryin…

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## [Using Filters to access field data in vtkobject through pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-filters-to-access-field-data-in-vtkobject-through-pvpython/15283)

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**Author:** [@adityakavalur](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/adityakavalur)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-filters-to-access-field-data-in-vtkobject-through-pvpython/15283 "2024-08-27T12:07:35Z")

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Hello, I am beginner user of Paraview, and am running into what is probably a basic issue when using filters and pvpython. Appreciate any help or pointers. I have an exodus file that I read into pvpython that has multi…

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## [Building ParaView Superbuild in parallel](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-paraview-superbuild-in-parallel/15293)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Minot](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Alexandre_Minot)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-paraview-superbuild-in-parallel/15293 "2024-08-23T20:59:56Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to build ParaView and its dependencies using the superbuild, but it is only building on 1 core: \[ 88%\] Performing build step for 'paraview' gmake\[3\]: warning: -j1 forced in submake: resetting jobserver m…

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## [open several med file with python script](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-several-med-file-with-python-script/15280)

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**Author:** [@dim14](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dim14)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-several-med-file-with-python-script/15280 "2024-08-23T13:59:42Z")

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Hello I’m trying to write a script which can open several .med files and show their Mdepl characteristic an example of a such file can be download here : https://unicloud.unicaen.fr/index.php/s/et98DmfRAKNpi8b To reac…

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## [Paraview crashes when reading ADIOS BP file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-reading-adios-bp-file/15288)

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**Author:** [@stefanke](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/stefanke)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-when-reading-adios-bp-file/15288 "2024-08-23T11:25:19Z")

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When I try to open the attached BP5 Adios2 file it just crashes with a segfault (tested with v5.12 and v5.13-RC2). bp.tgz (1.1 MB) Any idea what’s going wrong here?

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## [How to create y=f(x) vtkMultiBlock dataset via programmable source?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-y-f-x-vtkmultiblock-dataset-via-programmable-source/15285)

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**Author:** [@joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/joint)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-create-y-f-x-vtkmultiblock-dataset-via-programmable-source/15285 "2024-08-23T09:30:21Z")

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Hello dear Paraview developers! Could you explain please how to create y=f(x) vtkMultiBlock dataset via programmable source? Thanks!

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## [Creating Streamline with 3D coordinate vector values in csv. file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-streamline-with-3d-coordinate-vector-values-in-csv-file/15282)

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**Author:** [@JHW](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JHW)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-streamline-with-3d-coordinate-vector-values-in-csv-file/15282 "2024-08-23T07:40:35Z")

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Hello. I would like to generate streamline with my CSV. file I have measured 3D Coordinate vector value data. Tell me How to make a streamline in order. example) 3D Hexahedron vector value in CSV X, Y, Z, Velocity\_X…

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## [extract programable filter/python annotation values to csv file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-programable-filter-python-annotation-values-to-csv-file/15279)

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**Author:** [@NinhGhoster](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/NinhGhoster)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-programable-filter-python-annotation-values-to-csv-file/15279 "2024-08-22T15:31:12Z")

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Hi all, I wrote the code below using the Programable Filter to extract the volume/area of the object. Not sure if this is a optimised way or not? Please share if there is a better way. import numpy as np import vtk in…

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## [apply appendattributes to several med files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/apply-appendattributes-to-several-med-files/15136)

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**Author:** [@dim14](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dim14)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/apply-appendattributes-to-several-med-files/15136 "2024-08-22T13:03:47Z")

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Using a loop python script applied to several \*. med file I want to open , select a specific parameter, apply calculator filter and at last a wrap filter The main problem lay with the use of appenattibute filter. Inde…

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## [Moving through timeseries in pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/moving-through-timeseries-in-pvpython/15276)

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**Author:** [@adityakavalur](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/adityakavalur)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/moving-through-timeseries-in-pvpython/15276 "2024-08-22T12:19:52Z")

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Hello, I am a beginner paraview user, and am running into what seems to be a basic issue, appreciate any pointers as to what I am doing wrong. I have a exodus file that contains information over multiple timesteps. In …

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## [paraview transparent effect, there are always uneven color blocks, how to eliminate](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-transparent-effect-there-are-always-uneven-color-blocks-how-to-eliminate/15269)

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**Author:** [@henrybolt](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/henrybolt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-transparent-effect-there-are-always-uneven-color-blocks-how-to-eliminate/15269 "2024-08-22T11:35:55Z")

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When open the opacity effect, the surface with edges type always show uneven color blocks, how to eliminate them?

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## [DataArray with NumberOfComponents=2 not recongnized as vector](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dataarray-with-numberofcomponents-2-not-recongnized-as-vector/15272)

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**Author:** [@FrancisGiraldeau](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/FrancisGiraldeau)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 11:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dataarray-with-numberofcomponents-2-not-recongnized-as-vector/15272 "2024-08-22T11:04:19Z")

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Here is un unstructured grid with a scalar field and its gradient, which is a vector field with two components. The data loads fine, and the vector data seems correct, but all filters that require a vector input are disa…

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## [Bounding Ruler filter: adding an option to show X, Y, Z delta](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bounding-ruler-filter-adding-an-option-to-show-x-y-z-delta/15274)

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**Author:** [@NinhGhoster](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/NinhGhoster)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bounding-ruler-filter-adding-an-option-to-show-x-y-z-delta/15274 "2024-08-22T10:05:58Z")

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In my case, I need to extract the dimension of object bounding box, we can see it in property tab. But I don’t know how to extract these values into csv file. So I used the Bounding Ruler filter which is shown in thi…

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## [Slow animation + First Time Step Stays](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slow-animation-first-time-step-stays/15267)

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**Author:** [@snhordy](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/snhordy)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slow-animation-first-time-step-stays/15267 "2024-08-21T16:30:05Z")

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Hi all, for some reason the first time step is staying in my animation no matter what and is overlayed with the ongoing animation. This shows up as a pink line at the beginning in time manager. All my settings have been …

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## [displaying point and cell labels at the same time?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-point-and-cell-labels-at-the-same-time/15265)

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**Author:** [@wolfman21](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wolfman21)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-point-and-cell-labels-at-the-same-time/15265 "2024-08-21T15:11:37Z")

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Hello, I have an unstructured mesh (loaded from vtu) that contains cell and point (vertex) data. Is it possible to display/render point and cell data via labels in the same ‘RenderView’ or in two side-by-side 'RenderVi…

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## [Creating a field from a numpy array](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-a-field-from-a-numpy-array/15255)

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**Author:** [@aszaboa](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aszaboa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2024, 10:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-a-field-from-a-numpy-array/15255 "2024-08-21T10:29:49Z")

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I am working with pvpython (paraview version 5.9). I have a calculator object, obtained from a slice. What I want to do is export the array corresponding to the velocity field, then manipulate it, load back the modified …

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## [Integrating Variables with ParaView with GDAL (v 5.13.0)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/integrating-variables-with-paraview-with-gdal-v-5-13-0/15236)

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**Author:** [@lostindirectories123](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lostindirectories123)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2024, 7:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/integrating-variables-with-paraview-with-gdal-v-5-13-0/15236 "2024-08-20T07:22:01Z")

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Hello, I am a new user of ParaView and plan to use it to analyze geospatial datasets. I downloaded the most recent version of ParaView, and from what I understand since the release of v5.9.0 the software can handle geosp…

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## [Timestamp from spreadsheet](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/timestamp-from-spreadsheet/15244)

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**Author:** [@Nathancwong](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nathancwong)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/timestamp-from-spreadsheet/15244 "2024-08-20T07:17:32Z")

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I’m looking for a way to save this timestamp from the spreadsheet I’m never able to save the whole spreadsheet, only individual cells, and the save spreadsheet option only includes file formats I can’t use. Is there a…

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## [Depth Map Calculation from pvbatch](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/depth-map-calculation-from-pvbatch/15256)

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**Author:** [@bloerp](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bloerp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/depth-map-calculation-from-pvbatch/15256 "2024-08-19T17:06:17Z")

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I am using the following code to get a depth map of my scene. Which works! But even though i used “OrientationAxesVisibility = 0” there is a big square where the orientation axis used to be, with no depth values. Likely …

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## [Creating pathlines with the "Temporal Particles To Pathlines" filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-pathlines-with-the-temporal-particles-to-pathlines-filter/15239)

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**Author:** [@tobi13](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tobi13)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-pathlines-with-the-temporal-particles-to-pathlines-filter/15239 "2024-08-19T14:06:11Z")

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I want to create pathlines from a dataset which I already uploaded here regarding a different topic. State file: pathlines\_try.pvsm (1013.8 KB) Dataset: data.zip - Google Drive Version: 5.13.0 The data represents flo…

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## [How do you interpolate a large point cloud on parallel server](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-do-you-interpolate-a-large-point-cloud-on-parallel-server/15243)

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**Author:** [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-do-you-interpolate-a-large-point-cloud-on-parallel-server/15243 "2024-08-19T13:35:11Z")

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Is there a reliable way to interpolate a large point cloud volume when running on a parallel MPI server? Usually to interpolate a point cloud, I use Point Volume Interpolator. It works well in serial, but it is greyed-o…

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## [CSV to VTK - Custom format](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/csv-to-vtk-custom-format/15238)

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**Author:** [@ParticleTruthSeeker](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ParticleTruthSeeker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 10:47am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/csv-to-vtk-custom-format/15238 "2024-08-19T10:47:40Z")

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Hello, I have an application that writes some meta data on the first three lines of a csv file and then xyz and then some quantity at those coordinates. How can one visualise this in paraview? The TableToPoints filter …

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## [pvserver disconnecting](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvserver-disconnecting/15221)

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**Author:** [@Pranay\_006](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pranay_006)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvserver-disconnecting/15221 "2024-08-19T08:30:17Z")

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Hello I am trying to access my simulation data in the cluster using the pvserver and the connection becomes unstable after I select the nek5000 field file to open and displays the message below. Can you explain what is…

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## [Liquid Holdup Calculations/solving using paraview for openfoam](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/liquid-holdup-calculations-solving-using-paraview-for-openfoam/5599)

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**Author:** [@EscapedGoat](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/EscapedGoat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/liquid-holdup-calculations-solving-using-paraview-for-openfoam/5599 "2024-08-15T20:27:54Z")

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Hello All, Performed interFoam based multiphase flow two sets of calculations. Set.1: The liquid is flowing from the top to bottom in packing Set.2: Liquid is flowing from top to bottom and simultaneously Gas is flowi…

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## [Fetch Server Configurations Dialog is blank](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/fetch-server-configurations-dialog-is-blank/15227)

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**Author:** [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/fetch-server-configurations-dialog-is-blank/15227 "2024-08-15T16:13:01Z")

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On my install of ParaView (5.12.1, Mac ARM, Kitware download), the fetch server configurations dialog is blank. When I click on Fetch Servers, the resulting dialog box is empty. If I then click on the Edit Sources bu…

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## [Stream tracer greyed out](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stream-tracer-greyed-out/13726)

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**Author:** [@Alice\_Williams](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Alice_Williams)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stream-tracer-greyed-out/13726 "2024-01-17T16:42:16Z")

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Hi when i run my vtu file on paraview stream tracer is greyed out. I created my file on Freefem. İ need to great stream lines on a slice of 3d velocity . How can I do?

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## [Color Map Editor GUI broken](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-map-editor-gui-broken/15195)

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**Author:** [@MatthiasLang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MatthiasLang)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-map-editor-gui-broken/15195 "2024-08-14T20:34:59Z")

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Hello everyone, I’m experiencing some issues with ParaView. Both my Color Map Editor and LineChartView are no longer functioning. I’ve tried reinstalling ParaView, but the problem persists. It used to work perfectly fin…

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## [vtkRenderingOpenXRRemotingCxxTests](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkrenderingopenxrremotingcxxtests/15229)

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**Author:** [@simonmssu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/simonmssu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkrenderingopenxrremotingcxxtests/15229 "2024-08-14T21:38:36Z")

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Just wanted to test out https://www.kitware.com/stream-vtk-to-the-hololens-2/ workflow on my ms hololens 2 but some key steps are missing from the blog. VTK::RenderingOpenXRRemoting - VTK documentation appears to have mo…

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## ["ninja-build: command not found" on WSL + VS Code](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ninja-build-command-not-found-on-wsl-vs-code/15235)

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**Author:** [@ignaciobartol](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ignaciobartol)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ninja-build-command-not-found-on-wsl-vs-code/15235 "2024-08-14T16:45:45Z")

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Compiling ParaView 5.12.1 on WSL with Ninja: PATH Issues with VS Code Hello everyone, While probably this is not a common issue since I didn’t find anything related I wanted to share a potential issue that others may fi…

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## [Segfault when fetching results of boolean filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segfault-when-fetching-results-of-boolean-filter/15207)

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**Author:** [@m\_farid](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/m_farid)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segfault-when-fetching-results-of-boolean-filter/15207 "2024-08-13T14:23:08Z")

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Hi there, I’m creating a web app using ParaView and Trame for heart valve surgery planning. One of the features of this app is to perform various calculations based on where a cylinder representing a replacement valve is…

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