# ParaView Support

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## [Paraview SIGSEGV error](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-sigsegv-error/14763)

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**Author:** [@conradin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/conradin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-sigsegv-error/14763 "2024-06-04T10:06:37Z")

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Hello there I am new to Ubuntu and OpenFoam / Paraview. I installed Openfoam and Paraview but when i try to run Paraview i get this error ser@user-VirtualBox:~/OpenFOAM/user-11/run/pitzDailySteady$ paraFoam Created te…

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## [extract the wall in 3D](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-the-wall-in-3d/14668)

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**Author:** [@xq520](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/xq520)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-the-wall-in-3d/14668 "2024-06-04T08:22:34Z")

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Hello, I want to extract the wall in 3D, the filter feature edge is in 2D, but what can I use in 3D to get surface wall?

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## [Python trace script not repeating PlotOverTime action](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-trace-script-not-repeating-plotovertime-action/14756)

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**Author:** [@amalli0](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/amalli0)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-trace-script-not-repeating-plotovertime-action/14756 "2024-06-03T19:29:10Z")

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There is a known issue with tracing where it will miss a line in the code, leading to the error " NameError: name ‘plotSelectionOverTime1’ is not defined ". To fix it you are supposed to add the line " plotSelectionOverT…

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## [Guidance on parallel writing of Xdmf from Python](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/guidance-on-parallel-writing-of-xdmf-from-python/14545)

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**Author:** [@paulmelis](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/paulmelis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/guidance-on-parallel-writing-of-xdmf-from-python/14545 "2024-06-03T18:05:45Z")

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For one of our users I’m trying to get a Python script working that reads an OpenFoam dataset (using the empty .foam file trick), adding a few Calculator filters and then saving the output to a parallel Xdmf dataset for …

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## [Python script trace can't repeat the GUI operation to draw time curve](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-script-trace-cant-repeat-the-gui-operation-to-draw-time-curve/4400)

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**Author:** [@henry\_zhang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/henry_zhang)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2024, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-script-trace-cant-repeat-the-gui-operation-to-draw-time-curve/4400 "2024-06-03T07:21:30Z")

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When I was drawing the time curve of Point Gaussian, the traced Python script was executed with error. So the selection items in GUI can’t be traced in a Python script? What should I do to get the right points? Thanks f…

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## [2D colouring of a surface of a given shape (Circular rake)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2d-colouring-of-a-surface-of-a-given-shape-circular-rake/14742)

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**Author:** [@Shariq\_Shuaib](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Shariq_Shuaib)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2d-colouring-of-a-surface-of-a-given-shape-circular-rake/14742 "2024-05-31T12:43:32Z")

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Image courtesy: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2013-3796 Greetings, I hope this message finds you well. I am attempting to plot data similar to the attached image. I have scalar values at various points, represen…

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## [Treating multiple .xmf files as a time series](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/treating-multiple-xmf-files-as-a-time-series/14594)

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**Author:** [@hsheldon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hsheldon)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/treating-multiple-xmf-files-as-a-time-series/14594 "2024-05-31T11:46:44Z")

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I have a series of .xmf files (\*-000.xmf, \*-001.xmf, \*-002.xmf etc), each of which reads 1 timestep from a corresponding .h5 file. Paraview is not recognising these xmf files as a time series, nor does it recognise the t…

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## [ParaView crash with case file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-with-case-file/14725)

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**Author:** [@Roshith\_Mittakolu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Roshith_Mittakolu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crash-with-case-file/14725 "2024-05-31T07:38:13Z")

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Hello Mathieu, I am trying to load my cas.h5 along with the dat.h5 as you have mentioned. However, Paraview crashes when I do File-\>open-\>xxx.cas.h5-\>select FluentCFFReader → Apply. Can I know how did you get it to wor…

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## [how to make a colormap and import it to paraview?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-a-colormap-and-import-it-to-paraview/14744)

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**Author:** [@meng\_deng](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/meng_deng)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-a-colormap-and-import-it-to-paraview/14744 "2024-05-31T07:16:31Z")

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hi! I want to make a colormap for my model, I did not find the solution about this.

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## [Extracting profiles with vtk working but not always...](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-profiles-with-vtk-working-but-not-always/13584)

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**Author:** [@Boone](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Boone)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-profiles-with-vtk-working-but-not-always/13584 "2024-05-30T13:32:36Z")

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Hi all, I am new in vtk and I try to extract a profile along a line in my geometry. My issue is that, for certain locations in the streamwise direction, I do not obtain the same profiles with the Paraview visualization …

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## [transform\_rotation problem (with code and pic)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-rotation-problem-with-code-and-pic/14739)

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**Author:** [@tigerhu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/tigerhu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-rotation-problem-with-code-and-pic/14739 "2024-05-30T03:00:01Z")

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Hi, I conducted object rotation using paraview.simple.Transform.rotate function, tested on a cylinder with different angles, and found a possible wrong answer. In the image above, black is the initial cylinder, red…

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## [Property listing inconsistency between python and C++ ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/property-listing-inconsistency-between-python-and-c/14737)

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**Author:** [@sherin.sugathan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sherin.sugathan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/property-listing-inconsistency-between-python-and-c/14737 "2024-05-29T19:23:57Z")

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For a Glyph filter added in the pipeline browser of paraview, I am able to list all properties including the “GlyphType” property using the python interactive shell using the following two commands: \>\>\> glyph = FindSour…

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## [Save a movie](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-a-movie/14728)

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**Author:** [@katevill33](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/katevill33)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-a-movie/14728 "2024-05-28T18:03:02Z")

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Hello, I am trying to save a simulation as a movie but I can not find the option for doing it. Please, could you tell me how I can save it? I would like to reproduce the evolution of the results (up to 532 solutions) …

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## [Request for Guidance on Exporting and Updating CFD Data for 3D Reduced Order Models](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/request-for-guidance-on-exporting-and-updating-cfd-data-for-3d-reduced-order-models/14729)

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**Author:** [@Roshith\_Mittakolu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Roshith_Mittakolu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/request-for-guidance-on-exporting-and-updating-cfd-data-for-3d-reduced-order-models/14729 "2024-05-28T16:38:21Z")

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Hello everyone, I hope this message finds you well. I am currently working on a project focused on building non-intrusive (data-driven) reduced order models for CFD simulations using Fluent as my solver. While I have s…

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## [Pvbatch parallel](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvbatch-parallel/14726)

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**Author:** [@Frankx9](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Frankx9)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvbatch-parallel/14726 "2024-05-28T14:07:35Z")

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Hello, I was trying to run pvbatch in parallel but it seems that it only works on one rank. I tried both with the shipped mpiexec in the /bin directory and the one already present on my desktop but the behaviour is the …

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## [Using Fluent Files in Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714)

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**Author:** [@AeroK](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AeroK)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2024, 11:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fluent-files-in-paraview/13714 "2024-01-16T11:03:11Z")

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I have a case- data ANSYS-Fluent file and I would to use Para View for visualisation purposes. I would like to visualize streamwise vorticity distributions but I’m not sure how to go about it.

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## [The display order of VTK files is error](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/the-display-order-of-vtk-files-is-error/14713)

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**Author:** [@Guanlong](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Guanlong)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/the-display-order-of-vtk-files-is-error/14713 "2024-05-28T00:55:14Z")

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Hello researchers, I generate 20 VTK files every 0.0001s. However, when I import them into Paraview, I find that the trend of radius variation is unreasonable (Fig. a). The correct trend is shown in Fig. b. Is there any …

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## [Paraview 5.10.1 Opening Error on WSL (Ubuntu 2004.2022.1.0)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-10-1-opening-error-on-wsl-ubuntu-2004-2022-1-0/14715)

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**Author:** [@HPAP](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/HPAP)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 11:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-10-1-opening-error-on-wsl-ubuntu-2004-2022-1-0/14715 "2024-05-27T11:32:41Z")

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I downloaded ParaView 5.10.1 with openfoam11. The openfoam11 works just fine. But when I am trying to open paraview (even in the dir where I downloaded) the follow error message gets displayed. "qt.qpa.xcb: could not c…

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## [Building ParaView 5.12.0 from tar-ball with GNU Make (no documentation; recipe)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-paraview-5-12-0-from-tar-ball-with-gnu-make-no-documentation-recipe/14616)

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**Author:** [@edgar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/edgar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-paraview-5-12-0-from-tar-ball-with-gnu-make-no-documentation-recipe/14616 "2024-05-27T10:58:46Z")

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Hi. I want to share that the following modifications to the Arch Linux package of paraview (version 5.12.0, commit 6bafb5b) allowed me to build with CMake and GNU Make (without Ninja), albeit without documentation. Rele…

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## [How to build Paraview with OCCT? required targets: TKSTEP, TKIGES, TKXDESTEP, TKXDEIGES](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-build-paraview-with-occt-required-targets-tkstep-tkiges-tkxdestep-tkxdeiges/14677)

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**Author:** [@Andythe\_great](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andythe_great)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-build-paraview-with-occt-required-targets-tkstep-tkiges-tkxdestep-tkxdeiges/14677 "2024-05-27T07:31:51Z")

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Hi, I am trying to update Paraview on Flatpak repository for Linux. I want to also include OCCT. This is the build instructions in Flatpak manifest. I enable number of modules in OCCT to solve the issue of Found O…

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## [ParaView OpenFOAM not working](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-openfoam-not-working/14718)

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**Author:** [@Vahid](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Vahid)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-openfoam-not-working/14718 "2024-05-27T07:31:09Z")

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Hi Mathieu I installed OpenFoam version 10, but I had already installed Paraview, now it gives this error when opening files related to OpenFoam.

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## [Removing edge points from the original data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-edge-points-from-the-original-data/14716)

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**Author:** [@Foojan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Foojan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/removing-edge-points-from-the-original-data/14716 "2024-05-27T01:39:21Z")

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Hi, I have extracted a contour in 3D space from OpenFoam output. After using “FeatureEdges”, I was able to detect the points on the edge. How can I remove such points from my original dataset? Thanks,

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## [pvpython script - save screenshot not rendering properly.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvpython-script-save-screenshot-not-rendering-properly/14669)

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**Author:** [@flynn\_h](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/flynn_h)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvpython-script-save-screenshot-not-rendering-properly/14669 "2024-05-26T23:44:35Z")

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Hi all, i’m attempting to write a batch script so I can save screenshots of flowfields generated on a cluster computer without access to a gui. I’ve started simply with a trace for paraview 5.6.0, however when I go to r…

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## [ParaView 5.6.3 in openFoam installation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-3-in-openfoam-installation/5269)

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**Author:** [@Belaidb](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Belaidb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-6-3-in-openfoam-installation/5269 "2020-09-04T15:09:20Z")

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Hello I’m a beginner on linux and openFoam i tried to install openFoam something i managed to do but paraview doesn’t work and when i try to install from third party with ./makeParaView i get the following error: – Co…

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## [Get pixel coordinates of 3d point](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-pixel-coordinates-of-3d-point/14712)

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**Author:** [@suganthan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/suganthan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-pixel-coordinates-of-3d-point/14712 "2024-05-25T16:05:47Z")

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I have loaded a vtk polydata source in paraview. Is it possible to obtain the pixel coordinates of a particular point whose coordinates I know in the simulation frame of reference?

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## [The effect of where different types of cells are defined in Vtk on their internal index numbers](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/the-effect-of-where-different-types-of-cells-are-defined-in-vtk-on-their-internal-index-numbers/14710)

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**Author:** [@hohoyu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hohoyu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 25, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/the-effect-of-where-different-types-of-cells-are-defined-in-vtk-on-their-internal-index-numbers/14710 "2024-05-25T08:02:39Z")

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hi, I have a Vtk file which has both line and facet cells, and even if the facet cell definition is placed before the line cell, when imported using paraview its internal index number is the line cell before the facet c…

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## [VTK Filter With Arrays](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-filter-with-arrays/14703)

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**Author:** [@Frankx9](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Frankx9)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-filter-with-arrays/14703 "2024-05-24T09:00:28Z")

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Hello, I was wandering if it is possible to use vtk filters without passing an object read by the reader. In my case I would like to apply the filter by passing the necessary arrays but not the full grid. Is this someho…

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## [Duplicate object in view](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/duplicate-object-in-view/14706)

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**Author:** [@Frankx9](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Frankx9)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/duplicate-object-in-view/14706 "2024-05-24T08:55:45Z")

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Hello, I was wandering if it is possible to duplicate an object within a render view without introducing a mesh copy. For example if I have a sphere in my view I would like to duplicate those just at the moment of savin…

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## [Reload all / multiple files?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reload-all-multiple-files/14702)

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**Author:** [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reload-all-multiple-files/14702 "2024-05-23T15:49:48Z")

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Is there a way to Reload Files on multiple data objects in the Pipeline with a single action? I’ll often have multiple files that I want to reload, for example there’s 16 here: If I select them all and then right-cl…

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## [Error while loading a .med file - MEDfieldComputingStepInfo](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-while-loading-a-med-file-medfieldcomputingstepinfo/14701)

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**Author:** [@Philippe\_Merle](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Philippe_Merle)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-while-loading-a-med-file-medfieldcomputingstepinfo/14701 "2024-05-23T13:47:22Z")

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Hi all, I’m trying to load a \*.med file. This file has been generated via library h5py in python. I activate the MEDReader from Plugins of Paraview to allow Paraview to load this med file. Unfortunately, i’ve got an …

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