# ParaView Support

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## [Paraview Superbuild fails because of git](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-superbuild-fails-because-of-git/13741)

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**Author:** [@MaxMRichter](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MaxMRichter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-superbuild-fails-because-of-git/13741 "2024-02-07T13:50:29Z")

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Hey! I am trying to build paraview with the superbuild on Arch Linux. I have enabled all available packages but some of them fail because of the following error FAILED: superbuild/zlib/stamp/zlib-zlib-patch-pcfile-rel-p…

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## [Visualizing streamlines from a case file (StarCCM+)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizing-streamlines-from-a-case-file-starccm/13880)

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**Author:** [@Nouamane](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nouamane)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizing-streamlines-from-a-case-file-starccm/13880 "2024-02-07T09:31:53Z")

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Hello, I am looking forward to create streamlines from a case file imported on Paraview. (I don’t want to import them directly as vtk format on the visualizer). The main issue here is that I am exporting all the veloci…

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## [How to Query Variable Values in .xdmf Animation in ParaView?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-query-variable-values-in-xdmf-animation-in-paraview/13860)

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**Author:** [@nikoleeaa](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nikoleeaa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-query-variable-values-in-xdmf-animation-in-paraview/13860 "2024-02-06T16:51:19Z")

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Hello, I’m analyzing a .xdmf animation in ParaView and need to query variable values (e.g., density, voltage) at specific points and time steps. Could anyone guide me on how to achieve this? I tried to directly click o…

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## [Automatically find point ID with maximum value and plot over time/frequency without typing in Point ID value](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/automatically-find-point-id-with-maximum-value-and-plot-over-time-frequency-without-typing-in-point-id-value/13865)

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**Author:** [@Aly\_Taleb](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Aly_Taleb)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/automatically-find-point-id-with-maximum-value-and-plot-over-time-frequency-without-typing-in-point-id-value/13865 "2024-02-06T16:50:47Z")

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Hey there, I’ve run a harmonic simulation in SimScale and I would like to carry out some postprocessing in Paraview. Specifically, I would like to plot the acceleration for the particular point ID, that exhibits the max…

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## [Paraview GUI not connecting](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-gui-not-connecting/13782)

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**Author:** [@Sam\_Krasnoff](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sam_Krasnoff)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-gui-not-connecting/13782 "2024-02-06T15:42:57Z")

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Hi All, Ill try to give as many details as possible. I’m currently working on a JupyterHub running a pretty standard version of Ubuntu 22.04. We are using TigerVNC to connect to an XFCE4 desktop environment. I have trie…

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## [Problem reading big vtu file (\> int32)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-reading-big-vtu-file-int32/13700)

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**Author:** [@stefan74xxx](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/stefan74xxx)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-reading-big-vtu-file-int32/13700 "2024-02-06T13:20:29Z")

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Hi, if have a very large grid converted to vtu (binary and ASCII format) and tried to read with ParaView (e.g. v5\_12RC2 but does not matter - older versions have the same problem). Reading the ASCII file with ParaView …

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## [How to export animation where last frame needs to be "held" for certain amount of time](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-animation-where-last-frame-needs-to-be-held-for-certain-amount-of-time/13874)

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**Author:** [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-animation-where-last-frame-needs-to-be-held-for-certain-amount-of-time/13874 "2024-02-06T10:23:04Z")

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I’ve got a nonlinear statics simulation that runs from time = \[0.0, 1.0\] using adaptive step sizes (though the adaptivity doesn’t matter). Because these steps are large, nearly 10% of the deformation is captured in the …

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## [ParaView crashes in client-server mode, but loads ok in standalone](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-in-client-server-mode-but-loads-ok-in-standalone/13872)

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**Author:** [@vimalraj](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vimalraj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-crashes-in-client-server-mode-but-loads-ok-in-standalone/13872 "2024-02-06T10:06:02Z")

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When I use the client-server mode in the linux cluster, where I start multiple pvserver processes using OpenMPI and connect from a paraview client, the following error appears. ERROR: In /tmp/hpcsw/spack-stage/spack-sta…

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## [programmable filter rectilinear to unstructured](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-rectilinear-to-unstructured/13878)

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**Author:** [@Ronan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ronan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-rectilinear-to-unstructured/13878 "2024-02-05T23:40:19Z")

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I am trying to apply a filter to change altitude from a netcdf input file according to a 3d variable present in the file. I am followed this example applying this code import numpy as np # Obtenez l'entrée (le jeu d…

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## [DTI-esque color map for displaying vectors?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dti-esque-color-map-for-displaying-vectors/13876)

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**Author:** [@kmadi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kmadi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dti-esque-color-map-for-displaying-vectors/13876 "2024-02-05T20:19:11Z")

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Hello all, Apologies if this question has been asked before; I’m new to this software/site and I’m not much of a programmer. I’ve generated a VTK shape model embedded with 3D vector data at every vertex (via SlicerSALT…

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## [Open data with.. not appearing when using Paraview server](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-data-with-not-appearing-when-using-paraview-server/13850)

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**Author:** [@Kei\_Yamamoto](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kei_Yamamoto)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-data-with-not-appearing-when-using-paraview-server/13850 "2024-02-05T17:32:52Z")

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When I open the XDMF file locally on my machine, there is always “open data with…” option to choose the reader. However, it does not appear when I use Paraview server. Is there a way to change the reader ?

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## [Transient data for MultiBlockDataset in VTKHDF loads nothing](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transient-data-for-multiblockdataset-in-vtkhdf-loads-nothing/13837)

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**Author:** [@Juan\_Jose\_Casafranca](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Juan_Jose_Casafranca)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transient-data-for-multiblockdataset-in-vtkhdf-loads-nothing/13837 "2024-02-05T12:41:07Z")

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I am trying to load some transient data for my simulation. First of all, I am using a MultiBlockDataset and inside that MultiBlockDataSet, I have 3 UnstructuredGrids. For that UnstructuredGrid, I have transient data. If…

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## [AMR XML file structure for many AMR blocks?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/amr-xml-file-structure-for-many-amr-blocks/13862)

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**Author:** [@risingBubbles](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/risingBubbles)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/amr-xml-file-structure-for-many-amr-blocks/13862 "2024-02-05T08:33:56Z")

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Hello all, I am trying to write an AMR writer for our AMR code. So far, we just write UnstructuredGrid in .vtu files. However, we would like to make use of the vtkNonOverlappingAMR or vtkOverlappingAMR support because w…

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## [selection option of field variable in 'find data' not available for exodus file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selection-option-of-field-variable-in-find-data-not-available-for-exodus-file/13854)

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**Author:** [@Subhendu\_Chakraborty](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Subhendu_Chakraborty)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selection-option-of-field-variable-in-find-data-not-available-for-exodus-file/13854 "2024-02-05T08:22:02Z")

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Hi, I was trying to find all the cells that have exceeded certain value for a ‘filed variable’ using ‘find data’ feature in Paraview(5.9.1). But in the ‘find data’ window I do not find any option to select the field. F…

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## [VTKHDF unstructured grid with transient topology fails to read](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkhdf-unstructured-grid-with-transient-topology-fails-to-read/13852)

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**Author:** [@Juan\_Jose\_Casafranca](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Juan_Jose_Casafranca)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 8:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkhdf-unstructured-grid-with-transient-topology-fails-to-read/13852 "2024-02-05T08:21:41Z")

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I am trying to read a VTKHDF file which contains an UnstructuredGrid with transient data. The transient data is for the points, but also for the topology, different steps have different number of cells. This is the outp…

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## [Open file dialog and multiple files with consecutive numbering](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-and-multiple-files-with-consecutive-numbering/5107)

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**Author:** [@nitawa](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nitawa)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-file-dialog-and-multiple-files-with-consecutive-numbering/5107 "2024-02-04T23:55:01Z")

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Dear experts, currently in the Paraview open file dialog box, if several files are present with extension file\_xxxx, with xxxx being a consecutive numbering, Paraview will group these files together in the Open file dia…

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## [Sliced visualisation, shows the results is on surface but inside the model is empty](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sliced-visualisation-shows-the-results-is-on-surface-but-inside-the-model-is-empty/13751)

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**Author:** [@H\_G](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/H_G)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sliced-visualisation-shows-the-results-is-on-surface-but-inside-the-model-is-empty/13751 "2024-02-03T15:30:01Z")

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i had point cloud data, i had a mesh, i used volume point interpolated to apply csv point data to mesh but when i clip the mesh, the result is on surface but on the inside there is nothing. No data points or any of the m…

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## [Unable to connect to Preview on a remote machine](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-connect-to-preview-on-a-remote-machine/13851)

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**Author:** [@Sara](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sara)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-connect-to-preview-on-a-remote-machine/13851 "2024-02-02T23:21:11Z")

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Hello, I am unable to create the connection on Paraview on a remote machine. The error is the following: " Error: in /opt/glr/paraview/paraview-ci/build/superbuild/paraview/src/VTK/Common/System/vtkClientSocket.cxx,li…

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## [VTKHDF with varying Assembly](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkhdf-with-varying-assembly/13848)

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**Author:** [@Juan\_Jose\_Casafranca](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Juan_Jose_Casafranca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 9:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkhdf-with-varying-assembly/13848 "2024-02-02T09:14:43Z")

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I have a simulation where some data is not present in every time step, for example collisions. Is it possible to represent such kind of data in VTKHDF. By reading the VTKHDF specification, it looks the Assembly is fixed,…

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## [Visualisation of a raw data containing 18 scalars per voxel](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualisation-of-a-raw-data-containing-18-scalars-per-voxel/13845)

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**Author:** [@schupin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/schupin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualisation-of-a-raw-data-containing-18-scalars-per-voxel/13845 "2024-02-02T06:20:46Z")

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Hi, I’ve got an .raw file that I can open in paraview as a 3D image. For each voxel, I’m having 6 directions (1 by face) and each direction corresponds to 3 floats. So it leads to 18 scalar values by point. Is there …

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## [Using calculator with descriptive statistics outputs](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-calculator-with-descriptive-statistics-outputs/13817)

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**Author:** [@PaulLardet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PaulLardet)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-calculator-with-descriptive-statistics-outputs/13817 "2024-02-01T16:37:42Z")

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I am trying to use “Descriptive statistics” as an entry to calculator : I want to calculate the mean+2sigma for each time step, but it seems not possible to use “mean” and “standard deviation” variables at the same ti…

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## [Problems in generating the von Mises stresses from single stress components](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problems-in-generating-the-von-mises-stresses-from-single-stress-components/13842)

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**Author:** [@ingenium](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ingenium)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problems-in-generating-the-von-mises-stresses-from-single-stress-components/13842 "2024-02-01T14:52:28Z")

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Hi all, based on the previous post (Stresses from ANSYS .rst are displayed as NaN - #2 by Kenneth\_Moreland) I have noticed the following problem. With pymapdl\_reader only the individual components of the stress tensor …

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## [Stresses from ANSYS .rst are displayed as NaN](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stresses-from-ansys-rst-are-displayed-as-nan/13836)

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**Author:** [@ingenium](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ingenium)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stresses-from-ansys-rst-are-displayed-as-nan/13836 "2024-02-01T13:54:35Z")

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Hi all, everyone, I use pyansys to write out the results in .vtu: from ansys.mapdl import reader as pymapdl\_reader result = pymapdl\_reader.read\_binary('file.rst') result.save\_as\_vtk('Test\_Simple\_solid.vtu') I can…

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## [Averaged Cross\_Section Velocity](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/averaged-cross-section-velocity/13841)

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**Author:** [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/averaged-cross-section-velocity/13841 "2024-02-01T12:13:34Z")

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Hi, I am trying to find out the averaged cross-sectional velocity in a pipe flow. I have attached the figure. DO I need to integrate the variables by using the ‘integrate variable’ tool in paraview and then divide by…

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## [Failed to read attribute data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failed-to-read-attribute-data/13840)

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**Author:** [@Adamya12](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Adamya12)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failed-to-read-attribute-data/13840 "2024-02-01T04:23:28Z")

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Hello! I am trying to visualise the output of a simulation using an XDMF file. this file was generated on a remote HPC server, and then I transferred it to my personal computer through FileZilla. However, when I am tryin…

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## [Linking volume render interactive slice across two or more views](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/linking-volume-render-interactive-slice-across-two-or-more-views/13839)

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**Author:** [@isaac\_lee](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/isaac_lee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/linking-volume-render-interactive-slice-across-two-or-more-views/13839 "2024-01-31T17:35:53Z")

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I hope the attached image explains what I am trying to achieve, is there a way to link the properties relating to the volume slice across two views so that they both update at the same time? Thank you in advance for any…

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## [Error reading PolyData VTKHDF file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-polydata-vtkhdf-file/13834)

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**Author:** [@Juan\_Jose\_Casafranca](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Juan_Jose_Casafranca)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-polydata-vtkhdf-file/13834 "2024-01-31T13:32:42Z")

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I am trying to read a VTKHDF file storing a PolyData dataset. However, is complaining that I haven’t defined the Vertices, Lines and Strips groups. I only want to represent the polygons, so I dont really need Vertices, L…

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## [CGNS domain file: split domain surfaces](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cgns-domain-file-split-domain-surfaces/13813)

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**Author:** [@GabriB](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GabriB)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 9:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cgns-domain-file-split-domain-surfaces/13813 "2024-01-31T09:38:03Z")

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Dear all, I imported my CGNS domain file. When I load the domain everything is defined as “one-block” (please refer to the attached Figure). I would like to split my domain patches, like the domain boundaries and my ge…

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## [Saving only images without anytype of background](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/saving-only-images-without-anytype-of-background/13821)

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**Author:** [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/saving-only-images-without-anytype-of-background/13821 "2024-01-30T18:23:11Z")

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Hi I am trying to save a image of a pipe in paraview, But some background is coming (white space) even when i am trying to save a screenshot in transparent mode. I want only the pipe without any white space on the backgr…

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## [Extracting stream-wise (U\_x) and span-wise(U\_y) velocities from a specified sub-domain](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-stream-wise-u-x-and-span-wise-u-y-velocities-from-a-specified-sub-domain/13772)

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**Author:** [@Nafiz375](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nafiz375)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-stream-wise-u-x-and-span-wise-u-y-velocities-from-a-specified-sub-domain/13772 "2024-01-30T15:15:34Z")

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Hello everyone, I’ve done 3D actuator disk simulation in OpenFoam, and now I’m trying to extract some data. I need to get the velocity components in a particular subdomain, not in the full domain. The attached figure is…

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