# ParaView Support

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## [Can't color the glyph by cell data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-color-the-glyph-by-cell-data/4384)

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**Author:** [@Jingle](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jingle)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-color-the-glyph-by-cell-data/4384 "2023-12-11T17:35:12Z")

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Hi all, I used the Paraview 5.8.0 to display the current density by Glypg filter, but I can’t color the glyph according to the cell data. There is no other option but ‘solid color’ in the coloring menu. I remember in th…

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## [Crash when exporting animation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crash-when-exporting-animation/7291)

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**Author:** [@datathing](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/datathing)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crash-when-exporting-animation/7291 "2023-12-11T14:48:42Z")

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Hi, I cannot get ParaView to export a simple animation on on Windows 10 Home, ParaView v5.9.0-RC1. The steps to reproduce my problem: Imported the ParaView example can.ex2 that is provided with the software: Applied a…

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## [Help with CSV](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-csv/13478)

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**Author:** [@Nazmul\_17-053](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nazmul_17-053)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-csv/13478 "2023-12-05T17:14:15Z")

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please anyone help me .i am designing heat sink fin plate using c++ .this is my primary testing output.i cant visualize it .please help me . custom\_heat\_sink\_mesh.csv (25.3 KB)

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## [How to compute vorticity in Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-compute-vorticity-in-paraview/4474)

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**Author:** [@ANON1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ANON1)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-compute-vorticity-in-paraview/4474 "2023-12-11T09:56:04Z")

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I’ve opened the results of a simulation (Velocity field and Pressure) in Paraview. I know that the vorticity is by definition the curl of the velocity. How can I proceed to to compute the vorticity in Paraview? I can’t …

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## [Create ocean surface (vertical filling)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-ocean-surface-vertical-filling/12582)

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**Author:** [@\_Marco](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_Marco)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-ocean-surface-vertical-filling/12582 "2023-12-09T05:56:10Z")

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Dear Paraview community, I have successfully imported and visualized bathymetric data for a given region of interested. I could “extrude” that (warp by scalar) so to create 3D bathyemtry and elevation. What I now want …

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## [Mobile clips filter in Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mobile-clips-filter-in-paraview/13407)

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**Author:** [@Santhosh\_Virappane](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Santhosh_Virappane)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2023, 2:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mobile-clips-filter-in-paraview/13407 "2023-12-09T02:00:35Z")

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Hello All, Hope you’re doing well. I am contacting you to know if there is a way to get mobile clips filter. I have a specific emulsion that I want to follow along the channel in order to compute certain parameters (Sh…

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## [Bad (and changing) resolution when tilting standard view](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bad-and-changing-resolution-when-tilting-standard-view/13458)

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**Author:** [@CarolW](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/CarolW)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bad-and-changing-resolution-when-tilting-standard-view/13458 "2023-12-07T14:19:15Z")

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Hi everyone, I have sliced an agglomeration of particles, so that I obtain a 2D slice with the outlines of these particles. As you can see, the particle outlines have holes in the lines. The locations of the holes chang…

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## [How to get the time series data at a specific point?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-the-time-series-data-at-a-specific-point/13443)

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**Author:** [@Smruti\_Ranjan\_Jena](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Smruti_Ranjan_Jena)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-the-time-series-data-at-a-specific-point/13443 "2023-12-07T09:39:03Z")

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I want to plot the time series data of a specific variable say velocity-magnitude (U) or streamwise velocity (Ux) at a specific point (x,y,z) for 1000 time files. Now, extracting data manually for 1000 files is painstaki…

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## [Problems with TemporalParticlesToPathlines in 5.12.0](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problems-with-temporalparticlestopathlines-in-5-12-0/13451)

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**Author:** [@TJFluid](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/TJFluid)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2023, 7:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problems-with-temporalparticlestopathlines-in-5-12-0/13451 "2023-12-06T19:10:53Z")

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Hi all, in ParaView 5.11.2 it was straightforward for me to use the Temporal Particles To Pathlines filter on a particle data set. Now, I wanted to try out the most recent 5.12.0 version but encountering problems in get…

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## [Render Geotiff meshs](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/render-geotiff-meshs/13343)

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**Author:** [@Felipe\_MTR](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Felipe_MTR)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/render-geotiff-meshs/13343 "2023-12-05T17:15:13Z")

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Hi! I’m just getting into Paraview. I’m an Hydraulic Civil Engineer and usually work modeling hydrogeological scenarios. I have a raster-grid with values (Geotif file worked to open in Paraview). This info is also Georef…

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## [CSV and Volume Rendering](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/csv-and-volume-rendering/7136)

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**Author:** [@msw](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/msw)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/csv-and-volume-rendering/7136 "2021-05-06T14:12:59Z")

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Hello Everyone Great to meet you. I just started with Paraview. I have to render the mass data to volume. I have a .csv file of the mass data. How to do that? I understand my question can be vague as I said I am star…

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## [Selected cell moves when I change time step](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selected-cell-moves-when-i-change-time-step/4471)

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**Author:** [@AManning](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AManning)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selected-cell-moves-when-i-change-time-step/4471 "2023-12-05T16:02:24Z")

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I have been trying to plot my variables over time. To do this I have selected the cell(s) in question and then click “plot over time”. This seems simple enough. Unfortunately when looking at a 3D shape of my results and…

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## [How to make the legend position and color the same when switching data sets?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-the-legend-position-and-color-the-same-when-switching-data-sets/13439)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-the-legend-position-and-color-the-same-when-switching-data-sets/13439 "2023-12-05T13:32:42Z")

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I have modal data that I want to display for each mode in turn. However, when I switch from one mode to the next, the settings for the color legend are lost. How can I make them remembered? I do click on the save button.…

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## [Extract mesh from solution output file (.xdmf) in preview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-mesh-from-solution-output-file-xdmf-in-preview/13345)

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**Author:** [@Adamya12](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Adamya12)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2023, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-mesh-from-solution-output-file-xdmf-in-preview/13345 "2023-12-05T08:43:37Z")

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Hello! I am visualising a simulation by feeding in the .xdmf file of the solution output into paraview. for a certain timestep in the simulation, I want to extract the mesh at that timestep (mesh of the geometry configur…

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## [Saving animation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/saving-animation/13438)

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**Author:** [@Mithushan\_Soundarana](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mithushan_Soundarana)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/saving-animation/13438 "2023-12-04T17:40:28Z")

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Hi everyone, I was saving my files into an animation, and getting following error message: I just gave the animation name test.avi Best regards, Mithu

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## [Export points and convert them into cvs or excel file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-points-and-convert-them-into-cvs-or-excel-file/13437)

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**Author:** [@katevill33](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/katevill33)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-points-and-convert-them-into-cvs-or-excel-file/13437 "2023-12-04T14:50:26Z")

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Hello all, Please, could you help me to solve this problem I have in paraview to export points into a cvs file? I visualize the solutions of my simulations in vtu extention, then I would like to export the data from th…

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## [From slice to plane](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/from-slice-to-plane/13435)

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**Author:** [@mar.premi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mar.premi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/from-slice-to-plane/13435 "2023-12-04T13:49:38Z")

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Hi, I want to create a plane parallel to the one that I already import that pass through a point. Which is the best way to do that? I found how to create a slice parallel to the plane. Is it better to use source → pla…

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## [Open multiple files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-multiple-files/13433)

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**Author:** [@Mithushan\_Soundarana](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mithushan_Soundarana)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-multiple-files/13433 "2023-12-04T13:23:43Z")

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Hi, I am trying open multiple files (picture 1) together to generate an animation. When I press ok and open it, only the first file get imported (see picture 2). Best regards, Mithu

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## [Paraview 5.12.0-RC1 crashes when exporting animation in Windows 11](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-12-0-rc1-crashes-when-exporting-animation-in-windows-11/13367)

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**Author:** [@Leckie](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Leckie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2023, 4:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-12-0-rc1-crashes-when-exporting-animation-in-windows-11/13367 "2023-12-04T04:35:38Z")

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Hello! I’m having issues on exporting an animation from a results foam file into mp4. Once I start to export the animation Paraview 5.12.0-RC1 crashes. Note: I recently updated from 5.9 to 5.12.0-RC1. (In previous vers…

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## [Bending moment / shear force diagrams for line elements](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bending-moment-shear-force-diagrams-for-line-elements/13237)

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**Author:** [@Andr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andr)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bending-moment-shear-force-diagrams-for-line-elements/13237 "2023-12-01T18:05:06Z")

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Hello. Is there some features in paraview which allow to display moment or force diagrams for line elements like on the picture below?

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## [Unable to open OpenFOAM case files with paraview in windows file system](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-open-openfoam-case-files-with-paraview-in-windows-file-system/13382)

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**Author:** [@askhovik](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/askhovik)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-open-openfoam-case-files-with-paraview-in-windows-file-system/13382 "2023-12-01T04:10:57Z")

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I am using OpenFOAM in wsl on windows. I have installed ParaView 5.12.1 for the native windows environment. I get an error when I try to open some types of case files. The error occurs for cases where the mesh in polyMes…

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## [Paraview quit unexpectedly when opening exodus file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-quit-unexpectedly-when-opening-exodus-file/8783)

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**Author:** [@ASKapat](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ASKapat)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-quit-unexpectedly-when-opening-exodus-file/8783 "2023-11-30T16:55:18Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to open an exodus file on a Mac M1 using v.10, both arm64 and x86, but Paraview crashes immediately. I’ve tried some the suggestions in this thread (ParaView on new Macs with M1 chips?) but with no succes…

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## [How to delete a \`vtkUnstructuredGrid\`](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-delete-a-vtkunstructuredgrid/13398)

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**Author:** [@Massimiliano\_Leoni](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Massimiliano_Leoni)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-delete-a-vtkunstructuredgrid/13398 "2023-11-30T14:55:57Z")

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Hello, I hope this question wasn’t asked too many times before as I expect many to have had this issue \[still, searching didn’t yield anything useful\]. I have a Python script \[not written by me\] that looks like for i i…

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## [Curved edges changed to straight edges when plotting stress contour using VTK file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/curved-edges-changed-to-straight-edges-when-plotting-stress-contour-using-vtk-file/13400)

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**Author:** [@Jadan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jadan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/curved-edges-changed-to-straight-edges-when-plotting-stress-contour-using-vtk-file/13400 "2023-11-30T14:54:44Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to plot the stress contour in a plate with a circular hole. Due to symmetry, only one quarter was simulated. A VTK file for coordinates of all nodes with the associated stress component (scalar) was…

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## [how to use plotOnIntersectionCurve on octree mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-use-plotonintersectioncurve-on-octree-mesh/13260)

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**Author:** [@garcfd](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/garcfd)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-use-plotonintersectioncurve-on-octree-mesh/13260 "2023-11-30T13:56:01Z")

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Im basically trying to plot the surface profile of pressure an an airfoil surface. I have done this before using rectilinear mesh and the process works ok. Now Im moving to an unstructured octree mesh. Im using a distanc…

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## [Calculate the porosity and surface roughness of the powder layer](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculate-the-porosity-and-surface-roughness-of-the-powder-layer/13362)

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**Author:** [@MuWeihao](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MuWeihao)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/calculate-the-porosity-and-surface-roughness-of-the-powder-layer/13362 "2023-11-30T04:55:42Z")

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Hello! I want to analyze the porosity and the surface roughness of the powder layer. The critical step is to calculate the volume of powders in the extract region and export the powder information (including the locati…

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## [save data as vtk 4.2 datafile version?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-data-as-vtk-4-2-datafile-version/13388)

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**Author:** [@Archana](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Archana)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-data-as-vtk-4-2-datafile-version/13388 "2023-11-30T01:51:20Z")

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When I save data (loaded from a vts file) as Legacy vtk format, it is written out as vts 5.1 version. Is it possible to save my data as VTK Datafile version 4.2? Your suggestions would be greatly appreciated Archana

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## [Displaying azimuthal information with a cyclic colormap](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-azimuthal-information-with-a-cyclic-colormap/12830)

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**Author:** [@Art-MC](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Art-MC)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/displaying-azimuthal-information-with-a-cyclic-colormap/12830 "2023-11-29T19:02:59Z")

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Hello, I am working with 3D vector data, and I want to show some stream plots with the color corresponding to the azimuth angle. I can use the calculator and atan2 to calculate the azimuth \[-pi, pi\], and with cyclic col…

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## [colouring variables not previewing in Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colouring-variables-not-previewing-in-paraview/13375)

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**Author:** [@Paula\_De\_Simone](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Paula_De_Simone)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/colouring-variables-not-previewing-in-paraview/13375 "2023-11-29T13:02:51Z")

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Hi. I’m new to paraview and I’m following a tutorial to apply to my project. In the tutorial I see that there are many colouring modes but I only get 3 modes. Any ideas why?

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## [Crush of the app Opening a xdmf file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crush-of-the-app-opening-a-xdmf-file/13358)

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**Author:** [@federica\_ferri](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/federica_ferri)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/crush-of-the-app-opening-a-xdmf-file/13358 "2023-11-29T12:37:33Z")

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