# ParaView Support

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## [GPU not used](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/gpu-not-used/13380)

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**Author:** [@Frankx9](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Frankx9)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/gpu-not-used/13380 "2023-11-29T12:12:29Z")

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Hello, I noticed that paraview is not using GPU even if it is available and correctly recognised (from nvidia-smi I see 0% usage) The about panel is: Client Information: Version: 5.11.0 VTK Version: 9.2.20230111 Qt Ve…

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## [Different colors using OSPRay pathtracer since PV 5.9](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-colors-using-ospray-pathtracer-since-pv-5-9/7282)

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**Author:** [@Lukas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Lukas)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-colors-using-ospray-pathtracer-since-pv-5-9/7282 "2023-11-29T12:09:30Z")

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Dear ParaView-Team, I noticed that ParaView 5.9.0 renders images with different colors compared to ParaView 5.8.0 when using the OSPRay pathtracer. Please see the attached screenshots. I used the following PV binaries …

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## [vtkImageStencil and vtkPolyDataToImageStencil](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkimagestencil-and-vtkpolydatatoimagestencil/13371)

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**Author:** [@jvoor](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jvoor)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkimagestencil-and-vtkpolydatatoimagestencil/13371 "2023-11-29T09:50:42Z")

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Hi, I am trying to create a volumetric mask (vtkImageData) from a 3D contour (vtkPolyData) using a Programmable Filter in paraview. I found this example to work from online but paraview cannot find vtkImageStencil or vt…

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## [Incorrect behavior of right-click context menu](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/incorrect-behavior-of-right-click-context-menu/13361)

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**Author:** [@fashing](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fashing)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/incorrect-behavior-of-right-click-context-menu/13361 "2023-11-29T02:53:58Z")

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Hi Paraview, I found an unexpected behavior in Paraview. Here’s the process to reproduce it. Create Box1 at (0, 0, 0) Create Box2 at (1, 1, 1) Right click on Box1 \> Edit Color \> choose black And you’ll see the Box2 b…

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## [Creating .vtk file to display data on a 2D mesh with Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-vtk-file-to-display-data-on-a-2d-mesh-with-paraview/13356)

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**Author:** [@MnCVe](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MnCVe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-vtk-file-to-display-data-on-a-2d-mesh-with-paraview/13356 "2023-11-28T11:43:36Z")

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Hello, I would like to display two 2D rectangular elements in Paraview, whose nodes have coordinates X and Y, nodal values ‘Nodal\_Density’ and cell values ‘Pixel\_Density’. Since I would need to generalize this problem to…

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## [Custom clip filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/custom-clip-filter/2134)

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**Author:** [@Misha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Misha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/custom-clip-filter/2134 "2023-11-28T11:18:32Z")

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Hi, On my project, I need to look inside an object. Right now, I’m using the clip filter in the following manner: But I need to create a different shape of a hole, like a pyramid or something similar. Is there a w…

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## [Catalyst2 break point](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/catalyst2-break-point/13156)

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**Author:** [@m.novak](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/m.novak)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 9:01am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/catalyst2-break-point/13156 "2023-11-28T09:01:19Z")

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Dear support. I implemented catalystV2 adaptor for our code base. It functions well, the only thing I noticed is that the breakpoints does not work. Only pause and continue. I set root/catalyst/state/time as double. T…

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## [How to extract cells that are attached to selected surface?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-cells-that-are-attached-to-selected-surface/13208)

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**Author:** [@Javen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Javen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-cells-that-are-attached-to-selected-surface/13208 "2023-11-28T04:15:04Z")

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Hi, may I ask if it’s possible to extract cells that are attached to selected surfaces? Like extract all boundary cells of a model. Asking as I want to create a figure that boundary cells and interior cells have differe…

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## [Odd Behavior when using OSPRay Pathtracer](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-behavior-when-using-ospray-pathtracer/13249)

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**Author:** [@bwilfong3](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bwilfong3)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-behavior-when-using-ospray-pathtracer/13249 "2023-11-28T01:21:20Z")

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Hi all, I am using Paraview 5.11.0 on a Linux machine via a remote connection to a supercomputer to create some renders of large data sets using Paraview’s ray tracing features. I’m running into a problem where I go fro…

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## [How to plot vWSS over time?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-plot-vwss-over-time/13360)

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**Author:** [@annap](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/annap)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-plot-vwss-over-time/13360 "2023-11-27T19:40:18Z")

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By default, wall shear stress is not listed under properties. Once I press the play button it appears as an option in the drop down menu, but when I try to update properties to include vWSS, the time steps disappear. How…

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## [Can .vtp files hold multiple data fields or just one?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-vtp-files-hold-multiple-data-fields-or-just-one/13245)

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**Author:** [@WarinSpace\_Game](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/WarinSpace_Game)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 12:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-vtp-files-hold-multiple-data-fields-or-just-one/13245 "2023-11-27T12:48:44Z")

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The following Python code converts a .vtk file to a .vtp file for viewing using e.g. Glance: # Read VTK reader = vtkStructuredGridReader() reader.SetFileName(filename + ".vtk") # Extract surface surface\_filter = vtkDat…

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## [Resample to Image returns an empty field](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/resample-to-image-returns-an-empty-field/13347)

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**Author:** [@OIOIOI](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/OIOIOI)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/resample-to-image-returns-an-empty-field/13347 "2023-11-27T10:32:46Z")

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Hello, I am trying to resample the FE stress data in the attachment to a structured regular grid using Resample to Image. However, when I do this, only outline and gaussianpoints are returned. I cannot plot the surface a…

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## [Get the current working directory in Paraview 5.4.x when running a macro](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-the-current-working-directory-in-paraview-5-4-x-when-running-a-macro/13348)

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**Author:** [@madmoonman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/madmoonman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-the-current-working-directory-in-paraview-5-4-x-when-running-a-macro/13348 "2023-11-27T09:31:04Z")

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Hello, TL/DR: How to get the current working directory in Paraview 5.4.x inside a running macro? os.getcwd() returns the base installation directory of Paraview. Some background: I have been looking around for a whil…

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## [Apply motion equation to stl geometry.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/apply-motion-equation-to-stl-geometry/13327)

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**Author:** [@ipaulson](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ipaulson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2023, 8:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/apply-motion-equation-to-stl-geometry/13327 "2023-11-27T08:15:39Z")

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Very new ParaView user here… I have a DEM particle simulation of a screw auger where geometry is moving through time. Rather than export the screw stl at every timestep of the DEM simulation, I would like to just apply …

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## [I am having trouble with cMake construction with Ninja](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-am-having-trouble-with-cmake-construction-with-ninja/13328)

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**Author:** [@Ethan\_A](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ethan_A)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-am-having-trouble-with-cmake-construction-with-ninja/13328 "2023-11-24T22:22:31Z")

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I am using the command from https://gitlab.kitware.com/async/async-paraview/-/blob/master/Documentation/dev/build.md: cmake -G Ninja -S ./async-paraview -B ./build -DAPV\_USE\_PYTHON=ON -DAPV\_USE\_VTKM=OFF I’ve downloa…

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## [How to wrap an image on a sphere...properly](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-wrap-an-image-on-a-sphere-properly/13294)

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**Author:** [@peteriley](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/peteriley)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-wrap-an-image-on-a-sphere-properly/13294 "2023-11-24T20:47:40Z")

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Hi - I’m having trouble wrapping an image around a sphere. I tried several suggested approaches. The one that seems the most promising, though, using TextureMaptoSphere isn’t producing the results I expect. I create a sp…

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## [How to remove OUTPUT MSG dialog box](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-remove-output-msg-dialog-box/11953)

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**Author:** [@Pranay](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pranay)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-remove-output-msg-dialog-box/11953 "2023-11-24T16:46:14Z")

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I am running paraview on wsl ubuntu. I am trying to close the dialog box of output msgs but just to fail. ‘X’ button does not work nor does clear no anything. Why is it so? How to resolve it?

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## [Not able to compile Paraview with OptiX](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/not-able-to-compile-paraview-with-optix/13306)

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**Author:** [@MaxMRichter](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MaxMRichter)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/not-able-to-compile-paraview-with-optix/13306 "2023-11-23T14:33:32Z")

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Hey Folks! I am trying to build Paraview with OptiX support. I need to compile Paraview because i have a lot of custom filters and UI plugins which need paraview headers to build. I was able to compile VTK and Paraview …

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## [Tagging Surfaces in .vtu files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/tagging-surfaces-in-vtu-files/11572)

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**Author:** [@fwitherden](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fwitherden)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/tagging-surfaces-in-vtu-files/11572 "2023-11-22T18:41:43Z")

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Our code writes out XML VTK unstructured grid files, which are then visualised in ParaView. Currently, however, information about boundaries is lost during the export process (as we just write out volume cells) and has …

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## [How to rename textures](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-rename-textures/13297)

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**Author:** [@rpearson](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/rpearson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-rename-textures/13297 "2023-11-22T16:59:31Z")

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Hi, I’m creating a Python script to load textures and apply them to my model. What I figured out is that every textures I load are automatically named “ImageTexture1”, “ImageTexture2”, etc. Is it possible to rename them…

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## [ How to extract points(edges) from a 3D surface model?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-points-edges-from-a-3d-surface-model/10524)

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**Author:** [@Chm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Chm)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-points-edges-from-a-3d-surface-model/10524 "2023-11-22T13:26:41Z")

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Dear all, I have hollow 3D objects and i need to to extract all the points(edges) from their surfuces in order to calculate the mean distance. How can i extract all these points ? Thanks a lot, Chris

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## [Paraview save file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-save-file/13285)

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**Author:** [@KWLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/KWLEE)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-save-file/13285 "2023-11-22T07:58:04Z")

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Hellow~ I’m a beginner at ParaView. I use a grasshopper to use Paraview. At this time, if I save it in pvd format in Paraview and load the file again, the stream tracer disappears. Is there a way to load stream tracer t…

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## [How to open large ( \>10 GB) vtu files in paraview?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-open-large-10-gb-vtu-files-in-paraview/13300)

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**Author:** [@Anil\_Kumar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Anil_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-open-large-10-gb-vtu-files-in-paraview/13300 "2023-11-22T07:56:41Z")

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Hi, I am trying to open a vtu file of size more than 8 GB in Paraview 5.11.2 (On Ubuntu 22.04). But everytime I open it, Paraview goes blank without any errors. It loads the file but does not show anything in Layout win…

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## [ParaView reverse connection mode from macbook on VPN error](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-reverse-connection-mode-from-macbook-on-vpn-error/13295)

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**Author:** [@zetwal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/zetwal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-reverse-connection-mode-from-macbook-on-vpn-error/13295 "2023-11-21T17:33:15Z")

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Hello I’m trying to connect from a ParaView client (5.11.0) on a MacBook to a paraview server on linux (5.11.0) in reverse connection mode and I am getting these errors from the server: ( 59.285s) \[pvserver.0 \]vt…

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## [Rotate the Text filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rotate-the-text-filter/4528)

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**Author:** [@ANON1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ANON1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 3:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/rotate-the-text-filter/4528 "2023-11-21T03:44:36Z")

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Hello, When I insert a text via Text filter, I can’t see any option to rotate it. The Transform filter doesn’t apply in this case. Is it possible to rotate the text inserted by Text filter? Thanks

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## [QCriterion in Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qcriterion-in-paraview/2355)

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**Author:** [@Muhammad\_Zangeneh](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Muhammad_Zangeneh)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 3:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/qcriterion-in-paraview/2355 "2023-11-21T03:39:38Z")

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Hi, I’m working on a turbulent duct flow. I used Gradient of Unstructured Data set filter on velocity vector then I checked the Compute QCriterion option and Compute Vorticity option. (as you can see below) Finally…

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## [NVIDIA index error/ Paraview 5.10.1 and 5.10.0 on Mac book Pro M1](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-error-paraview-5-10-1-and-5-10-0-on-mac-book-pro-m1/10862)

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**Author:** [@Kei\_Yamamoto](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kei_Yamamoto)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2023, 3:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nvidia-index-error-paraview-5-10-1-and-5-10-0-on-mac-book-pro-m1/10862 "2023-11-21T03:36:35Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to use NVIDIA index using pvNVIDIAindex on M1 Mac book pro where input file is xdmf, h5 format. When I try change the representation to NVIDIA IndeX\` for 3D velocity data, I get the following error. nv…

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## [ParaView Client Data Server Render Server Multi-Clients](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-client-data-server-render-server-multi-clients/13257)

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**Author:** [@hasraz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hasraz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-client-data-server-render-server-multi-clients/13257 "2023-11-20T22:53:59Z")

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I’m trying to use --multi-clients mode for a Client-Data-Server-Render-Server mode setup. I start the data server by using the following command: pvdataserver --multi-clients and I start the render server by using the …

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## [ParaView Async](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-async/13058)

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**Author:** [@Jay\_Jai](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jay_Jai)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-async/13058 "2023-11-20T13:25:07Z")

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Hi, I git cloned ParaView Async, ParaView, and Trame onto VSCode. I am looking to use ParaView Async to connect a simultaneous 2D and 3D visualization which when sweeped over the 3D visualization can highlight the appro…

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## [Having ordered points in the Excel output file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-ordered-points-in-the-excel-output-file/13281)

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**Author:** [@Foojan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Foojan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 2:01am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-ordered-points-in-the-excel-output-file/13281 "2023-11-20T02:01:31Z")

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Hi, I have been working with Paraview for the visualization of 2-phase flow. For my research purpose, when I apply a specific contour, I obtain sets of points known as interfaces (like the image below- there are points …

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