# ParaView Support

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## [Is Flatpak a viable way to package ParaView with QtWebEngineView?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-flatpak-a-viable-way-to-package-paraview-with-qtwebengineview/17418)

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**Author:** [@sherin.sugathan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sherin.sugathan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-flatpak-a-viable-way-to-package-paraview-with-qtwebengineview/17418 "2026-02-01T13:43:56Z")

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Dear Community! :slightly\_smiling\_face: My development environment is Ubuntu (Qt5.15), and my ParaView plugin (C++) make use of a QtWebEngineView. If I attempt to package ParaView together with my plugin, I get the foll…

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## [Query regarding reading comments inserted into .VTU files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/query-regarding-reading-comments-inserted-into-vtu-files/17411)

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**Author:** [@Subject303](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Subject303)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/query-regarding-reading-comments-inserted-into-vtu-files/17411 "2026-01-29T12:29:45Z")

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Hi, I’m working with xml .VTU files and I’d like to add a comment in the top line xml header that para-view won’t interpret or throw an error with and I’m unsure what specific text is safe here. Something along the line…

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## [Outline in charts](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/outline-in-charts/17414)

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**Author:** [@ggf](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ggf)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 10:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/outline-in-charts/17414 "2026-01-29T10:39:22Z")

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Hi, I’ve failed at finding the appropriate setting for drawing the outline/bounding box of a PlotOverLine filter in the line chart view. I know how to toggle the grid, which kind of serves my purpose, but I would prefe…

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## [Visualising thickness of plate/shell elements](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualising-thickness-of-plate-shell-elements/17413)

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**Author:** [@SFox](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/SFox)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualising-thickness-of-plate-shell-elements/17413 "2026-01-29T08:55:37Z")

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I am interested in visualising the thickness of 2D shell elements. I have a toy problem of a collision between a cantilever supported tube, and a rigid sphere. I would like to add some thickness to the shell elements …

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## [Animation of steady files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-steady-files/17409)

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**Author:** [@ompe2026](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ompe2026)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-of-steady-files/17409 "2026-01-28T08:46:56Z")

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Hello, I’am using paraview 5.13 and I want to do an animation of steady files. I got file0.cgns, file1.cgns, file2.cgns and so on. I would like to to a video which shows how mesh and Mach number vary. I tried with time …

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## [Electric/magnetic field lines and arrows?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/electric-magnetic-field-lines-and-arrows/3470)

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**Author:** [@Someone\_fromjapan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Someone_fromjapan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/electric-magnetic-field-lines-and-arrows/3470 "2026-01-27T14:40:24Z")

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Electric/magnetic field lines seem to be a problem in Paraview by default. Especially magnetic lines, because magnetic field does not have a flow source. You can not follow this tutorial, because THE FIELD is not made o…

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## [Tranforming the coordinate system - MGA94 to local coord system](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/tranforming-the-coordinate-system-mga94-to-local-coord-system/17406)

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**Author:** [@swilliams\_KMT](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/swilliams_KMT)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/tranforming-the-coordinate-system-mga94-to-local-coord-system/17406 "2026-01-23T11:48:32Z")

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Does ParaView support defining a layout based local coordinate system that applies to all datasets in a pipeline, with the ability to toggle between global and local coordinates by changing layout tabs or a simple toggle…

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## [Extracting x,y,z coordinate from 3D DICOM Ultrasound stackable vti file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-x-y-z-coordinate-from-3d-dicom-ultrasound-stackable-vti-file/17396)

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**Author:** [@hfzlbryan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hfzlbryan)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 9:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-x-y-z-coordinate-from-3d-dicom-ultrasound-stackable-vti-file/17396 "2026-01-23T09:07:23Z")

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Hi Im Zul Gd Morning I have vti file from 3D DICOM stackable Ultrasound image, I would like to extract the coordinate of the segmentation information Data from it, would ParaView advise how this file can be exported ou…

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## [Issue with 2D Glyph Orientation on YZ/XZ Planes (Arrowheads disappearing)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-with-2d-glyph-orientation-on-yz-xz-planes-arrowheads-disappearing/17385)

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**Author:** [@Niko](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Niko)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-with-2d-glyph-orientation-on-yz-xz-planes-arrowheads-disappearing/17385 "2026-01-19T14:03:08Z")

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I am experiencing an issue with the 2D Glyph filter on a YZ slice (X-normal). While 2D glyphs work perfectly on the XY plane, they do not appear correctly on other planes. The 2D arrows appear like flat lines and the arr…

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## [Will there be ParaView Office Hours in 2026?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/will-there-be-paraview-office-hours-in-2026/17398)

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**Author:** [@CsatiZoltan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/CsatiZoltan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/will-there-be-paraview-office-hours-in-2026/17398 "2026-01-16T19:07:53Z")

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Hi, I don’t see the ParaView Office Hours in the calendar. Will it be organized this year?

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## [Help with Threshold filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-threshold-filter/17399)

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**Author:** [@Patrick.Needs.Help](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Patrick.Needs.Help)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-threshold-filter/17399 "2026-01-16T17:24:03Z")

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Hello I am trying to script a headless version of a process that I am using through the gui for school and I am running into a bit of an issue with the threshold fitler. I am using a Programmable Filter (to subtract 2 se…

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## [Help visualize the Q-value](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-visualize-the-q-value/17397)

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**Author:** [@R\_Mur](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/R_Mur)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 4:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-visualize-the-q-value/17397 "2026-01-16T16:35:00Z")

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I’m trying to visualize Q-values using C++. Currently, I can’t get the intended outline to appear as shown in the file below. Could someone please tell me why? As it stands, it’s currently a cube. I want to display a …

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## [Surface plot along boundary of domain](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/surface-plot-along-boundary-of-domain/17185)

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**Author:** [@Sam\_Austin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sam_Austin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/surface-plot-along-boundary-of-domain/17185 "2026-01-16T15:34:46Z")

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I would like to be able to plot a scalar quantity along a 1D boundary of a 2D domain in Paraview. For example, given the 2D domain below, I would like to extract a plot of the scalar field along the left boundary. This d…

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## [2D colour map from .csv](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2d-colour-map-from-csv/17395)

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**Author:** [@Katie795](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Katie795)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2d-colour-map-from-csv/17395 "2026-01-13T22:26:35Z")

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Hi all, What I am trying to is hopefully (!) very very simple, but I am still struggling to find a solution. I am trying to plot a colour map from a csv file containing columns x, y, z. I would like to have a 2D plot co…

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## [Arrow source with chosen start and end points](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/arrow-source-with-chosen-start-and-end-points/17393)

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**Author:** [@jduriez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jduriez)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2026, 12:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/arrow-source-with-chosen-start-and-end-points/17393 "2026-01-13T12:34:45Z")

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Hello, inserting an Arrow source, e.g., starting with paraview.simple.Arrow() in Python, seems to always give a unit-length arrow pointing along the X-axis, and starting from the origin. I would like to have full contro…

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## [Programmable filter with vtkProbeFilter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-with-vtkprobefilter/17392)

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**Author:** [@Captain\_Convergence](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Captain_Convergence)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-with-vtkprobefilter/17392 "2026-01-12T10:50:08Z")

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Dear support, I am trying to resample my dataset in a programable filter using the vtkProbeFilter as a part of a much more complex final objective. However I couldn’t find any example to use it within ParaView and the v…

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## [Where is "Surface LIC" visualization in Paraview 5.6.0 version](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-is-surface-lic-visualization-in-paraview-5-6-0-version/754)

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**Author:** [@Eliss](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Eliss)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 1:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-is-surface-lic-visualization-in-paraview-5-6-0-version/754 "2026-01-08T13:44:18Z")

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Good morning. I am learning how to use ParaView by some yutube videos. All of them show the option to visualize the “Surface LIC” of the domain. The problem is that all use an old version and I don’t know where I can fi…

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## [dat.h5 series](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dat-h5-series/17391)

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**Author:** [@hugh-tong](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hugh-tong)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2026, 9:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dat-h5-series/17391 "2026-01-08T09:08:57Z")

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Hi dear Mathieu, Is there anything new I can load time series Ansys Fluent .dat.h5 result now? I can still load the .cas.h5 name matches the .dat.h5, and the rest time series file can not load. I have tried the .series a…

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## [Paraview shuts down while running a OpenFoam tutorial case with error: "non-digit character" in powk file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-shuts-down-while-running-a-openfoam-tutorial-case-with-error-non-digit-character-in-powk-file/5038)

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**Author:** [@YULING](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/YULING)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-shuts-down-while-running-a-openfoam-tutorial-case-with-error-non-digit-character-in-powk-file/5038 "2026-01-06T13:01:13Z")

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Hi there, I have a problem while running paraview, the error came as: ERROR: In /home/yuling/OpenFOAM/ThirdParty-v2006/ParaView-v5.6.3/VTK/IO/Geometry/vtkOpenFOAMReader.cxx, line 7495 vtkOpenFOAMReaderPrivate (0x55b41…

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## [Postprocessing steps of Fluent files (.cas.h5 and .dat.h5 )](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/postprocessing-steps-of-fluent-files-cas-h5-and-dat-h5/15644)

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**Author:** [@SKSoni](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/SKSoni)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/postprocessing-steps-of-fluent-files-cas-h5-and-dat-h5/15644 "2024-10-30T11:40:43Z")

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Dear All, I am new in postprocessing for Ansys fluent flies ( .cas.h5 and .dat.h5 ) in ParaView. While uploading the files in Paraview I am getting following errors: ERROR: In vtkExecutive.cxx, line 730 Can anyone su…

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## [Trouble using a time series of Gaussian .cube files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-using-a-time-series-of-gaussian-cube-files/17386)

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**Author:** [@Isa\_H](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Isa_H)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 11:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-using-a-time-series-of-gaussian-cube-files/17386 "2026-01-05T11:39:54Z")

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Hi! I have a series of Gaussian .cube files in which atomic positions vary from file to file. I would like to make a visualization showing how electron density/molecular orbitals change as a function of bond length in a …

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## [Stream Tracer With Custom Source cutoff and irreproducible in ParaView 6.0.1 on Windows 11](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stream-tracer-with-custom-source-cutoff-and-irreproducible-in-paraview-6-0-1-on-windows-11/17389)

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**Author:** [@Omega3](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Omega3)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stream-tracer-with-custom-source-cutoff-and-irreproducible-in-paraview-6-0-1-on-windows-11/17389 "2026-01-05T11:02:53Z")

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I try to generate streamlines of a harmonic tangent vector field on a smooth surface. I set the source of the tracer as a Poly Points Source. But the streamlines are unexpected short. So I searched for posts here. It’s g…

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## [display text in 3D](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-text-in-3d/17336)

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**Author:** [@aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aquanaut)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 9:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-text-in-3d/17336 "2026-01-05T09:12:03Z")

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05\_Mixed\_Complex2\_arrows\_geometry.vtk (29.6 KB) 05\_Mixed\_Complex2\_labels.csv (194 Bytes) I want to display vector arrow annotations in 3D space. How can I achieve this? Thank you!

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## [Visualize the slice of the geometry](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualize-the-slice-of-the-geometry/17379)

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**Author:** [@flobi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/flobi)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2026, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualize-the-slice-of-the-geometry/17379 "2026-01-05T08:56:43Z")

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I unsuccessfully visualized the slice of cfd simulation results conducted using OpenFoam. In the beginning when I used a model without thickness, I could visualize the slicing. But, when I simulated some models with thic…

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## [Problem with Temporal statistics](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-with-temporal-statistics/15572)

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**Author:** [@Niko](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Niko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2025, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-with-temporal-statistics/15572 "2025-12-23T09:33:39Z")

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I have the results of five simulations with the same initial conditions but slightly different geometries. Before applying temporal statistics filter, I take a 2D slice. I used the same method for each case. In the end, …

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## [Extract interpolated data in a programable filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-interpolated-data-in-a-programable-filter/17384)

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**Author:** [@Captain\_Convergence](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Captain_Convergence)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-interpolated-data-in-a-programable-filter/17384 "2025-12-18T18:18:07Z")

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Dear support, I am wondering if it is possible to define a line AB given both points and then interpolating the dataset solution on its points to later access them and perform different operations. I know how to do thi…

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## [mpi question](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mpi-question/17381)

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**Author:** [@akoodlyr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/akoodlyr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mpi-question/17381 "2025-12-16T12:30:21Z")

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Hi, I am having trouble with running pvbatch in parallel mode after installing v6.0.1-MPI version. I have the Microsoft MPI installed on my machine and I have re-installed Paraview 6.0.1 with MPI support. I am trying t…

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## [mpiexec for version 6.0.1 (MPI enabled)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mpiexec-for-version-6-0-1-mpi-enabled/17269)

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**Author:** [@hamed](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hamed)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mpiexec-for-version-6-0-1-mpi-enabled/17269 "2025-10-29T09:58:45Z")

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Hello Paraview community, recently I upgraded to v 6.0.1 and I noticed that calling pvserver by mpiexec prompts n times connection waiting messages. $ mpiexec -n 3 pvserver WRN - The configuration file has not been fo…

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## [how to load background image (without the colours changing)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-load-background-image-without-the-colours-changing/17358)

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**Author:** [@garcfd](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/garcfd)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-load-background-image-without-the-colours-changing/17358 "2025-12-16T10:44:51Z")

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Im loading an image into the background, but the image colours are getting changed by the legend colourmap. I just want to create an orbit of my geometry with contours of velocity on the surface, but with a nice backgrou…

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## [Errors in resampling unstructured data set to structured grids using .vtu files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/errors-in-resampling-unstructured-data-set-to-structured-grids-using-vtu-files/17364)

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**Author:** [@aadl\_uk](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aadl_uk)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 9:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/errors-in-resampling-unstructured-data-set-to-structured-grids-using-vtu-files/17364 "2025-12-16T09:00:27Z")

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Hello, I am using Paraview to post-process unstructured CFD data from PyFR. I would like to map the solution in an unstructured mesh (.vtu) onto another unstructured grid (.cgns) using the ResampleWithDataset filter. A…

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