# ParaView Support

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## [Cannot open BP4 file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-bp4-file/13033)

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**Author:** [@RemDelaporteMathurin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/RemDelaporteMathurin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 12:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-open-bp4-file/13033 "2023-10-13T00:04:50Z")

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Hi all! I have a file that produced with dolfinx. The format is BP4, and I’m supposed to open it with the ADIOS2VTXReader. However, when opening it with Paraview, I don’t see this reader in the available readers (see …

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## [Create Forming limit diagram in Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-forming-limit-diagram-in-paraview/13018)

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**Author:** [@BastiLoe](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/BastiLoe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 11:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-forming-limit-diagram-in-paraview/13018 "2023-10-12T23:00:39Z")

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Hello, is there any solution available to create a Forming limit diagram ( Forming limit diagram - Wikipedia) in Paraview? Thanks.

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## [Strain map from deformed point surface](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/strain-map-from-deformed-point-surface/13034)

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**Author:** [@Hrotem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Hrotem)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/strain-map-from-deformed-point-surface/13034 "2023-10-12T22:41:41Z")

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hi, i have a surface described by points only The surface data is in two conditions - relaxed and stretched i would like to get the strain / stretch map pf the stretched condition. what is the way to do it? Thanks, …

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## [How to export GLTF using python](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-gltf-using-python/13031)

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**Author:** [@HenriLamarre](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/HenriLamarre)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-gltf-using-python/13031 "2023-10-12T20:22:15Z")

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Hi, I have a scene I made to render a VTK file of a physics simulation. I export my scene in GLTF for using it in blender. Now I want to apply my scenes to a bunch of more vtk files (the rest of the simulation) so I f…

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## [Segmentation fault in Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segmentation-fault-in-paraview/13021)

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**Author:** [@M\_Kumar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/M_Kumar)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 3:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segmentation-fault-in-paraview/13021 "2023-10-12T15:14:17Z")

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Hi, I have installed Paraview in my Ubuntu 22.04 system using "sudo apt-get install paraview. After installation I opened paraview but got following error Loguru caught a signal: SIGSEGV Stack trace: 89 0x56448…

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## [Apply spatial filter to structured grid before loading the data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/apply-spatial-filter-to-structured-grid-before-loading-the-data/13019)

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**Author:** [@pgrete](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pgrete)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/apply-spatial-filter-to-structured-grid-before-loading-the-data/13019 "2023-10-12T15:13:58Z")

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I’m trying to analyze data of a 2.7TB output containing a structured grid (non-overlapping multilevel mesh where each block contains 128^3 cells with 10 variables): I’m mostly interested in the central region of the …

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## [smoothing color maps](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/smoothing-color-maps/6152)

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**Author:** [@stevendscott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/stevendscott)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/smoothing-color-maps/6152 "2023-10-11T17:50:38Z")

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Hi, There was a posting back in 2015 about how to smooth the color map data, see below. I have a similar need - I want to smooth the rendering of a calculation of surface heating power density for a fusion experiment. …

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## [Accessing points associated to a cell from the Programmable Filter or Python Shell](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/accessing-points-associated-to-a-cell-from-the-programmable-filter-or-python-shell/13004)

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**Author:** [@praneeth](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/praneeth)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/accessing-points-associated-to-a-cell-from-the-programmable-filter-or-python-shell/13004 "2023-10-11T15:24:34Z")

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Hello, I am new to using ParaView. I already browsed ParaView Discourse, User Guide, and python scripting reference but I could not find what I am looking for. I hope you can help me: My objective: I am trying to colou…

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## [Is it possible to twist a volume?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-twist-a-volume/13009)

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**Author:** [@twist](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/twist)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-twist-a-volume/13009 "2023-10-11T13:06:16Z")

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Hi, I am currently looking at some helical data and would like to “straighten” it by rotating the helix “back” by its angle at the given distance to the origin. My current approach was to do a rotational coordinate tran…

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## [Programmable Filter, Integrate data along direction](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-integrate-data-along-direction/13002)

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**Author:** [@Philip\_Moloney](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Philip_Moloney)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-integrate-data-along-direction/13002 "2023-10-11T10:16:27Z")

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Hi! I am trying to use paraview to integrate my structured cell data along a grid direction. I have a spherical grid and I want to display the radial integral somehow. I am trying to use the programmable filter to do th…

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## [Generate a Macro from a State](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/generate-a-macro-from-a-state/2295)

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**Author:** [@Mariana\_Rodriguez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mariana_Rodriguez)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/generate-a-macro-from-a-state/2295 "2019-10-21T03:52:58Z")

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Hello, Is there any way that I can generate a Macro from a State file? Basically I want to repeat the same things that are saved in the state but to another .e file. So it would be great if I can generate a Macro form…

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## [How to extract the surface grid coordinates?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-the-surface-grid-coordinates/13007)

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**Author:** [@Zuheyr\_Alsalihi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Zuheyr_Alsalihi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-the-surface-grid-coordinates/13007 "2023-10-10T11:52:43Z")

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Hello, I am relatively new to Paraview. Is there a way to access the coordinates of the surface grid points? Thank you do much for reading. Kind regards, Zuheyr

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## [Hollow truncated cone and hollow cylinder](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/hollow-truncated-cone-and-hollow-cylinder/4491)

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**Author:** [@Abhik\_Roy\_Chaudhury](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Abhik_Roy_Chaudhury)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2023, 11:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/hollow-truncated-cone-and-hollow-cylinder/4491 "2023-10-10T11:49:20Z")

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I want to create a\> hollow truncated cone and b\> hollow cylinder in PARAVIEW. Need help and support. Consider me as a new user.

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## [point volumn interpolator](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/point-volumn-interpolator/13005)

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**Author:** [@Ericsson-paul](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ericsson-paul)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2023, 4:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/point-volumn-interpolator/13005 "2023-10-10T04:20:09Z")

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I want to realize the point volumn interpoltator in paraview by program, is there any specific source code for reference, I have a local vtkunstructedgrid file composed of regular grid (point data), the point data contai…

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## [How to show only vertex values in the spreadsheet view](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-show-only-vertex-values-in-the-spreadsheet-view/12992)

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**Author:** [@Isaac\_Bannerman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Isaac_Bannerman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-show-only-vertex-values-in-the-spreadsheet-view/12992 "2023-10-09T20:59:37Z")

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Hi all, I have vtu file which has about 500 nodes or vertices. I am trying to use the spreadsheet view to obtain the solution at the individual nodes or vertices; however, switching to spreadsheet view shows data at bou…

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## [Plotting spin textures](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plotting-spin-textures/12990)

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**Author:** [@vshah181](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vshah181)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 9, 2023, 7:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plotting-spin-textures/12990 "2023-10-09T07:49:31Z")

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Hello, I am new to ParaView and I would like to plot spin textures in condensed matter systems. I have two csv files (containing energies and spins) which I am trying to plot. So far I have something like this: but a…

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## [Display wall data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-wall-data/12991)

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**Author:** [@ryviolo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ryviolo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-wall-data/12991 "2023-10-06T16:00:30Z")

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Hello everyone, I am facing a problem in doing something that I thought would be really easy. I have a field whose value is equal to 0 in all the points of the mesh except for the wall boundary. I need to write a pvpyth…

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## [numpy clip not working in programmable filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/numpy-clip-not-working-in-programmable-filter/11547)

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**Author:** [@sing0673](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sing0673)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/numpy-clip-not-working-in-programmable-filter/11547 "2023-10-06T15:18:49Z")

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I am trying to use numpy in programmable filter. I can do other operations such as divide, converting list to numpy array etc., but numpy clip does not work. It does not throw any error but I see that numpy clip has no e…

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## [LoadState in parallel](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loadstate-in-parallel/12932)

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**Author:** [@madmoonman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/madmoonman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loadstate-in-parallel/12932 "2023-10-06T13:14:51Z")

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Hello, I am looking to parallelize a script that loads multiple state files with different simulation results: Replace a variable when LoadState() What is the correct approach to open multiple sessions in pvpython? I w…

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## [Extracting data by changing rows and columns](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-data-by-changing-rows-and-columns/12996)

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**Author:** [@hyeonwoo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hyeonwoo)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extracting-data-by-changing-rows-and-columns/12996 "2023-10-06T00:56:06Z")

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I proceeded to extract data from all timestep. When extracted in this state, the results are shown in the figure below. If I extract like this, it’s hard to organize data from many timestep. So I’d appreciate it …

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## [Probing surface data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/probing-surface-data/12986)

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**Author:** [@elynch](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/elynch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/probing-surface-data/12986 "2023-10-05T13:59:13Z")

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I’m trying to use the Probe Location filter on a surface mesh. My dataset is a cylinder of radius 0.5. The cylinder’s axis is through the origin, along the Y axis. I’m trying to probe the dataset at (0.501, 0, 0). Th…

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## [Selecting a cells connected to axis (line)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selecting-a-cells-connected-to-axis-line/12988)

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**Author:** [@h1773](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/h1773)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2023, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/selecting-a-cells-connected-to-axis-line/12988 "2023-10-05T09:52:21Z")

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Hello, I want extract the cells which are connected to the axis (Or line you can say) I do not know the workflow to do that, It will be very helpful if anyone can give a comment. Thanks.

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## [Right way to load .pvtu files for partitioned data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/right-way-to-load-pvtu-files-for-partitioned-data/12985)

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**Author:** [@ishan\_ae](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ishan_ae)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/right-way-to-load-pvtu-files-for-partitioned-data/12985 "2023-10-04T16:40:11Z")

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Hello, I have a solution which was run on 3 processors using mpirun command. The solvers utility re-constructed the partitioned data and generated a .pvtu file and 10 .vtu files. If I drag and drop the .pvtu file into P…

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## [Slice the overlap between vtp and vtu](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-the-overlap-between-vtp-and-vtu/12983)

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**Author:** [@hyeonwoo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hyeonwoo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-the-overlap-between-vtp-and-vtu/12983 "2023-10-04T08:42:12Z")

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I have the inlet.vtp and outlet.vtp files created after mesh creation. And there is an all\_results.vtu file that is simulated through this mesh. I want to see the flow rate and pressure by cutting the part that overlaps …

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## [Change RowID of K-Means Cluster](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-rowid-of-k-means-cluster/12979)

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**Author:** [@jackpoole07](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jackpoole07)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-rowid-of-k-means-cluster/12979 "2023-10-03T14:27:32Z")

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Hello, I wanted to check regarding the ability to alter assigned Kmeans RowID’s for better Kmeans data visualization. When running Kmeans I end up with a beautiful visualization for electrical resistivity dataset assess…

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## [Threshold filter and clip scalar filter is vulnerable with volume representation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/threshold-filter-and-clip-scalar-filter-is-vulnerable-with-volume-representation/12952)

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**Author:** [@fashing](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fashing)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/threshold-filter-and-clip-scalar-filter-is-vulnerable-with-volume-representation/12952 "2023-10-03T12:39:53Z")

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Hi Paraview, As title, I am testing volume representation with date after threshold/clip scalar filter. And I found it crashes all the time with this file cube.vdb (435.3 KB). I wonder if there’s something wrong betwe…

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## [Remove boundary cells from mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/remove-boundary-cells-from-mesh/3404)

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**Author:** [@parajan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/parajan)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/remove-boundary-cells-from-mesh/3404 "2023-10-03T12:36:48Z")

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I am using libmesh to simulate a PDE on a planar mesh. My code adds a layer of additional cells around the original mesh to impose boundary conditions. For visualization of the PDE solution, is there a way in paraview t…

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## [Clip closed surface filter over multiple open structures](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-closed-surface-filter-over-multiple-open-structures/12969)

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**Author:** [@fashing](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fashing)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-closed-surface-filter-over-multiple-open-structures/12969 "2023-10-03T06:45:29Z")

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Hi Paraview, I tested clip closed filter on a superquadric (donut) and I found something weird. With default setting (Origin: 0, 0, 0; Normal: 1, 0, 0), one of the holes is not completely closed. However, as I modi…

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## [Field Data having string in binary](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/field-data-having-string-in-binary/12973)

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**Author:** [@ravi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ravi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/field-data-having-string-in-binary/12973 "2023-10-02T15:50:51Z")

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Hi All, I am trying to check how Paraview writes the field data having string in binary. My field data is FIELD FieldData 1 VCNAME 1 259200 string HardBrick-ID0 HardBrick-ID0 … It works in ascii. When I use Paravie…

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## [Are there options for controlling the size of the Paraview window?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/are-there-options-for-controlling-the-size-of-the-paraview-window/12971)

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**Author:** [@Rob-Chase](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rob-Chase)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/are-there-options-for-controlling-the-size-of-the-paraview-window/12971 "2023-10-02T15:19:12Z")

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I’m using Paraview python scripts to open standard exodus mesh files for interactive viewing by analysts. Unfortunately, the user experience varies because Paraview tends to open in the same state it had at the end of t…

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