# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=79

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## [How can I add an image of base map behind 3D results?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-add-an-image-of-base-map-behind-3d-results/11850)

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**Author:** [@ABAM](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ABAM)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-add-an-image-of-base-map-behind-3d-results/11850 "2023-04-12T09:27:30Z")

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I have a 3D VTU file and I need to add a basemap below the data. I have an image of the basemap; however, I could not add it as texture to Paraview. Any help with the steps is much appreciate. Thanks

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## [How to use pvserver in Slurm with singularity?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-use-pvserver-in-slurm-with-singularity/11856)

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**Author:** [@coconutLatte](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/coconutLatte)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-use-pvserver-in-slurm-with-singularity/11856 "2023-04-12T07:22:26Z")

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Hello I’ve got some issues when running pvserver on HPC(Slurm) by singularity. Looking for some help sincerely. Version ParaView-5.11.0-MPI-Linux-Python3.9-x86\_64.tar.gz (download from this link) Run Env HPC Cluster…

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## [Error importing surface data with CGNS format](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-importing-surface-data-with-cgns-format/11470)

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**Author:** [@Simone](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Simone)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2023, 7:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-importing-surface-data-with-cgns-format/11470 "2023-04-12T07:18:13Z")

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Hi, I am getting an error during the import of surface data by means of CGNS file. I am working with Paraview 5.10. In particular, during the import of the CGNS file I am not able to select and then to visualize cell d…

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## [Struggling to generate xdmf particle data that paraview can read](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/struggling-to-generate-xdmf-particle-data-that-paraview-can-read/11852)

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**Author:** [@Yurlungur](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Yurlungur)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2023, 11:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/struggling-to-generate-xdmf-particle-data-that-paraview-can-read/11852 "2023-04-11T23:30:35Z")

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Hello, I am trying to generate particle data (from a mixed grid-particle calculation) that Paraview can parse. Since we already use hdf5 for our file format, I tried to construct an xdmf file to describe the dataset. I a…

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## [Paraview Client/server connection - not responding](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-client-server-connection-not-responding/11729)

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**Author:** [@afreitas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/afreitas)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-client-server-connection-not-responding/11729 "2023-04-11T09:32:02Z")

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Hi, I am remotely connected to a cluster to use Paraview in my local pc with access to the cluster contents. The connection works and I get ‘Client connected’ in the cluster. And yesterday everything was fine and I coul…

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## [Scale and transform in Z](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/scale-and-transform-in-z/11831)

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**Author:** [@PaSha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PaSha)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2023, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/scale-and-transform-in-z/11831 "2023-04-11T09:31:11Z")

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I’ve tried to shift and scale Z-axis at the same time. This solution does not work for me :frowning: version 5.11

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## [Creating a Binary File Plugin/ Cmake uncessfully](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-a-binary-file-plugin-cmake-uncessfully/11837)

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**Author:** [@1241doobieC](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/1241doobieC)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/creating-a-binary-file-plugin-cmake-uncessfully/11837 "2023-04-11T09:21:02Z")

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Hello all, I am currently attempting to build my own ParaView plugin by following ParaView/Plugin HowTo. Some info of my OS and Plugin : OS: MacOS Ventura 13 Chip: Apple M1 Paraview version: 5.11.01 Plugin file t…

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## [Overlay a line plot on a 3D slice in Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/overlay-a-line-plot-on-a-3d-slice-in-paraview/11748)

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**Author:** [@Ramesh\_Kolluru](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ramesh_Kolluru)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/overlay-a-line-plot-on-a-3d-slice-in-paraview/11748 "2023-04-10T17:50:50Z")

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I would like to plot a line plot similar to what is shown here in this discussion. I followed the procedure but am missing some thing here. Could any one help on this

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## [Customizing File/Tools Menu in Custom Application](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/customizing-file-tools-menu-in-custom-application/11810)

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**Author:** [@Muhammad\_Saad\_Atique](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Muhammad_Saad_Atique)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/customizing-file-tools-menu-in-custom-application/11810 "2023-04-07T15:24:55Z")

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Hi, Can someone please guide me how to customize file menu or tools menu in my custom application. In clone 2 example File Menu only has open menu, but how to get other options as well (not the complete list) This only…

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## [Problem building matplotlib in superbuild](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-building-matplotlib-in-superbuild/11834)

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**Author:** [@woodscn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/woodscn)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-building-matplotlib-in-superbuild/11834 "2023-04-07T21:58:45Z")

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I’m attempting to build paraview in an apptainer container, but I keep running into crashes when it gets to the matplotlib build. The specific failure is a missing freetype library, but I can verify that the library is b…

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## [Help using ImageReader and .raw files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-using-imagereader-and-raw-files/11828)

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**Author:** [@mcstreic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mcstreic)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-using-imagereader-and-raw-files/11828 "2023-04-07T19:29:24Z")

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Hello, I am having some trouble getting my data to load. It is currently in .raw format and I obtained it from the 2004 IEEE Viz contest. When I load the data, I set the data scalar type to float, byte order to BigEndian…

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## [Read LS Dyna input (k file)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-ls-dyna-input-k-file/11711)

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**Author:** [@mitm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mitm)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/read-ls-dyna-input-k-file/11711 "2023-04-07T15:31:57Z")

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Dear experts I could not read LS Dyna input files formatted as k extensions (XXXX.k), though paraview allows k extension files. Could you tell me how to read them? Sincerely

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## [Importing a CSV file in ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/importing-a-csv-file-in-paraview/11824)

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**Author:** [@clainer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/clainer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/importing-a-csv-file-in-paraview/11824 "2023-04-07T09:15:57Z")

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I am using a CFD software that is able to export just a CSV file with results (velocity, pressure, among other, for each node). How can I import these data in ParaView to analyze them (creating planes, streamlines, among…

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## [CosmoReader](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cosmoreader/11779)

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**Author:** [@Richard\_Fury](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Richard_Fury)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cosmoreader/11779 "2023-04-07T07:45:43Z")

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Hi all, I am new in paraview and I am trying to read gadget-2 snapshot. But I didn’t find the CosmoReader in version 3.11.0. Does it not support CosmoReader any more? Bests, Richard

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## [How to Obtain the coordinates of the corresponding values on the line](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-obtain-the-coordinates-of-the-corresponding-values-on-the-line/11820)

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**Author:** [@potato](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/potato)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-obtain-the-coordinates-of-the-corresponding-values-on-the-line/11820 "2023-04-07T07:12:37Z")

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Hi everyone! I get a data structure like this. The contour (pf=0) move with the growth of time.I have plot its change along a specific direction. The result is like this.And I want to know the value(pf=0)'s coordinate in…

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## [Opening large vts files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opening-large-vts-files/6214)

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**Author:** [@Mathieu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Mathieu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2021, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opening-large-vts-files/6214 "2021-01-15T11:52:56Z")

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Hello, I am using Paraview 5.8.1 on Ubuntu, and I am trying to read .vts files which contains results of a simulation. When I try to open them like I usually do, I get the following error message: ERROR: In /home/b…

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## [Export data for all time frame](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-data-for-all-time-frame/11826)

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**Author:** [@katherine\_1104](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/katherine_1104)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-data-for-all-time-frame/11826 "2023-04-06T21:44:52Z")

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Hi community, I have a time dependent model. I choose the points data and showed in a spreadsheet view. I want to save the data by clicking export spreadsheet, but this way only save the current timestep. Is there a way…

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## [How to scale data and keep axis correct?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-scale-data-and-keep-axis-correct/5022)

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**Author:** [@dwiddo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dwiddo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-scale-data-and-keep-axis-correct/5022 "2020-08-03T18:14:20Z")

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I’m a newbie to paraview. I have some points I’ve managed to plot with a ScatterPlot from a csv file. As you can see the values vary much less on the Z-axis than the others, but I’d like to still see the variation. The…

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## [Loading data files that take too much memory](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-data-files-that-take-too-much-memory/11799)

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**Author:** [@Patrick\_Avery](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Patrick_Avery)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/loading-data-files-that-take-too-much-memory/11799 "2023-04-04T17:55:11Z")

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For Tomviz (built on top of ParaView), some users have asked that, if they try to load in a data file that will take too much memory, to present a warning/error rather than crashing (which is what it is currently doing). …

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## [Force calculation- CFD-REEF3D](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/force-calculation-cfd-reef3d/11809)

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**Author:** [@Keshav\_Pathak](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Keshav_Pathak)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/force-calculation-cfd-reef3d/11809 "2023-04-04T17:51:04Z")

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I am using REEF3D for CFD purposes. The REEF3D uses Immersed boundary method (Ghost Cell Method) to define the solid structure in Fluid Domain (with a rectangular cartesian grid). For such a structure defined by IBM, how…

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## [Option to disable point and cell renumbering](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-disable-point-and-cell-renumbering/11792)

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**Author:** [@FEngineer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/FEngineer)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/option-to-disable-point-and-cell-renumbering/11792 "2023-04-04T06:19:06Z")

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Hi, I’ve noticed that ParaView renumbers points and cells from imported data in such a way that they start from 0. So, for example, it shows cells 0 and 1 when my elements are originally named 1 and 2. This can be quite…

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## [Compute volume of polygonal mesh (volume enclosed by the surface)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compute-volume-of-polygonal-mesh-volume-enclosed-by-the-surface/10880)

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**Author:** [@Resa](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Resa)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compute-volume-of-polygonal-mesh-volume-enclosed-by-the-surface/10880 "2023-04-03T18:44:12Z")

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How do I compute the volume of a polygonal mesh? In specific, I need to compute the volume enclosed by the surface.

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## [Unable to find any meshes](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-find-any-meshes/11304)

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**Author:** [@Raulsanz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Raulsanz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-find-any-meshes/11304 "2023-04-03T16:36:33Z")

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I’ve tried opening files that I have used without problem in another computer and I keep geting the following error messages: ERROR: In C:\\glr\\builds\\paraview\\paraview-ci\\build\\superbuild\\paraview\\build\\Utilities\\VisItB…

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## [View slice after thresholding](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/view-slice-after-thresholding/11797)

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**Author:** [@jadball](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jadball)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/view-slice-after-thresholding/11797 "2023-04-03T13:45:29Z")

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Hi all, I have an RGB image stack into a cell array where each cell contains the RGB value I’d like to plot. I am able to display this by picking the RGB array in the Coloring menu under Display (UniformGridRepresentati…

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## [Set property server side to retrieve from client using vtkSMPropertyHelper](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/set-property-server-side-to-retrieve-from-client-using-vtksmpropertyhelper/11794)

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**Author:** [@Pietersielie](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pietersielie)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/set-property-server-side-to-retrieve-from-client-using-vtksmpropertyhelper/11794 "2023-04-03T11:51:17Z")

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Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask, I didn’t find a solution to my problem in other sources. I’m not very experienced with Paraview, but more so with VTK. I’m using Paraview 5.11, built from source, on Arch Linu…

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## [ParaView vtkSocketCommunicator errors: “Could not receive tag” and “Endian handshake"](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vtksocketcommunicator-errors-could-not-receive-tag-and-endian-handshake/11776)

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**Author:** [@lucasmyers97](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lucasmyers97)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 6:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-vtksocketcommunicator-errors-could-not-receive-tag-and-endian-handshake/11776 "2023-04-03T06:29:12Z")

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@cory.quammen I am also having this problem, but am unable to update the software on the server. Is there a way to manage the software on my client to try to match VTK versions? Or is there some other workaround?

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## [Visualize multiple time series](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualize-multiple-time-series/11787)

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**Author:** [@nico1305](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nico1305)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualize-multiple-time-series/11787 "2023-04-03T06:12:50Z")

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Hi all, I have just started using Paraview and so I apologize in advance for the question but I have not been able to find a solution. I am running a software which which wrtites vtk files in the form foo\_0.XX.vtk and …

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## ['pqApplicationCore.h' file not found](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pqapplicationcore-h-file-not-found/11741)

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**Author:** [@Muhammad\_Saad\_Atique](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Muhammad_Saad_Atique)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pqapplicationcore-h-file-not-found/11741 "2023-04-03T02:37:40Z")

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Hi built the Paraview from source, but I could not find any pq (e.g. pqApplicationCore.h’ file in my build folder. I was looking for it in paraview\_build/Qt/Core folder.

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## [Simulation Application With ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/simulation-application-with-paraview/11636)

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**Author:** [@Muhammad\_Saad\_Atique](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Muhammad_Saad_Atique)\
**Replies:** 28\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/simulation-application-with-paraview/11636 "2023-04-02T21:28:07Z")

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Hi, I am creating a simulation (code written in C++). I want to create a simple frontend which will basically take some inputs and vtk file. I like to incorporate para view visualization and other filters in the frontend…

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## [Color Tensor Glyph by distance of surface from center](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-tensor-glyph-by-distance-of-surface-from-center/11785)

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**Author:** [@reox](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/reox)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-tensor-glyph-by-distance-of-surface-from-center/11785 "2023-04-02T14:15:02Z")

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I obtain a 2nd order tensor and want to display it in paraview. I already obtain the Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors and write them to a VTK file as an example: # vtk DataFile Version 2.0 Tensor Demo ASCII DATASET UNSTRUCT…

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