# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=9

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## [Seeking Transforming Functionality in Paraview 5.12.0](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/seeking-transforming-functionality-in-paraview-5-12-0/14310)

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**Author:** [@Yuan\_tangjin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Yuan_tangjin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/seeking-transforming-functionality-in-paraview-5-12-0/14310 "2025-10-31T08:20:12Z")

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Hello everyone, I’ve noticed that in Paraview version 5.8.0, there’s an operation called “Transforming” under the Properties menu. However, I couldn’t locate this functionality in the version 5.12.0 that I’ve installe…

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## [Cone Glyph with varying radius but constant height?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cone-glyph-with-varying-radius-but-constant-height/17268)

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**Author:** [@reox](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/reox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cone-glyph-with-varying-radius-but-constant-height/17268 "2025-10-30T14:41:36Z")

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I have some vector data, where I want to visualize direction and magnitude by a cone. Basically, the direction shall be the direction of the cone and the radius of the cone shall be reflected by the magnitude. However, …

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## [How to change a solid line to a dashed line](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-change-a-solid-line-to-a-dashed-line/17270)

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**Author:** [@mdev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mdev)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 12:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-change-a-solid-line-to-a-dashed-line/17270 "2025-10-30T12:14:27Z")

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Hello, Is it possible to change a solid line into a dashed one? I can control the line width, but I could not find any option to change the line property. Thank you. test\_line.vtu (726 Bytes)

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## [Paraview 6.0.1 3D interaction latency/wiggles](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-0-1-3d-interaction-latency-wiggles/17265)

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**Author:** [@edabor](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/edabor)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 30, 2025, 6:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-0-1-3d-interaction-latency-wiggles/17265 "2025-10-30T06:43:59Z")

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Hello, First, I would like to thanks Kitware’s developer for providing such great tool. When trying to upgrade to 6.0.1, I noticed weird latency/wiggles of the meshed actor when interacting with a sphere source, which …

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## [Issue when picking rotation center on custom filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-when-picking-rotation-center-on-custom-filter/17266)

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**Author:** [@edabor](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/edabor)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-when-picking-rotation-center-on-custom-filter/17266 "2025-10-29T14:09:25Z")

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Hi, When trying to pick a rotation center on a custom filter, it results to unpredictable center values, see the attached video. Please, find attached a state file as well as the custom paraview filter used in the vide…

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## [Trouble viewing .msh file in Paraview 6.0.1](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-viewing-msh-file-in-paraview-6-0-1/17267)

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**Author:** [@dtx](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dtx)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-viewing-msh-file-in-paraview-6-0-1/17267 "2025-10-29T09:58:08Z")

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Hello, I wanted to view .msh file on Paraview on my windows 10 pc. I tried with the meshio plugin but had no success. Tried saving the gmsh file as .vtk file but cannot view the inner elements. Can anyone help me with vi…

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## [Can we load gmsh msh file with Paraview?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-we-load-gmsh-msh-file-with-paraview/16324)

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**Author:** [@Trophime](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Trophime)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-we-load-gmsh-msh-file-with-paraview/16324 "2025-10-28T16:33:20Z")

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Hi, are msh file supported in Paraview 5.13? Best C

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## [Help with filter "textureMaptoPlane".](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-filter-texturemaptoplane/17261)

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**Author:** [@antoinecollet5](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/antoinecollet5)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-filter-texturemaptoplane/17261 "2025-10-27T10:08:23Z")

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Hi there, I try to visualize geological cross sections using Paraview. For this, I create a \*.vts using pyvista and then use the filter textureMaptoPlane. In the following I will give you an example with pyvista, and th…

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## [Programmable Filter not working even for simple script](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-not-working-even-for-simple-script/17262)

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**Author:** [@mwhit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwhit)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-not-working-even-for-simple-script/17262 "2025-10-27T10:03:03Z")

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Hi, I am an intermediate Paraview user and I am trying to learn how to use the Programmable Filter. I have read Chapter 6 in the Reference manual 6. Programmable Filter — ParaView Documentation 6.0.0 documentation . I h…

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## [ParaView 6.0.1. crashes when using Optix pathtracing](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-0-1-crashes-when-using-optix-pathtracing/17250)

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**Author:** [@Captain\_Convergence](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Captain_Convergence)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-0-1-crashes-when-using-optix-pathtracing/17250 "2025-10-27T08:49:30Z")

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Dear support, I am working on my linux laptop where I have a NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Mobile GPU with the driver nvidia-driver-555. I have downloaded ParaView 6.0.1. and I run it without compiling it (as I have always bee…

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## [help with understand of median filter and 3D scan treatment in general](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-understand-of-median-filter-and-3d-scan-treatment-in-general/17248)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-understand-of-median-filter-and-3d-scan-treatment-in-general/17248 "2025-10-27T08:06:26Z")

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hello, I have a tiff image of a 3D scan that i am trying to use paraview for the extraction of surfaces meshes. currently, i have the data with a space of 1 length voxel, i wanted to sub divide each voxel by a factor (…

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## [What filter for a lattice structure](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/what-filter-for-a-lattice-structure/17260)

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**Author:** [@kaengo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kaengo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 12:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/what-filter-for-a-lattice-structure/17260 "2025-10-24T12:32:27Z")

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Hello to all I have a csv, which contains data of a lattice structure. Every line of my csv is one rod of my lattice structure. The 2nd to 7th columns show the coordinates of the rod (x1,y1,z1,x2,y2,z2) . The followin…

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## [Error on loading OpenFOAM data in ParaView 6.01](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-on-loading-openfoam-data-in-paraview-6-01/17255)

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**Author:** [@lkoe\_zsw](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lkoe_zsw)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2025, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-on-loading-openfoam-data-in-paraview-6-01/17255 "2025-10-24T08:38:33Z")

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Hello, I’m encountering a strange problem with ParaView 6.0.1 and haven’t been able to find a solution, so I’m asking for help here. Background I am currently using ParaView 5.13 (and 5.12) without any issues. The Pro…

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## [Is it possible to display simple black text in the "Output Messages" window?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-display-simple-black-text-in-the-output-messages-window/17243)

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**Author:** [@CsatiZoltan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/CsatiZoltan)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-it-possible-to-display-simple-black-text-in-the-output-messages-window/17243 "2025-10-23T15:28:22Z")

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Hi, I use vtkWarningMacro in my C++ plugin to display complementary messages in the Output Messages window. While this is useful for debugging purposes, for informative messages I would prefer text in black and without …

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## [help with separating surface mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-separating-surface-mesh/17258)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-with-separating-surface-mesh/17258 "2025-10-22T10:38:58Z")

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hello, i have a surface mesh that looks like the following: where there are the channels of the structure (channels in the axial direction) and connecting holes between them (the smalls holes on the right photo) I …

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## [Spatial average](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/spatial-average/17257)

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**Author:** [@allal\_amene](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/allal_amene)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/spatial-average/17257 "2025-10-22T07:25:55Z")

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Hello, I have a .case file and I want to compute a spatial average of the fields. Afterwards, I want to visualize it using a slice or a plot over line. The problem is that I don’t know how to compute a spatial average o…

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## [data not showing on renderviewer when static, when rotated with mouse data apears](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/data-not-showing-on-renderviewer-when-static-when-rotated-with-mouse-data-apears/17254)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/data-not-showing-on-renderviewer-when-static-when-rotated-with-mouse-data-apears/17254 "2025-10-20T13:58:02Z")

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hello, i have been testing different parameters of refinement and smoothing on my data, and saving a screenshot to the disk. For the most refined cases, i got a strange behavior, the saved image was completly empty with…

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## [White color appears cream/beige in contour plots.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/white-color-appears-cream-beige-in-contour-plots/17252)

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**Author:** [@venkcy](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/venkcy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/white-color-appears-cream-beige-in-contour-plots/17252 "2025-10-19T16:54:58Z")

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I am using BWR colormap for contour plots. Instead of white color for scalar ‘0’ value, I get cream or yellowish. Please suggest tips.

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## [VR Instructions for Vive Pro 2 headset.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-instructions-for-vive-pro-2-headset/16480)

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**Author:** [@ar-valdez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ar-valdez)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vr-instructions-for-vive-pro-2-headset/16480 "2025-10-17T11:52:00Z")

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Hello, I am new to VR but not to Paraview. I have been following the webinar (on YouTube) available at this link \[Immersive ParaView: AR/VR/XR Exploration with ParaView: A free Kitware webinar\]. I am able to create the d…

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## [I dont know why paraview is not fluid when I mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-dont-know-why-paraview-is-not-fluid-when-i-mesh/17245)

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**Author:** [@ZEYxTER](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ZEYxTER)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2025, 8:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-dont-know-why-paraview-is-not-fluid-when-i-mesh/17245 "2025-10-17T08:04:19Z")

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I have a 3080 nvidia and i5 11600KF 32 Gb RAM and Ubuntu 22.04 and when following a course on openfoam v9 and going through the Ahmed body example, I see paraview on the tutorial having no lag and mine (with the exact sa…

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## [why some filters require UpdatePipeline and other no?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/why-some-filters-require-updatepipeline-and-other-no/17244)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/why-some-filters-require-updatepipeline-and-other-no/17244 "2025-10-15T13:54:45Z")

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hello, i am curious about this, i am reading a tiff file, using: smalltif = TIFFSeriesReader(registrationName=pathForTiffFile.split('/')\[-1\].replace('.tif',''), FileNames=\[pathForTiffFile\]) then i am doing a median: …

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## [select only faces (elements) on the front Zplane view thought python](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/select-only-faces-elements-on-the-front-zplane-view-thought-python/17234)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/select-only-faces-elements-on-the-front-zplane-view-thought-python/17234 "2025-10-14T15:22:37Z")

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Hello, I have the result of a clip (crinkle on), that looks like the following: this is the view in the Z+ (set view direction to Z+) I would like to select only the faces i can ‘see’ from this view, but programatic…

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## [How to control the number of seeds when using the Particle Tracer filter?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-control-the-number-of-seeds-when-using-the-particle-tracer-filter/17238)

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**Author:** [@enrisang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/enrisang)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 9:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-control-the-number-of-seeds-when-using-the-particle-tracer-filter/17238 "2025-10-13T09:44:39Z")

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Hello, I am using the Particle Tracer filter to simulate the injection of particles into a fluid domain via a catheter. Specifically, I have set the velocity field as the input and the catheter tip as the seed source. …

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## [Restore some filter icons on the toolbar](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/restore-some-filter-icons-on-the-toolbar/17237)

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**Author:** [@s1291](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/s1291)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 8:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/restore-some-filter-icons-on-the-toolbar/17237 "2025-10-10T08:34:21Z")

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In ParaView 5.x version, I frequently used the “Extract a subgrid or subsample” filter from the toolbar as shown below: However, in ParaView 6.x, that icon has been removed. How can I restore it? Thank you

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## [How to export space coordinates and scalar data on a slice?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-space-coordinates-and-scalar-data-on-a-slice/1356)

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**Author:** [@milan.senar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/milan.senar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2025, 6:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-export-space-coordinates-and-scalar-data-on-a-slice/1356 "2025-10-10T06:35:28Z")

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I recently switched to Paraview 5.4.1 from a commercially available visualization tool. I am able to create the required slices, but when I try exporting/saving the data in CSV, the exported data is not in a format I wan…

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## [Issue with threshold after generate normals in python.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-with-threshold-after-generate-normals-in-python/17235)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 9:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-with-threshold-after-generate-normals-in-python/17235 "2025-10-08T09:13:03Z")

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hello, I am running the following lines of code: if sliceFilter==\[\]: sliceFilter= GetActiveSource() originOfSlice=sliceFilter.SliceType.Origin sliceFilterMerged=MergeBlocks(registrationName='MergeBlocks1', Input=s…

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## [Cannot read VTU file with \`The data array in the element may be too short.\` message](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-read-vtu-file-with-the-data-array-in-the-element-may-be-too-short-message/14266)

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**Author:** [@Kei\_Yamamoto](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kei_Yamamoto)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 9:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-read-vtu-file-with-the-data-array-in-the-element-may-be-too-short-message/14266 "2025-10-08T09:02:32Z")

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I have a following python script to take the time-average of XDMF file, which works completely fine with my MacBook Pro. #### import the simple module from the paraview from paraview.simple import \* from pathlib import …

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## [Overlapping AMR Contour issues at AMR boundary?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/overlapping-amr-contour-issues-at-amr-boundary/17214)

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**Author:** [@ccardina](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ccardina)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2025, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/overlapping-amr-contour-issues-at-amr-boundary/17214 "2025-10-07T08:06:37Z")

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Hi! I have overlapping AMR velocity data that uses the Chombo reader. I would like to generate smooth Q-criterion contours. I’m doing the filters in the following order: ConvertAMRdatasettoMultiblock → MergeBlocks → Gr…

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## [ssue Launching ParaView via Command Line](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ssue-launching-paraview-via-command-line/17231)

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**Author:** [@deepakpawar2310](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/deepakpawar2310)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ssue-launching-paraview-via-command-line/17231 "2025-10-06T11:46:58Z")

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I am currently facing an issue with launching ParaView. When I try to open it using the command line, it fails to start properly and displays, “refer the attached.” (can not see paraview display) The installation was co…

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## [export 3D view projected to SVG format](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-3d-view-projected-to-svg-format/17229)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-3d-view-projected-to-svg-format/17229 "2025-10-06T07:49:03Z")

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hello, I couldn’t find an answer to what I am looking to do, is it in any way possible to export a svg (real vector) of a 3D view of a mesh?. for example an image like the following: a cylinder source filter with …

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