# ParaView Support

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/c/paraview-support/7.md?page=98

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## [Plot \`vtkCompositeIndex\` over a line](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-vtkcompositeindex-over-a-line/10317)

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**Author:** [@vachan-potluri](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vachan-potluri)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-vtkcompositeindex-over-a-line/10317 "2022-09-14T09:58:48Z")

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I have a 2d/3d composite dataset. Paraview allows coloring the surface/volume representation using vtkCompositeIndex (middle panel of the screenshot). However, when I apply a Plot Over Line filter, I am unable to visuali…

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## [Paraview for MSC Marc Mentat](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-for-msc-marc-mentat/10319)

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**Author:** [@Avinash147](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Avinash147)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-for-msc-marc-mentat/10319 "2022-09-14T13:58:58Z")

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As a MSC Marc Mentat user, the standard result file format I get is .t16 ( additionally .t19, .hwascii, .h5, .op2 files can be created using .t16 file) but none of these files are supported with Paraview 5.10.1 for windo…

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## [Use vtk files on paraview to create 2D or 3D models as Res2Dinv and Workbench](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-vtk-files-on-paraview-to-create-2d-or-3d-models-as-res2dinv-and-workbench/10316)

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**Author:** [@arnaud\_GREBE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/arnaud_GREBE)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-vtk-files-on-paraview-to-create-2d-or-3d-models-as-res2dinv-and-workbench/10316 "2022-09-14T09:52:56Z")

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Hello Everyone, I need your help to create 2D and 3D views with their coordinates on paraview. My datas are electrical resistivities. I present you the example of the final view I want to create and I send you also my…

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## [How to make pvserver stop trying to start display while running headless](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-pvserver-stop-trying-to-start-display-while-running-headless/8276)

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**Author:** [@ramen\_newdals](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ramen_newdals)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-make-pvserver-stop-trying-to-start-display-while-running-headless/8276 "2021-10-29T21:07:12Z")

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Hello All, Im relatively new to paraview and I am trying to make it so that every time I connect to my pvserver witch is running headless it try’s to start remote visualization and im not sure how to make this stop any …

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## [Change in Critical Point Filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-in-critical-point-filter/10309)

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**Author:** [@Pravin\_Poudel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pravin_Poudel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/change-in-critical-point-filter/10309 "2022-09-14T07:35:10Z")

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Hi @Charles\_Gueunet @julien-tierny and everyone !!! In the tutorial video, there is step to select the Use Input Offset Field but there is no exact option in latest version: i am clicking Force Input Offfset Fi…

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## [ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'paraview'](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-paraview/10301)

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**Author:** [@Ramesh\_Kolluru](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ramesh_Kolluru)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/modulenotfounderror-no-module-named-paraview/10301 "2022-09-14T03:12:50Z")

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(base) rameshkolluru@lichfield:~$ pvpython pvpython pvpython3.10 (base) rameshkolluru@lichfield:~$ pvpython3.10 hwloc/linux: Ignoring PCI device with non-16bit domain. Pass --enable-32bits-pci-domain to configure…

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## [Paraview 5.5.2](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-5-2/10307)

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**Author:** [@mabrouka](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mabrouka)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-5-2/10307 "2022-09-13T15:20:44Z")

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I\`m trying to show lagrangian particles on paraview from OpenFoam, but I get this error on this version of paraview. Thanks for your help!

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## [sha filename length breaking on ext4 filesystem](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sha-filename-length-breaking-on-ext4-filesystem/10294)

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**Author:** [@carsonsbrownlee](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/carsonsbrownlee)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sha-filename-length-breaking-on-ext4-filesystem/10294 "2022-09-13T11:01:44Z")

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when running “git clone https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview.git” on a recent version of paraview: “error: unable to create file Clients/ParaView/Testing/Data/Baseline/.ExternalData\_SHA512\_666010fefb7a8a9f3d15a5d…

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## [error while loading shared libraries: libOSMesa.so.8:](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libosmesa-so-8/10300)

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**Author:** [@Ramesh\_Kolluru](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ramesh_Kolluru)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libosmesa-so-8/10300 "2022-09-13T11:00:00Z")

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I was trying to run a python script generated by paraview trace command and during this process I am getting the following error /home/rameshkolluru/Convergent\_Science/Convergent\_Science/paraview/5.10.0/MPICH/bin/pvpyth…

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## [Muktiple options in scalars field in threshold](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/muktiple-options-in-scalars-field-in-threshold/10297)

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**Author:** [@Pravin\_Poudel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pravin_Poudel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/muktiple-options-in-scalars-field-in-threshold/10297 "2022-09-13T10:59:14Z")

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I am still trying to understand and figure out how to use ttk in paraview. In the video i am waitching which is video created by paraview itself, sometime narrator is selecting scalars as pairidentifier, sometime persis…

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## [coloring options in TTKIcosphereFromPoints in ttk plugin are changed](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/coloring-options-in-ttkicospherefrompoints-in-ttk-plugin-are-changed/10298)

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**Author:** [@Pravin\_Poudel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pravin_Poudel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/coloring-options-in-ttkicospherefrompoints-in-ttk-plugin-are-changed/10298 "2022-09-13T04:46:20Z")

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Hi, i am watching and following the video posted by the paraview and in the middle of the video, author add TTKIcosphereFromPoints filter and regarding color of the sphere, he select Nodetype but when i go to my para…

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## [Vertex Identifier Field option not present in TTKTopologicalSimplification filter properties](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vertex-identifier-field-option-not-present-in-ttktopologicalsimplification-filter-properties/10281)

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**Author:** [@Pravin\_Poudel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pravin_Poudel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vertex-identifier-field-option-not-present-in-ttktopologicalsimplification-filter-properties/10281 "2022-09-12T15:15:02Z")

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Dear support, In your tutorial on using TTKTopologicalSimplication filter there is an option called Vertex Identifier Field which you guys are suggesting to change the default selection in this case (example) Accodi…

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## [Segfault when computing gradient of a vector on polyhedral cells](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segfault-when-computing-gradient-of-a-vector-on-polyhedral-cells/10282)

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**Author:** [@Lukasz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Lukasz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/segfault-when-computing-gradient-of-a-vector-on-polyhedral-cells/10282 "2022-09-12T13:20:28Z")

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I am working on a grid that contains also polyhedral cells and my Paraview (5.10) crashes whenever I compute gradient of the velocity vector. I reduced my mesh to just 4 poly cells and can always reproduce the error. The…

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## [Groupby RegionID ( Connecitivity )](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/groupby-regionid-connecitivity/10280)

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**Author:** [@Khem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Khem)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/groupby-regionid-connecitivity/10280 "2022-09-12T10:53:17Z")

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Dear all, After I apply the connectivity filter I manage to get a nice dataset grouped by Region ID. Currently, I am saving the output of the connectivity filter as Table.CSV and using pandas to Table.groupby(‘RegionID…

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## [Remote/headless pvserver + IndeX plugin - crash](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/remote-headless-pvserver-index-plugin-crash/10288)

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**Author:** [@Nicholas\_Yue](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nicholas_Yue)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 6:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/remote-headless-pvserver-index-plugin-crash/10288 "2022-09-12T06:02:31Z")

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I have access to a headless box with the following GPU # nvidia-smi Sun Sep 11 23:36:32 2022 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | NVIDIA-SMI 510.73.05 Driver Versio…

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## [Connection failed during handshake](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/connection-failed-during-handshake/10278)

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**Author:** [@garcfd](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/garcfd)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/connection-failed-during-handshake/10278 "2022-09-12T05:54:09Z")

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I am running pvserver on remote linux machine (paraview v5.8.0) but when I try to connect on the windows PC with same version of paraview Connection failed during handshake I can get 3.98.1 and 4.1.0 to connect, but …

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## [Having free, 6DOF camera movement instead of orbit system](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-free-6dof-camera-movement-instead-of-orbit-system/10291)

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**Author:** [@crimic](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/crimic)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2022, 5:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-free-6dof-camera-movement-instead-of-orbit-system/10291 "2022-09-12T05:04:36Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to configure ParaView so that you can use keys for moving forwards/backwards, sideways, up/down, and rotate the view, and am having difficulty. For example, you can move the camera forward by zooming in,…

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## [Time Sync between two datasets](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/time-sync-between-two-datasets/10285)

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**Author:** [@nadeem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nadeem)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/time-sync-between-two-datasets/10285 "2022-09-09T22:11:06Z")

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Hello, I am reviving a problem, see screen shots below, which I have come across: I cannot see a resolution of this problem – which seems to be a recognized problem in paraview. I am an end user, so all I need is…

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## [how to get last stage of the project i saved](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-last-stage-of-the-project-i-saved/10286)

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**Author:** [@Pravin\_Poudel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pravin_Poudel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-last-stage-of-the-project-i-saved/10286 "2022-09-09T19:58:13Z")

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Hi, i am trying to do few things with paraview and since i am new to this, i was doing ctrl+s in middle of my work to save the current state of the project. When i pressed ctrl+s it popped out and i did save it as t…

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## [vtu/xdmf synchronisation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtu-xdmf-synchronisation/1775)

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**Author:** [@begou](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/begou)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtu-xdmf-synchronisation/1775 "2022-09-09T16:49:29Z")

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Hi paraview users, I’m using two coupled applications. One save vtu files, the other save hdf5/xdmf files. Is there a way to synchronize these files when viewing them in a paraview session and building an animation ? I …

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## [Converting .csv Files to 3D Plots (stuck!!)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/converting-csv-files-to-3d-plots-stuck/7560)

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**Author:** [@eb1064](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/eb1064)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/converting-csv-files-to-3d-plots-stuck/7560 "2022-09-09T15:44:28Z")

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I have multiple .csv files that I need to convert in ParaView. I have followed the following steps: Open your .csv file, Apply Filter → Table to points Set X to x, Y to y, Z to z, Apply Filter → Delaunay 3D, Apply But…

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## [Paraview stops working after long time](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-stops-working-after-long-time/10247)

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**Author:** [@Captain\_Convergence](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Captain_Convergence)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-stops-working-after-long-time/10247 "2022-09-09T08:26:49Z")

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Dear Support, Due to the nature of my solver, I am forced to compute the Q-crit in Paraview and I have to use only 1 CPU if I want to avoid having strange features in the fields due to CPU miscommunication. Therefore fo…

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## [the view of paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/the-view-of-paraview/10059)

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**Author:** [@kainn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kainn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/the-view-of-paraview/10059 "2022-09-08T13:38:02Z")

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I use paraview 5.7.0, when I load the state file and data, if I change the view of the model ( hold on the left of the mouse to rotate it)， it has a lot of balck dots. Could someone help to solve it? here I attached som…

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## [Problems about exporting images in vector format](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problems-about-exporting-images-in-vector-format/10276)

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**Author:** [@Ladin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ladin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problems-about-exporting-images-in-vector-format/10276 "2022-09-08T11:00:09Z")

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Hello everyone, I would like to export publication-quality images in svg format from paraview for my article. However, I have no success even though I’ve tried everything that are written on either this discussion from …

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## [Cannot Hide Light with pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-hide-light-with-pvpython/10257)

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**Author:** [@Dosmi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dosmi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 10:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cannot-hide-light-with-pvpython/10257 "2022-09-08T10:24:43Z")

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Hello, I want to hide my light source programmatically (equivalent of doing Light → Show Light \[disable\] in GUI) with pvpython. I have tried: light1 = GetLight(0, renderView1) Hide3DWidgets(proxy=light1) which did not…

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## [Capturing screenshot of ray traced object from python script](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/capturing-screenshot-of-ray-traced-object-from-python-script/10262)

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**Author:** [@Akro](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Akro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 7:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/capturing-screenshot-of-ray-traced-object-from-python-script/10262 "2022-09-08T07:11:59Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to run a python script that renders a mesh by using ray tracing (either OSPRay or OptiX) engine, followed by screen capturing of the rendered window. My problem is that the rendering process takes some ti…

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## [contour tree generation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/contour-tree-generation/10269)

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**Author:** [@Pravin\_Poudel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pravin_Poudel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/contour-tree-generation/10269 "2022-09-08T07:00:41Z")

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I have STL file imported in paraview and also have ttl imported and i want to generate contour tree and line in the mesh but FTM filter is disabled when i try to select it. Can you help me guide what i am supposed to do…

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## [Use D3 Filter - missing ghost cell](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-d3-filter-missing-ghost-cell/10259)

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**Author:** [@Sara](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sara)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 6:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-d3-filter-missing-ghost-cell/10259 "2022-09-08T06:27:38Z")

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I am plotting data using unstructured grid (paramesh grid). My output represents bubbles formation and arisen when heating the fluid. Paraview allows me to visualise the phenomenon with images and video. I was using ce…

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## [Paraview Not Responding](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-responding/10039)

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**Author:** [@herp](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/herp)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-not-responding/10039 "2022-09-08T02:23:20Z")

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I am working on paraview version 5.9.1 with files that are around 1700 mb. Whenever I do most tasks it takes a bit and paraview almost always stops responding. Is there any way to fix this to allow me to work quicker?

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## [Finding height of a surface at a given point.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/finding-height-of-a-surface-at-a-given-point/10266)

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**Author:** [@vibhuti\_bhushan\_jha](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vibhuti_bhushan_jha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/finding-height-of-a-surface-at-a-given-point/10266 "2022-09-07T18:31:26Z")

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Greetings all. I have a vtu file whose output is like this. I am interested in finding out the height (y) at a given x,z location (horizontal plane) and it’s variation over time, for which I have multiple such vtu fi…

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