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## [Core dumps "often"](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/core-dumps-often/17735)

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**Author:** [@Bismuth-tetser.93](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Bismuth-tetser.93)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/core-dumps-often/17735 "2026-09-23T20:56:15Z")

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Not sure how to report this bug(s)… but I get core dumps now and then. I just got one by dragging my mouse in the rendered view of my data. I had started Paraview with the terminal. This is what I see: \[openvkl\] applica…

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## [any way to reconstruct images from paraview itself?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/any-way-to-reconstruct-images-from-paraview-itself/17733)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/any-way-to-reconstruct-images-from-paraview-itself/17733 "2026-09-23T19:08:52Z")

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Hello, i have a bunch of ‘slices’ at different heights of a tomography scan, generally I get a “3D tiff” which when open it is a “Image (Uniform Rectilinear Grid)” with elements in each direction with a tiff value at ea…

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## [get all existing sources on beginning when doing trace in a existing setup](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-all-existing-sources-on-beginning-when-doing-trace-in-a-existing-setup/17715)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/get-all-existing-sources-on-beginning-when-doing-trace-in-a-existing-setup/17715 "2026-09-23T19:05:27Z")

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hello, context: While scripting in paraview, I imagine i am not the only one, if i have a open paraview instance and I want to check how to modify a specific filter or how to call it to create it in paraview. I do, tool…

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## [Recording Vertex Change in other Software--Exporting stress map](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recording-vertex-change-in-other-software-exporting-stress-map/17737)

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**Author:** [@laureneck](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/laureneck)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/recording-vertex-change-in-other-software-exporting-stress-map/17737 "2026-09-22T14:55:51Z")

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Hi, I just downloaded Paraview 5.11.2 for my Mac M1 to work with CLO3D which is a simulation software for fabric. I can run a simulation there where the fabric mesh vertexes/faces are turned a color in a gradient from …

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## [LidarView and Lidar SLAM next training sessions](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/lidarview-and-lidar-slam-next-training-sessions/14056)

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**Author:** [@Gatien\_Ferret](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Gatien_Ferret)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 12:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/lidarview-and-lidar-slam-next-training-sessions/14056 "2026-09-22T12:49:43Z")

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Did you register for the next training sessions in CET time zone ? LidarView Training, a full-day training given on March 26, 2024 and starting at 9:00 AM Paris time (CET / GMT+1h). This cover the main features LidarV…

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## [CleanToGrid equivalent in vtk](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cleantogrid-equivalent-in-vtk/17736)

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**Author:** [@MiguelAngelAGUIRRE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MiguelAngelAGUIRRE)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 7:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cleantogrid-equivalent-in-vtk/17736 "2026-09-22T07:11:53Z")

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Hello, I’m making a Python Programmable filter with several vtk operations concatenated. One of this operations requires applying CleanToGrid to a vtk object (It can be either vtkMultiBlockDataSet or vtkUnstructuredGrid…

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## [ParaView User Day Europe 2026](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-user-day-europe-2026/17585)

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**Author:** [@Francois\_Mazen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Francois_Mazen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-user-day-europe-2026/17585 "2026-09-21T10:56:25Z")

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Kitware is delighted to announce the fourth edition of the ParaView User Day Europe! :tada: Type: On-site event Date: Thursday, September 24th, 2026 (and extra events the day before and the day after, see below) Locat…

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## [Curvature map analysis over just one axis](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/curvature-map-analysis-over-just-one-axis/17727)

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**Author:** [@Drifter\_River](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Drifter_River)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 8:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/curvature-map-analysis-over-just-one-axis/17727 "2026-09-19T20:24:22Z")

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This is something that i have been trying to do for some time for some development of hydrodynamic products. Basically, what I want to do is to see a curvature (not contour) map along one axis of a mesh or point cloud. …

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## [Bad performance of Paraview while rendering .MED files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bad-performance-of-paraview-while-rendering-med-files/17720)

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**Author:** [@anirudhnehra](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/anirudhnehra)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bad-performance-of-paraview-while-rendering-med-files/17720 "2026-09-18T14:42:45Z")

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Hello, Greetings. I have been trying to use paraview to visualize Code\_Aster result files (in .med or .rmed format) but the performance is not too good. The rotations and manipulation of mesh is slow. The performance is…

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## [Cell Data to Point Data question](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cell-data-to-point-data-question/17722)

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**Author:** [@Joao\_Pedro\_Perdigao](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Joao_Pedro_Perdigao)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cell-data-to-point-data-question/17722 "2026-09-18T08:08:02Z")

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Hello, I’m applying a “Cell Data to Point Data” filter to my wind tunnel data and when checking the Ranges of the data arrays I realized that the ranges (maximum and minimum values) of the Point Data differ quite a bit …

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## [Bug (?) with StreamTracer pointcloud](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bug-with-streamtracer-pointcloud/17728)

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**Author:** [@Bismuth-tetser.93](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Bismuth-tetser.93)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bug-with-streamtracer-pointcloud/17728 "2026-09-17T15:33:57Z")

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I have a vector field, and when I create a StreamTracer cloud point filter, I face an annoying bug. I take time to specify the center of the ball that seeds the streamlines, I take time to pick a number of seed points an…

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## [add interactive widget to control crop filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-interactive-widget-to-control-crop-filter/17734)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-interactive-widget-to-control-crop-filter/17734 "2026-09-17T11:17:39Z")

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crop filter newly implemented on the gui in the few recent versions, is a great tool for working with structured data, in it we need to set the min max values in each axis. it would be great to have a box widget that we …

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## [Proposal : Redesign the UI of ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/proposal-redesign-the-ui-of-paraview/17676)

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**Author:** [@lucas.gottar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lucas.gottar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 7:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/proposal-redesign-the-ui-of-paraview/17676 "2026-09-17T07:46:06Z")

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I feel like the UI of ParaView seems a bit old. Indeed it uses all Qt elements by default without any customization. Elements are also all packed together and the widgets have no space to “breath”. Modernizing the design…

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## [duplicate filter context menu option](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/duplicate-filter-context-menu-option/17732)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/duplicate-filter-context-menu-option/17732 "2026-09-16T14:35:48Z")

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hello, context: Sometimes we are using repetitive filters (ie., same type of filters) with changing a single option, eg, same clipping but inverted one to another, or same plane slice but different origin. issue/situat…

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## [Refreshing Properties Panel without applying pipeline object](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/refreshing-properties-panel-without-applying-pipeline-object/17731)

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**Author:** [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/refreshing-properties-panel-without-applying-pipeline-object/17731 "2026-09-16T12:23:43Z")

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I have a reader that reads data from two files: one holding a grid and one holding fields. The sequence for loading this data is to open the file with the grid and then select the file holding the fields using a selector…

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## [Club two fields with same mesh support into one from .med file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/club-two-fields-with-same-mesh-support-into-one-from-med-file/17537)

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**Author:** [@anirudhnehra](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/anirudhnehra)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/club-two-fields-with-same-mesh-support-into-one-from-med-file/17537 "2026-09-16T11:48:56Z")

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Hello, Thanks for putting effort to create paraview. I use salome\_meca to create rmed files that I wish to read in paraview. The issue is that sometimes med are created with many distinct “ComSup’“ by code\_aster as sh…

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## [ParaView Office Hours September 17, 2026](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-office-hours-september-17-2026/17729)

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**Author:** [@Bob\_Obara](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Bob_Obara)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-office-hours-september-17-2026/17729 "2026-09-14T16:32:34Z")

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You have questions, we have answers. Meet with ParaView experts at this week’s office hours! ParaView office hours Thursday, September 17 · 3:30 – 5:00pm Time zone: America/New\_York Google Meet joining info Video ca…

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## [Dynamic GUI Generation for Python Plugins](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dynamic-gui-generation-for-python-plugins/17723)

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**Author:** [@Felipe\_Bordeu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Felipe_Bordeu)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 9:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/dynamic-gui-generation-for-python-plugins/17723 "2026-09-14T09:31:23Z")

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Hi ParaView Community, I do a lot of prototyping, and one feature I use heavily is Python plugins in ParaView. They make it possible to turn a prototype into something that instantly looks and feels professional, thank…

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## [6.1.1 is broken for legends](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/6-1-1-is-broken-for-legends/17662)

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**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/6-1-1-is-broken-for-legends/17662 "2026-09-13T14:41:46Z")

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The legend minimum and maximum are displayed as the same (they are not), and when the color map is switched, the old legend stays on the plot, together with the new legend. Win 11. I had to get back to 5.13, this was a …

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## [ParaView 6.2.0-RC2 is available and ready for testing](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-2-0-rc2-is-available-and-ready-for-testing/17724)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-2-0-rc2-is-available-and-ready-for-testing/17724 "2026-09-12T15:10:16Z")

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We are proud to announce the release of ParaView 6.2.0 Release Candidate 2. You can download it from www.paraview.org/download. Both ParaView’s repository and the ParaView superbuild repository now have “v6.2.0-RC2” tag…

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## [Have your work highlighted by Kitware at Supercomputing 2026!](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/have-your-work-highlighted-by-kitware-at-supercomputing-2026/17719)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/have-your-work-highlighted-by-kitware-at-supercomputing-2026/17719 "2026-09-10T17:31:15Z")

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Kitware wants to promote your work at Supercomputing 2026! Kitware would like to show your compelling images, videos, and entire applications enabled by ParaView at our booth at this year’s Supercomputing conference. For…

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## [Slice: Render Implicit Cylindrical Surface](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-render-implicit-cylindrical-surface/17717)

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**Author:** [@Raphael\_Bevand](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Raphael_Bevand)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-render-implicit-cylindrical-surface/17717 "2026-09-10T13:12:37Z")

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Dear vtk/paraview developers, in newer versions of ParaView (currently I use version 6.1.1), the slice filter only shows partially or not at all the implicit surface handles (the red edges and white transparent surface …

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## [ParaView 6.2.0-RC1 throws errors for non unique nodes](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-2-0-rc1-throws-errors-for-non-unique-nodes/17668)

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**Author:** [@Alexandre\_Minot](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Alexandre_Minot)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-2-0-rc1-throws-errors-for-non-unique-nodes/17668 "2026-09-09T13:16:41Z")

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Hello, I am getting this error while testing ParaView 6.2.0-RC1: ( 2.503s) \[pvbatch \] vtkDataAssembly.cxx:591 ERR| vtkDataAssembly (0x7c87cc2a7f40): A child node with name 'SIDEWALL' already exists unde…

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## [\`triage\` tags](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/triage-tags/17718)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/triage-tags/17718 "2026-09-08T14:51:30Z")

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Is there an assumption that every issue gets a triage tag? Conversation started here: https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/work\_items/23318#note\_1864806

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## [add missing features to output of trace](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-missing-features-to-output-of-trace/17716)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/add-missing-features-to-output-of-trace/17716 "2026-09-04T15:30:40Z")

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hello, context: User is using trace on, of for example, lagrangean particles, uses Glyph over a cloud of points, set the Glyph to spheres and change its radius. saves the hole script to use it later. issue/situation fo…

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## [ParaView 6.2 release schedule](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-2-release-schedule/17526)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-6-2-release-schedule/17526 "2026-09-04T13:27:16Z")

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Continuing with our coordinated releases with VTK, ParaView 6.2 will be released following VTK’s 9.7 release in June 2026. Here’s the anticipated schedule: Early June 2026 - feature freeze and ParaView 6.2 release cand…

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## [Proposal : Add settings presets](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/proposal-add-settings-presets/17702)

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**Author:** [@corentin.munoz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/corentin.munoz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2026, 9:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/proposal-add-settings-presets/17702 "2026-09-04T09:51:34Z")

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Hi everyone, ParaView has a lot of settings and properties to configure how you want your data to be rendered, and it can be quite hard to find the perfect settings. Some of you might have written down a collection of s…

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## [updatePipeline of programmable filter overwriting the max function](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/updatepipeline-of-programmable-filter-overwriting-the-max-function/17711)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/updatepipeline-of-programmable-filter-overwriting-the-max-function/17711 "2026-09-03T13:19:42Z")

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first of all i must say that i was able to pinpoint this issue thanks to LLM. my code was working correctly when using paraview/python shell and running my code but when i was running it with pvbatch i was getting an er…

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## [Having the same view in different states (with different centers)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-the-same-view-in-different-states-with-different-centers/17710)

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**Author:** [@Joao\_Pedro\_Perdigao](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Joao_Pedro_Perdigao)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/having-the-same-view-in-different-states-with-different-centers/17710 "2026-09-02T08:00:52Z")

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Hello, I’m comparing different wind tunnel data for two aircraft models and I would like to have the same views in all the tests, to better compare the results. The issue is that, since this was done experimentally (an…

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## [Delete downstream pipeline... but in python?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/delete-downstream-pipeline-but-in-python/17708)

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**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/delete-downstream-pipeline-but-in-python/17708 "2026-09-01T07:35:21Z")

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Hello, is there any way to cleanly do the same action as ‘delete downstream pipeline’ but from python itself? what i came up from some sketchy coding, is a function like this, but would like any inputs (to improve it) …

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