# Default Settings for 3D Glyph View?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-for-3d-glyph-view/9337
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 3, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-for-3d-glyph-view/9337 "2022-04-03T13:02:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![AhmedSalih3d](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/ahmedsalih3d/32/14109_2.png) [@AhmedSalih3d](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AhmedSalih3d)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-for-3d-glyph-view/9337/1 "2022-04-03T13:02:17Z")

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Hello!

I have .vtp files which I always want to visualize a specific way. I.e. using 3d glyphs and changing some options such as:

1. Enable no scaling
2. Use 2d glyph → vertex

I work very interactively, and it is extremely annoying to do this 10 times in 5 minutes. Any way to enable defaults here?

Kind regards

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-for-3d-glyph-view/9337/2 "2022-04-04T07:28:01Z")

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Hi @AhmedSalih3d ,

Just use the “default settings” mechanism:

[https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/ReferenceManual/customizingParaView.html#customizing-defaults-for-properties](https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/ReferenceManual/customizingParaView.html#customizing-defaults-for-properties)

Best,

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### Author: ![AhmedSalih3d](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/ahmedsalih3d/32/14109_2.png) [@AhmedSalih3d](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AhmedSalih3d)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-for-3d-glyph-view/9337/3 "2022-04-16T14:20:01Z")

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Hello, sorry it does not work.

I set the properties as I wish, then I click all of these three:

![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1c75009f08fdfec1015e3c6fa15136c3ce456e51.png)

Then I delete the file I loaded in, and load it in again, but the settings are not saved.

Kind regards

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-for-3d-glyph-view/9337/4 "2022-04-19T07:37:57Z")

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> [@AhmedSalih3d](#):
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> then I click all of these three:

Hi @AhmedSalih3d

no idea what you mean.

Best,

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### Author: ![AhmedSalih3d](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/ahmedsalih3d/32/14109_2.png) [@AhmedSalih3d](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AhmedSalih3d)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-for-3d-glyph-view/9337/5 "2022-04-19T09:20:48Z")

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Oh sorry, I meant that I clicked the three “save icons / floppy disks”

But it did not save my settings for the general 3D glyph filter, which is what I want…

Kind regards

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/default-settings-for-3d-glyph-view/9337/6 "2022-04-19T09:43:27Z")

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Works perfectly here, with ParaView 5.10.1 on linux.