# Different results in Paraview and CFDPost from same fluent data

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-results-in-paraview-and-cfdpost-from-same-fluent-data/16293
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 11, 2025, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-results-in-paraview-and-cfdpost-from-same-fluent-data/16293 "2025-03-11T09:55:35Z")
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### Author: ![scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-results-in-paraview-and-cfdpost-from-same-fluent-data/16293/21 "2025-03-11T17:02:31Z")

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it is showing a brown screen but not anything else

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### Author: ![scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-results-in-paraview-and-cfdpost-from-same-fluent-data/16293/22 "2025-03-11T17:03:31Z")

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also you have dynamic\_pressure as legend caption, i wanted axial velocity or velocity

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### Author: ![scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-results-in-paraview-and-cfdpost-from-same-fluent-data/16293/23 "2025-03-11T18:58:13Z")

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Actually i tried this but not working.

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### Author: ![scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2025, 10:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-results-in-paraview-and-cfdpost-from-same-fluent-data/16293/24 "2025-03-12T10:59:22Z")

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Hey i could do the attached figure, but i could not do like you showed? i tried the following steps. ANd also the state you attached is showing a brown screen only upon opening. Can you please let me know how to obtain the contour like yours…thanks

 ![new_paraview_result](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/7/3/739b0aebd6e07c298e6bbf143d9354f28ac7a5ce.png)

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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: [March 12, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-results-in-paraview-and-cfdpost-from-same-fluent-data/16293/25 "2025-03-12T13:33:42Z")

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- Open the color map editor
- In ColorDiscretization, set the number of table values to somthing that fits your contour resuslts.

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### Author: ![scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-results-in-paraview-and-cfdpost-from-same-fluent-data/16293/26 "2025-03-12T16:00:23Z")

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Thanks-that worked

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