# Glyphs in the first frame

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-in-the-first-frame/13113
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** exodus
**Created:** [October 26, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-in-the-first-frame/13113 "2023-10-26T14:07:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author: ![Andr](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/andr/32/12177_2.png) [@Andr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andr)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-in-the-first-frame/13113/1 "2023-10-26T14:07:50Z")

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Hello. In this example [https://discourse.paraview.org/t/local-axes-are-displayed-in-the-nodes-not-in-elements/13112](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/local-axes-are-displayed-in-the-nodes-not-in-elements/13112) i need to display glyphs in the first frame, when mesh is undeformed. Tell me please, how can i do this.

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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: [October 26, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-in-the-first-frame/13113/2 "2023-10-26T14:11:38Z")

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What prevents you to do that ?

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### Author: ![Andr](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/andr/32/12177_2.png) [@Andr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andr)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-in-the-first-frame/13113/3 "2023-10-26T14:25:37Z")

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First

 ![first](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/435e9a508295fb9fc94ae85d59ee3b78e8a1ae2d.png)  
Last  
 ![last](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2f8d2611b1663b1b121463b6551a66be04ad6fdf.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: [October 26, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-in-the-first-frame/13113/4 "2023-10-26T14:30:51Z")

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Ok ? maybe the glyphs are very small ? are you scaling the glyphs ?

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### Author: ![Andr](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/andr/32/12177_2.png) [@Andr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andr)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-in-the-first-frame/13113/5 "2023-10-26T14:45:29Z")

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![1](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/ae6b050eee14bb6ec7a54e9916a1cbd775d097ab.png)  
They are displayed at time 1 and time 2 but not at time 0

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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: [October 26, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-in-the-first-frame/13113/6 "2023-10-26T14:54:18Z")

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local\_axis\_x is all zero at time zero, so it is expected

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### Author: ![Andr](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/andr/32/12177_2.png) [@Andr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andr)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-in-the-first-frame/13113/7 "2023-10-26T15:13:19Z")

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But i need to display local\_axis on initial mesh before deformation . Is it possible?

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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: [October 26, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-in-the-first-frame/13113/8 "2023-10-26T15:21:03Z")

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its all zeroes, what do you want to show ?

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### Author: ![Andr](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/andr/32/12177_2.png) [@Andr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andr)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-in-the-first-frame/13113/9 "2023-10-26T15:36:50Z")

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![Apply diplacement](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f57d709cc50a6e80f80c7173ad0d319d01636824.png)  
Thank you  
The solution is uncheck “apply displacements”  
 ![screen](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/90ee17abb7e6f2367fa191b4c122ce8a646163af.jpeg)