# Glyphs with Radius \< 0.01 don't show up

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-with-radius-0-01-dont-show-up/4256
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 5, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-with-radius-0-01-dont-show-up/4256 "2020-05-05T06:21:25Z")
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### Author: ![bastian](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/bastian/32/7513_2.png) [@bastian](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bastian)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2020, 6:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-with-radius-0-01-dont-show-up/4256/1 "2020-05-05T06:21:25Z")

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Here is a vtu-file containing two points which I wish to visualize as sphere-type glyphs.  
[points.vtu](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/tQ2YMKlPQzwEuPpAARXGzDT7dTR.vtu) (781 Bytes)

So, I load the file, set  
representation → 3D Glyphs  
Glyph Type → Sphere  
Radius → 0.01  
and it works flawlessly:

 ![Screenshot from 2020-05-05 08-18-13](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6e3c0a3442e0285207b329be48ed5cae58dfa262.png)

However, setting the radius to any value lower than approximately 0.009129475239 has the sphere disappear.  
How can I make these glyphs show with a smaller radius?

Here’s the state file: [state.pvsm](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/Apxx45xnFz7vMQiHcpKGwD8964Y.pvsm) (152.8 KB)

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### Author: ![bastian](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/bastian/32/7513_2.png) [@bastian](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bastian)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-with-radius-0-01-dont-show-up/4256/2 "2020-05-08T08:23:02Z")

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A colleague of mine experiences the same issue with Paraview 5.6.0, but using the Glyph filter he is able to visualize the grid points as spheres of any size (after setting the Scale Factor to 1):

 ![Screenshot from 2020-05-08 09-53-43](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4044eb68a6dc7e9908e98be0a8c6bebe35a41ea5.png)

In version 5.8.0, the Glyph filter won’t produce any spheres at all:

 ![Screenshot from 2020-05-08 10-20-53](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/7d7593d3b9a9ff53dedbf6a9ff55b3c12c4a4a61.png) ![Screenshot from 2020-05-08 10-21-02](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/62470ce8bc8ee81bb08aa63fa4341d30a6fdfd62.png)

However, if I run the trace code that my colleague generated with Paraview 5.6 in Paraview 5.8.0, the spheres do show and remain visible when I change their radius.  
[tiny\_sphere\_paraview56.py](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/hfKcqd6S689wsgvW1wKJm8EHjFv.py) (6.7 KB)

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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: [May 11, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyphs-with-radius-0-01-dont-show-up/4256/3 "2020-05-11T04:25:50Z")

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Reported here : [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19778](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19778)  
Fixed here : [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19778](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19778)

Should be fixed in master, last nightly and next release.