# How to Open and Visualize file.xyz (Plot3D Format)

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-open-and-visualize-file-xyz-plot3d-format/12944
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 27, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-open-and-visualize-file-xyz-plot3d-format/12944 "2023-09-27T09:16:00Z")
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### Author: ![mardar](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mardar/32/12337_2.png) [@mardar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mardar)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2023, 9:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-open-and-visualize-file-xyz-plot3d-format/12944/1 "2023-09-27T09:16:00Z")

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Hey ParaView community,

I’m trying to open file.xyz format, which I believe is in the Plot3D format.

Could someone please guide me how to visualize file.xyz data in ParaView?

[file.xyz](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/yyCmYPesiLwd1gqlhjy7U4veC97.xyz) (2.2 KB)

The geometry can be seen below.

 ![Annotation 2023-09-27 121055](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/5/54a0078046f79be8f02ca0f07b1727e8bbe89443.png)

Thanks in advance.

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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: [September 27, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-open-and-visualize-file-xyz-plot3d-format/12944/2 "2023-09-27T12:50:41Z")

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I’m not sure what this format is but ParaView doesn’t think that it is Plot3D, or at least is unable to open it.