# How to realistically display particles of two different radii

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-realistically-display-particles-of-two-different-radii/14948
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [June 28, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-realistically-display-particles-of-two-different-radii/14948 "2024-06-28T10:17:06Z")
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### Author: ![Guanlong](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Guanlong](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Guanlong)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-realistically-display-particles-of-two-different-radii/14948/1 "2024-06-28T10:17:06Z")

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Hello researchers, my VTK file contains two types of particles with different radii. However, during the visualization process, I found that different particles have different colors but the same size. I want to display different radii. How should I proceed? If this problem is solved, I would be extremely grateful.  
 ![1719569809011](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/390019edd518b8aacb1707f474d156bdb3d5d0c3.png)

[VTK.zip](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/1FH6aXv0GgUCbDyEQOuzMb1SPMw.zip) (3.9 MB)

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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: [June 28, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-realistically-display-particles-of-two-different-radii/14948/2 "2024-06-28T10:18:42Z")

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Are you using PointGaussian ? 3D Glyphs representation ? Glyph filter ?

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### Author: ![Guanlong](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Guanlong](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Guanlong)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2024, 10:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-realistically-display-particles-of-two-different-radii/14948/3 "2024-06-28T10:20:22Z")

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No. I saw it online, and I want to implement the function shown in the picture, but I don’t know how to operate it.

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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: [June 28, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-realistically-display-particles-of-two-different-radii/14948/4 "2024-06-28T10:21:52Z")

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Here it is:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a642cf75c2dbb1cd301effddd1dc5feb022583bc.jpeg)

- open your files, Apply
- Filters → Glyph
- GlyphType → Sphere
- Scale Array → Radius
- Apply

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### Author: ![Guanlong](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/82dd89/32.png) [@Guanlong](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Guanlong)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-realistically-display-particles-of-two-different-radii/14948/5 "2024-06-28T10:33:05Z")

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Thank you!