# I have trouble opening vtr

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-trouble-opening-vtr/15765
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 22, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-trouble-opening-vtr/15765 "2024-11-22T00:44:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Jack\_Jack](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jack_jack/32/12390_2.png) [@Jack\_Jack](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jack_Jack)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-trouble-opening-vtr/15765/1 "2024-11-22T00:44:41Z")

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This author of this [tutorial](https://wiki.openems.de/index.php/Tutorial:_Parallel_Plate_Waveguide.html)  
claimed that he can play this animation.  
[test.zip](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/3k17YXzyQGBQDybry7hnzkUQlJT.zip) (19.0 KB)  
however, what I got is an empty box.

![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/80bb9a958499352e631c3009b6fdba552eba834c.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: [November 22, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-trouble-opening-vtr/15765/2 "2024-11-22T08:40:12Z")

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Change representation type from outline to surface.

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### Author: ![Jack\_Jack](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jack_jack/32/12390_2.png) [@Jack\_Jack](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jack_Jack)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2024, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-trouble-opening-vtr/15765/3 "2024-11-22T08:50:58Z")

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I haven’t find representation type in this GUI, Do I need write code for this conversion.

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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: [November 22, 2024, 8:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-trouble-opening-vtr/15765/4 "2024-11-22T08:52:33Z")

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![a](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/94ba672b587813c3e40f8533b970eaada5f71b1b.png)

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### Author: ![Jack\_Jack](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jack_jack/32/12390_2.png) [@Jack\_Jack](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jack_Jack)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2024, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-trouble-opening-vtr/15765/5 "2024-11-22T08:54:50Z")

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Thanks, I finally found it.  
But it’s still different from this tutorial.

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/b3fae694b08c8db07ec7de0beca58491d62c4127.png)  
[openEMS in paraview tutorial](https://wiki.openems.de/index.php/File:Paraview_screenshot1.png.html)

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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: [November 22, 2024, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/i-have-trouble-opening-vtr/15765/6 "2024-11-22T10:27:55Z")

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Then you may want to ask the tutorial creator.