# Idea : online visualisation with scientific papers

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/idea-online-visualisation-with-scientific-papers/11625
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [March 14, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/idea-online-visualisation-with-scientific-papers/11625 "2023-03-14T14:51:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![PA\_M](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/pa_m/32/6758_2.png) [@PA\_M](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PA_M)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/idea-online-visualisation-with-scientific-papers/11625/1 "2023-03-14T14:51:05Z")

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Hello there,  
Not sure this is the right place but something came to my mind while reading a CFD paper where the geometry is quite convoluted and 3D.  
**Wouldn’t it be amazing if one were able to share, in a scientific paper, a permalink to a page were one could visualise in 3D a Paraview “instantaneous view” so that 2D figures come to life ?**  
I am not talking about an “online Paraview” server, just a 3D engine from a light Paraview export.  
I have no idea of the feasibility but I truly believe this could be a game-changer in terms of scientific visualization, especially in the field of CFD. Imagine you are reading the online version of a paper, which is what occurs now most of the time, and you just click on the figure and suddenly you can explore more precisely the geometry ! 🙂  
Sincerely,  
PA M

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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: [March 14, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/idea-online-visualisation-with-scientific-papers/11625/2 "2023-03-14T14:54:04Z")

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Do you mean Glance ? 🙂

> **[Kitware Glance](https://kitware.github.io/glance/app/)**
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> Data Viewer in a browser

@jourdain @Julien_Finet

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/idea-online-visualisation-with-scientific-papers/11625/3 "2023-03-14T15:01:06Z")

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You can create a web export (vtkjs) from ParaView which can then be viewed by [Glance](https://kitware.github.io/glance/). You can host your data/export on your server and let Glance pick it up [from the URL](https://kitware.github.io/glance/doc/loading_files.html), or you can even host both on your server.

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### Author: ![Julien\_Finet](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/julien_finet/32/9321_2.png) [@Julien\_Finet](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Julien_Finet)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/idea-online-visualisation-with-scientific-papers/11625/4 "2023-03-14T15:05:54Z")

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[Here](https://www.kitware.com/exporting-paraview-scenes-to-paraview-glance/) is a tutorial to export your scene to vtkjs/glance.