# Issue for changing representation in self build paraview

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-for-changing-representation-in-self-build-paraview/13600
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 26, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-for-changing-representation-in-self-build-paraview/13600 "2023-12-26T01:34:21Z")
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### Author: ![zhe](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/zhe/32/2196_2.png) [@zhe](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/zhe)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2023, 1:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-for-changing-representation-in-self-build-paraview/13600/1 "2023-12-26T01:34:22Z")

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Hi, everyone:

I try to build a Paraview by myself on mac M1. But it failed to change the representation  
As shown in attached figure, I loaded a data from source, and changed the representation into surface, but the rendering window does not change (it is still in outline representation).  
I also got this message when I execute the paraview, not sure if it is related with the representation issue

```auto
qt.core.qobject.connect: QObject::connect: No such slot QTableView::sortByColumn(int) in /Users/zw1/Documents/cworkspace/src/paraview/Qt/Components/pqDataInformationWidget.cxx:107

```

Could you provide some ideas for solving this issue? Did I miss some parameters when build Paraview?  
Thanks for the help!

 ![Screen Shot 2023-12-25 at 8.25.38 PM](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6ceb4df96727e699aac8eb4e5dcffb3d5d8fd6db.png)

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### Author: ![zhe](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/zhe/32/2196_2.png) [@zhe](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/zhe)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-for-changing-representation-in-self-build-paraview/13600/2 "2023-12-28T19:37:35Z")

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It seems that I installed both qt6 and qt5 on my device. The ParaView works normally after I remove qt6. This [online answer](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70775319/how-to-fix-qt-requires-a-c17-compiler-error/72928807#72928807) may provide more related information.

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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: [January 2, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-for-changing-representation-in-self-build-paraview/13600/3 "2024-01-02T08:57:43Z")

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> [@Issue with representation type selection with Qt6 on Arch Linux](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-with-representation-type-selection-with-qt6-on-arch-linux/12765):
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> Hello, On Arch Linux, building ParaView with Qt6, I have an issue with a the representation mode selection: When right-clicking on a mesh ans selecting the representation type with th checkbox selection, everything is fine. When using the combo box (either on the toolbar or in the properties tab), nothing changes (the default remains at “Surface”). The latest version I compiled (a few days ago) is: Client Information: Version: 5.11.1-1525-g2c4973080c VTK Version: 9.2.6-4140-g40c19ea4e8 Qt V…

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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: [January 2, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-for-changing-representation-in-self-build-paraview/13600/4 "2024-01-02T08:58:05Z")

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[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/22281](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/22281)