# Odd appearance of Surface With Edges

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-appearance-of-surface-with-edges/16805
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 12, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-appearance-of-surface-with-edges/16805 "2025-06-12T15:17:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![woodscn](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/woodscn/32/3226_2.png) [@woodscn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/woodscn)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-appearance-of-surface-with-edges/16805/1 "2025-06-12T15:17:19Z")

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Can anyone help us understand what might be causing this render to look wrong?

 ![IMG_1270](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/9/7/970e016a8f354889367f539a2d8128838f89651e.png)

The expected appearance is more in line with what the wireframe produces:

 ![IMG_1271](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/b/2/b263d8fc5d4e4405122d89ef2b22059c506b0891.png)

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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2025, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-appearance-of-surface-with-edges/16805/2 "2025-06-12T15:28:43Z")

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Is this on a Mac?

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2025, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-appearance-of-surface-with-edges/16805/3 "2025-06-12T15:33:25Z")

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This looks like [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/22636](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/22636).

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### Author: ![woodscn](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/woodscn/32/3226_2.png) [@woodscn](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/woodscn)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-appearance-of-surface-with-edges/16805/4 "2025-06-13T13:57:42Z")

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Yes, it’s a Mac. That seems the likely explanation.

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### Author: ![nux-foam](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@nux-foam](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nux-foam)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/odd-appearance-of-surface-with-edges/16805/5 "2025-06-18T10:26:31Z")

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Try turning off “triangulate” option in the properties menu.