# Open a cube file

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-a-cube-file/7187
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 10, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-a-cube-file/7187 "2021-05-10T06:12:36Z")
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### Author: ![Maria\_co](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Maria\_co](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Maria_co)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2021, 6:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-a-cube-file/7187/1 "2021-05-10T06:12:36Z")

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Hi, I found an external software that creates the molecule, and calculates the electron density, orbitals, etc …  
This software creates a file in cube format. When I open the file with paraview, I can get the result with the gaussian cube reader but I can visualize the molecule but not the densities. Is there any filter that I may not know that allows me to achieve this?

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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: [May 10, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/open-a-cube-file/7187/2 "2021-05-10T06:29:08Z")

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@nicolas.vuaille ?