# Parallel rendering of pvti files

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/parallel-rendering-of-pvti-files/7733
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 31, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/parallel-rendering-of-pvti-files/7733 "2021-07-31T20:28:07Z")
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### Author: ![Nicholas\_Yue](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/nicholas_yue/32/5203_2.png) [@Nicholas\_Yue](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nicholas_Yue)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/parallel-rendering-of-pvti-files/7733/1 "2021-07-31T20:28:07Z")

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I am learning how to use Paraview for distributed parallel visualization of pvti files

Is there some sample pvti files and instructions I can read up more on ?

Cheers

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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: [August 2, 2021, 7:22am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/parallel-rendering-of-pvti-files/7733/2 "2021-08-02T07:22:28Z")

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[https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/ReferenceManual/parallelDataVisualization.html?highlight=parallel](https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/ReferenceManual/parallelDataVisualization.html?highlight=parallel)

pvti is just a format to save a distributed image unto.

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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: [August 2, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/parallel-rendering-of-pvti-files/7733/3 "2021-08-02T18:49:56Z")

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I bet it’s close to a rectilinear file format. An example is here: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20622](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20622)