# Paraview save file

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-save-file/13285
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 20, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-save-file/13285 "2023-11-20T11:07:38Z")
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### Author: ![KWLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@KWLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/KWLEE)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2023, 11:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-save-file/13285/1 "2023-11-20T11:07:38Z")

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Hellow~ I’m a beginner at ParaView.

I use a grasshopper to use Paraview. At this time, if I save it in pvd format in Paraview and load the file again, the stream tracer disappears. Is there a way to load stream tracer together from the saved file??

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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: [November 20, 2023, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-save-file/13285/2 "2023-11-20T11:52:30Z")

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> [@KWLEE](#):
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> At this time, if I save it in pvd format in Paraview and load the file again, the stream tracer disappears.

Please share a screenshot ot what you are are doing.

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### Author: ![KWLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@KWLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/KWLEE)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-save-file/13285/3 "2023-11-21T01:11:26Z")

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![paraview_stream tracer](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3bfee29ffd10fe265f602fc5e4d4a5aaeb9a4ec4.jpeg)

This image is before save.There is stream Tracer1 in Pipeline Browser and Streamline in Layout#1

 ![paraview_stream tracer save file open](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/37c0176a1da25f599690176df96d0b4bc1f39b9f.jpeg)

But stream line is disapear when I open the saved file and stream tracer button is disabled.

I want to control stream line because to ger variety of result images.

How can I save stream tracer and line together?

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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: [November 21, 2023, 6:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-save-file/13285/4 "2023-11-21T06:39:51Z")

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So you want to save the state of the application (with the actual stream tracer filter), not the data output.

Use File → SaveState instead of SaveData.

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### Author: ![KWLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@KWLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/KWLEE)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 4:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-save-file/13285/5 "2023-11-22T04:51:17Z")

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Thanks to your aidvice, I managed to save(with stream tracer) it.

But I have another problem.  
Saved state file is different when I load to state file.  
Like Below image! Can you tell me about solution.

This image is saved state file

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/01a2eb923e8acc0c1c8fa24d31549b51f4abeba4.jpeg)

And This image is loaded state file.

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/dd2bce938877888508c6157375578f58ee59090a.jpeg)  
p.s. Loaded state image is another paraview file that I worked on.

I get a lot of help with your answer~!

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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: [November 22, 2023, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-save-file/13285/6 "2023-11-22T07:14:43Z")

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> [@KWLEE](#):
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> Saved state file is different when I load to state file.

Do you mean its not zoomed the same way ?

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### Author: ![KWLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@KWLEE](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/KWLEE)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 7:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-save-file/13285/7 "2023-11-22T07:58:04Z")

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Sorry, I checked again and it was a simple error.

Thanks to your advice!!!