# Paraview shows wrong output, while opening OpenFOAM blockmesh file

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-shows-wrong-output-while-opening-openfoam-blockmesh-file/17568
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 16, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-shows-wrong-output-while-opening-openfoam-blockmesh-file/17568 "2026-05-16T20:16:46Z")
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### Author: ![E.InfantBerwin](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@E.InfantBerwin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/E.InfantBerwin)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-shows-wrong-output-while-opening-openfoam-blockmesh-file/17568/1 "2026-05-16T20:16:46Z")

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Hi,

Greetings!

I tried to open a openfoam block mesh file in paraview, the mesh appears like, as if there is some graphical issue. please help me to resolve this issue.

I am using debian os and I have installed openfoam 2412 version and I have attached the image of the issue, I’m facing.

 ![Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/3X/9/0/90126c9fdbe82992edec798dd687fcbd18c58729.png)

Thanks & Regards,

Berwin

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### Author: ![Francois\_Mazen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/francois_mazen/32/6483_2.png) [@Francois\_Mazen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Francois_Mazen)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2026, 7:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-shows-wrong-output-while-opening-openfoam-blockmesh-file/17568/2 "2026-05-18T07:09:10Z")

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Hi @E.InfantBerwin, welcome to the ParaView discourse!

Could you please share the file you are trying to open in ParaView?