# slice along polyline crashes

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-along-polyline-crashes/16874
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 28, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-along-polyline-crashes/16874 "2025-06-28T08:57:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Davie](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/davie/32/16645_2.png) [@Davie](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Davie)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2025, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-along-polyline-crashes/16874/1 "2025-06-28T08:57:53Z")

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HI,  
Here is a rookie to Paraview.  
I use “sources–geometic shape–poly line source” to get a polyline in my VTK flie surface,  
the I use the filter ‘Slice Along Polyline’, but Paraview crashes without any message,  
my paraview version is 6.0.0-RC1,  
What can I do to make it work?  
here is my VTK file:  
[X1\_export2.zip](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/2DYYI25UCQl3kFsZTgzXDFj7Fa6.zip) (1.8 MB)

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### Author: ![Nina07](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@Nina07](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nina07)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-along-polyline-crashes/16874/2 "2025-08-08T06:59:09Z")

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Hi,  
I have the same issue with ParaView 6.0.0-RC1 / 5.8.1 / 5.13.2. Paraview crashes when I use the filter “Slice along Polyline”.

On my Ubuntu Paraview 5.11.2 it works.

What might be the issue?

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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 8, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-along-polyline-crashes/16874/3 "2025-08-08T07:21:10Z")

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I reproduce the issue indeed, please open it here: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues)

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### Author: ![Nina07](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@Nina07](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nina07)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-along-polyline-crashes/16874/4 "2025-08-08T07:38:53Z")

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The issue is now open on gitlab. Thanks.

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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 8, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-along-polyline-crashes/16874/5 "2025-08-08T10:15:52Z")

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[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/23054](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/23054)

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### Author: ![marios\_geo](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@marios\_geo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/marios_geo)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-along-polyline-crashes/16874/6 "2025-12-01T13:36:06Z")

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Hello, I have the same issue, under paraview 6.0.1 mpi in a windows 11.

[resistivity.vtk](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/2wAMqQfvHpjurHAJ5Rm85kqPxWF.vtk) (6.4 MB)

[line1.vtk](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/zwmCMeZV6hMVmSEDyor3Ib3c5Fl.vtk) (1.6 KB)

I want to slice resistivity.vtk, along polyline line1.vtk. I have tried multiple z locations for the polyline (exact topography, maximum, mean, min, outside… along the volume) with no luck. Could you please advice?