# Unable set line display type like dot.

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-set-line-display-type-like-dot/17301
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [November 11, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-set-line-display-type-like-dot/17301 "2025-11-11T09:52:20Z")
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### Author: ![Gastbye\_Liu](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gastbye_liu/32/17211_2.png) [@Gastbye\_Liu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Gastbye_Liu)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-set-line-display-type-like-dot/17301/1 "2025-11-11T09:52:20Z")

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I have a vtk file for line segments (as follows). And I want to show the dot line in paraview. Does paraview have the function for that?

#vtk DataFile Version 2.0

Point and Line Data  
ASCII

DATASET POLYDATA  
POINTS 4 float  
0.53633 -8.125e-17 2.97723e-17  
0.33463 0.403401 -1.38778e-17  
0.179855 -1.01038e-16 9.98397e-18  
0.178657 0.0221563 0.0443126

LINES 4 12  
2 0 1  
2 1 2  
2 2 3  
2 3 0

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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 12, 2025, 7:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-set-line-display-type-like-dot/17301/2 "2025-11-12T07:36:23Z")

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> [@Gastbye\_Liu](#):
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> how the dot line in paraview.

What do you mean “the dot lines” ?