# Visualizations of wave breaking

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizations-of-wave-breaking/12432
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [July 1, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizations-of-wave-breaking/12432 "2023-07-01T14:53:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![sopoyoon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/sopoyoon/32/9499_2.png) [@sopoyoon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sopoyoon)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizations-of-wave-breaking/12432/1 "2023-07-01T14:53:01Z")

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Hello everyone,

I am a beginner in using Paraview for visualizing wave breaking. I would like to use Paraview with an input file that contains volume fraction data for all cells at their centers, where 0 represents air and 1 represents water (as vti file format).

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I have attempted to visualize the data using Paraview, and the results are as follows:

 ![스크린샷 2023-07-01 235219](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c06816cf4fc423c2257cd701c15a499d707052a3.jpeg)  
“Clip:Scalar for interface, 0.5”, “Extract Surface”, “Generate Surface Normal”, “OSPRay pathtracer”

I am seeking advice on which features or functionalities I should utilize to achieve the desired results, which can be seen in the example provided.

 ![Wave](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/05b7ecc55a9e28137dea56257a9c8e14450957b2.jpeg)

Thank you very much.

Regards,

Sopo.

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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: [July 3, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizations-of-wave-breaking/12432/2 "2023-07-03T05:24:11Z")

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![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/28e7d5fec44ac7bedb38dc7168f7d1e90fe15d95.jpeg)

Add a CellDataToPointData before the Clip and use material “Glass\_Water”

Hth,

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### Author: ![sopoyoon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/sopoyoon/32/9499_2.png) [@sopoyoon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sopoyoon)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2023, 7:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizations-of-wave-breaking/12432/3 "2023-07-04T07:02:48Z")

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Thanks for your response and suggestion.

I really appreciate you letting me know about the Material Editor and all the handy built-in settings it offers. It sounds like a great tool that can help me achieve the visualization I’m aiming for.

Now, I’ll dive into understanding and applying the concepts related to the light source.

Once again, thanks a bunch for your valuable input.

Best regards,