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## [Visualizing a single cell from data point!](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizing-a-single-cell-from-data-point/10672)

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**Author:** [@Cavid\_Azimi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Cavid_Azimi)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualizing-a-single-cell-from-data-point/10672 "2023-01-27T20:34:16Z")

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When I filter my data with threshold filtering for one attribute, sometimes only one point have that attribute in aspecific range. I have problem visualizing a single cell! When I check “All Scalars”, it does not show an…

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## [Customize application with paraview's framework](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/customize-application-with-paraviews-framework/3304)

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**Author:** [@Yoshino](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Yoshino)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/customize-application-with-paraviews-framework/3304 "2020-01-21T10:10:00Z")

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I want to create an application with PV’s framework and Qt-based UI. I understand PV is back by VTK, which is written in C++, but how to use C++ interface in Paraview? I know PV has programmable filter with python, I hav…

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## [Data array multi-component labelling](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/data-array-multi-component-labelling/8006)

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**Author:** [@Jairo\_Useche](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jairo_Useche)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/data-array-multi-component-labelling/8006 "2022-01-12T17:10:45Z")

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My problem is in the Paraview GUI: Any vector components can be colored by Magnitude, or by components X, Y, Z. However, Is there a way to enforce this labelling to Ux, Uy, Uz (for example), instead of the spatial-centr…

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## [Paraview doesn't like using 24 logical CPU's I have, but only uses 12 CPUs based on VtkProcessID when opening a pvtu file including 12 vtu's](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-doesnt-like-using-24-logical-cpus-i-have-but-only-uses-12-cpus-based-on-vtkprocessid-when-opening-a-pvtu-file-including-12-vtus/4379)

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**Author:** [@ofbodur](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ofbodur)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-doesnt-like-using-24-logical-cpus-i-have-but-only-uses-12-cpus-based-on-vtkprocessid-when-opening-a-pvtu-file-including-12-vtus/4379 "2020-06-03T03:50:26Z")

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Hi All, I bought a new machine for research and it has 12 Physical CPUs (24 logical CPU’s), and I wanted to process a 3D model written as vtu files. What I have is 12 vtu’s, all referenced in a single .pvtu file to read…

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## [Color Map to png file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-map-to-png-file/8332)

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**Author:** [@mclarsen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mclarsen)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [November 5, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/color-map-to-png-file/8332 "2021-11-05T15:20:58Z")

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I am looking for a way via python (simple.py) to extract an image of the color map. Any pointers on how I might do this for say cool2warm? I just need access to the raw values of the table.

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## [visualize only a given number of cell inside a BOX domain](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualize-only-a-given-number-of-cell-inside-a-box-domain/1174)

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**Author:** [@drudox00](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/drudox00)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/visualize-only-a-given-number-of-cell-inside-a-box-domain/1174 "2019-01-25T08:50:59Z")

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Hi again !! I have one other target for the polymer chain animations (previous post) consider that I’m modelling a Box (very big compared with the polymer’s chain who is much smaller than one single cell) is to include …

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## [Volume extraction](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/volume-extraction/9862)

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**Author:** [@Lorenzo11](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Lorenzo11)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/volume-extraction/9862 "2022-06-21T14:37:21Z")

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Hello, everyone, I need to extract a volume of spherical shape in a file.pvd at my disposal, how can I do this? I need to be able to choose both the centre of the sphere and the radius. I also have associated with my f…

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## [Plot over line clipping bug](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-over-line-clipping-bug/3098)

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**Author:** [@Rem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rem)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-over-line-clipping-bug/3098 "2020-01-09T14:03:13Z")

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Hi all, For some time I’ve been experiencing an issue when plotting over line of xdmf files. As you can see above, the line overlap one another in a funny way, which makes the visualisation really difficult. I had th…

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## [Issue with PV5.11 RC2 installer on Ubuntu](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-with-pv5-11-rc2-installer-on-ubuntu/10597)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Bauer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andy_Bauer)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-with-pv5-11-rc2-installer-on-ubuntu/10597 "2022-11-01T01:26:23Z")

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I’m getting the following error with the 5.11 RC2 candidate that I downloaded from the PV download site: acbauer@hoth:~/Code/ParaView/ParaView-5.11.0-RC2-MPI-Linux-Python3.9-x86\_64$ bin/paraview Warning: Ignoring XDG\_SE…

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## [Start supporting Qt6?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/start-supporting-qt6/11239)

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**Author:** [@Neumann-A](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Neumann-A)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/start-supporting-qt6/11239 "2024-12-30T10:45:39Z")

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Any plans to support Qt6? For vcpkg I basically updated everything so that it can move other stuff like opencv to qt6. (see \[vtk|opencv4|openimageio\] Switch to Qt6 by Neumann-A · Pull Request #29078 · microsoft/vcpkg · G…

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## [Young's Material Interface](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/youngs-material-interface/2875)

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**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/youngs-material-interface/2875 "2021-11-02T17:19:28Z")

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I have a user that is trying to figure out the Young’s Material Interface filter. Is this documented anywhere, or who is our resident expert? Could someone give me an example using this filter? Thanks! Alan.

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## [USE\_SYSTEM\_qt not there while building Superbuild on Windows 11 | No Paraview Application](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-system-qt-not-there-while-building-superbuild-on-windows-11-no-paraview-application/11898)

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**Author:** [@Muhammad\_Saad\_Atique](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Muhammad_Saad_Atique)\
**Replies:** 31\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/use-system-qt-not-there-while-building-superbuild-on-windows-11-no-paraview-application/11898 "2023-08-16T12:45:43Z")

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Hi, I have followed the following steps to build superbuild: Install Visual Studio 2019 community with all C++ related tools Install cmake Install git bash Install Ninja I thought I won’t have to install Qt (which is …

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## [Display of variable](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-of-variable/4021)

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**Author:** [@Samanvith\_A](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Samanvith_A)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/display-of-variable/4021 "2020-04-10T18:05:16Z")

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Hello everyone. I have a set of VTK files which is a 3D cube. I have attached the link to it below. I have loaded into the paraview and have created an animation view of it. Now I want to display a variable “i” in th…

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## [Image size changes with the number of grid points](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/image-size-changes-with-the-number-of-grid-points/7564)

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**Author:** [@hopitigala](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hopitigala)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2022, 11:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/image-size-changes-with-the-number-of-grid-points/7564 "2022-06-21T11:58:10Z")

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I load time series of .vtk files to visualize the results of my simulation. The number of grids of the domain changes with each successive meshing (coarse grid at the beginning and progressively finer grid at the end) du…

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## [How embedding Python Source as Modules?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-embedding-python-source-as-modules/1978)

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**Author:** [@e-kolosov](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/e-kolosov)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-embedding-python-source-as-modules/1978 "2019-06-05T10:08:56Z")

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Hello. I read the instruction https://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Plugin\_HowTo and build a simple HelloWorldRedaer but it doesn’t work. It load a dynamic library but can’t apply a HelloWorldReader reader. What I…

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## [Getting Average/Accumulated contour of whole domain over a slice](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-average-accumulated-contour-of-whole-domain-over-a-slice/9782)

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**Author:** [@Usama157](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Usama157)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2022, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/getting-average-accumulated-contour-of-whole-domain-over-a-slice/9782 "2022-06-20T21:53:21Z")

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Hello, I have a 3D domain specifically a engine comprising of piston, cylinder and cylinder head…i can get the contours of every variable on slices at different positions throughout the domain…what i want is to technica…

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## [Lagrangian particle tracer](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/lagrangian-particle-tracer/9610)

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**Author:** [@ting\_cui](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ting_cui)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 11, 2022, 7:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/lagrangian-particle-tracer/9610 "2022-05-11T07:57:10Z")

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I would like to use LPT to show the fluid particles move in lagrangian field, but I do not know how to set the properties of the source seed and surface input, could you give some examples on this problem?

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## [Linking against Catalyst... without cmake](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/linking-against-catalyst-without-cmake/657)

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**Author:** [@mdorier](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mdorier)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [October 15, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/linking-against-catalyst-without-cmake/657 "2018-10-15T12:57:37Z")

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Hi, All the examples I see that use Catalyst rely on cmake to do something like find\_package(ParaView ...) and link the code against the right libraries. Typically they will rely on finding components like vtkPVPythonCa…

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## [Issue Reloading in Files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-reloading-in-files/5288)

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**Author:** [@Jessblair11](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jessblair11)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issue-reloading-in-files/5288 "2020-09-17T15:00:18Z")

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Hello, I recently started saving .vtu files for simulations, added filters, and exported solid models from SimVascular and added filters to these as well. Whenever I click on “Save State” and come back to ParaView a few…

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## [Unable to visualise XDMF checkpoint in 1D](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-visualise-xdmf-checkpoint-in-1d/2781)

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**Author:** [@Rem](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rem)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unable-to-visualise-xdmf-checkpoint-in-1d/2781 "2021-05-19T13:43:39Z")

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Hi all, I’m writing xdmf files with checkpointing with FEniCS. everything works fine in 2D/3D, but 1D fields cannot be visualise in Paraview 5.7 (nor in the previous versions). Here’s an exemple file:u\_checkpoint.h5 (7…

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## [Paraview reading of Ensight Gold files.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-reading-of-ensight-gold-files/2764)

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**Author:** [@DDdC](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/DDdC)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-reading-of-ensight-gold-files/2764 "2021-07-13T12:10:39Z")

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I am trying to use ParaView to read ensight gold files, but unfortunately, the software always crashes on my mac when attempting to open the file. I am not sure, but this seems a bug. Could anyone help me in this regard?…

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## [SIGABRT and paraview does not start](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sigabrt-and-paraview-does-not-start/8495)

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**Author:** [@jupyter](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jupyter)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/sigabrt-and-paraview-does-not-start/8495 "2021-12-06T00:52:22Z")

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I installed Paraview via the package manager pacman on Artixlinux (A derivative of Archlinux). However, I’m unable to start paraview on my machine. I also tested, a month or so ago, the binary provided by the paraview w…

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## [Running a script in the background? / VR black screen](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/running-a-script-in-the-background-vr-black-screen/3412)

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**Author:** [@AlexisTvrs](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AlexisTvrs)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/running-a-script-in-the-background-vr-black-screen/3412 "2020-02-04T13:59:32Z")

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Hello, we are a group of students currently working on a project using Paraview. To sum up, our project, constists in actively loading terrain data around a person which is in control of the camera. All of that using py…

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## [Unstructured Grid Individual Face Areas](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unstructured-grid-individual-face-areas/6606)

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**Author:** [@Ian\_Roberts](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ian_Roberts)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unstructured-grid-individual-face-areas/6606 "2021-03-04T10:21:11Z")

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I am trying to extract the individual area of each face on an unstructured surface grid from OpenFOAM. I have tried using both the PythonCalculator (area(input\[0\])) and Quality features but this seems to be limited to j…

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## [glGenFramebuffers errors in pvserver 5.8](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glgenframebuffers-errors-in-pvserver-5-8/3632)

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**Author:** [@razoumov](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/razoumov)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glgenframebuffers-errors-in-pvserver-5-8/3632 "2020-03-25T18:21:19Z")

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I usually compile pvserver on our CPU cluster with the following flags: -DVTK\_OPENGL\_HAS\_OSMESA=ON -DPARAVIEW\_USE\_MPI=ON -DBUILD\_TESTING=OFF -DVTK\_USE\_X=OFF -DPARAVIEW\_BUILD\_QT\_GUI=OFF -DPARAVIEW\_ENABLE\_PYTHON=ON -DPARA…

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## [Applying ProbeFIlter to volumetric mesh and generate 3D image](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/applying-probefilter-to-volumetric-mesh-and-generate-3d-image/5283)

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**Author:** [@chathu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/chathu)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/applying-probefilter-to-volumetric-mesh-and-generate-3d-image/5283 "2020-09-10T10:04:28Z")

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I have created a volumetric mesh (FEM) using gmsh and exported it as a .vtk file (i.e. unstructuredGrid). This FE model consists of a box with an ellipsoid where ellipsoid is located inside of the box. (Scalar range is 1…

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## [Create a reader plugin to read multiple files into one vtkMultiBlockDataSet](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-a-reader-plugin-to-read-multiple-files-into-one-vtkmultiblockdataset/1895)

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**Author:** [@sharon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sharon)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-a-reader-plugin-to-read-multiple-files-into-one-vtkmultiblockdataset/1895 "2019-05-21T12:39:40Z")

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Dear Experts, Is it possible to write a reader plugin that can read multiple files’ content into one vtkMultiBlockDataSet? In my situation, the data in each file is just a small block of the whole data, so i need to re…

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## [U Magnitude Value - SpreadSheetView in Plot Over Line](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/u-magnitude-value-spreadsheetview-in-plot-over-line/8339)

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**Author:** [@limpideyes](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/limpideyes)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/u-magnitude-value-spreadsheetview-in-plot-over-line/8339 "2021-11-06T10:14:31Z")

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Hello, I am trying to represent U Magnitude data in SpreadSheetView of Plot Over line. Please refer to the image below. In the graph, U Magnitude is represented. But when I hit the button for SpreadSheetView, only Ux, …

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## [File/path names with special characters on Windows systems](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/file-path-names-with-special-characters-on-windows-systems/6070)

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**Author:** [@cobo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cobo)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 9:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/file-path-names-with-special-characters-on-windows-systems/6070 "2021-09-17T09:20:27Z")

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Just found out that ParaView on a Windows system is not able to deal with folder and file names containing characters like ä, ö, ü, é, à etc.: They are simply “ignored”! On my Linux system this does not seem to be a prob…

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## [Looking for example RGB(A) volume data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/looking-for-example-rgb-a-volume-data/12951)

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**Author:** [@wsherman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wsherman)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/looking-for-example-rgb-a-volume-data/12951 "2023-10-23T15:19:23Z")

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Hello, I have some RGB color data in as a TIFF stack that I will be visualizing in ParaView, once I figure out how to get the data properly imported. So my primary task is to figure out what VTK format to use (and perh…

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## [ParaView 5.9 can't load python 3.8 libraries on MacOS Catalina](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-cant-load-python-3-8-libraries-on-macos-catalina/6164)

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**Author:** [@MBG](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MBG)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2021, 6:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-9-cant-load-python-3-8-libraries-on-macos-catalina/6164 "2021-02-20T18:11:24Z")

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That’s possible to load the library from Python in Terminal and I added the key “com.apple.security.cs.disable-library-validation” to the plist but without success: import geopandas as gpd File "/usr/local/lib/pyt…

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## [How to plot pressure and force of single (or multiple) points on a patch over all time steps?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-plot-pressure-and-force-of-single-or-multiple-points-on-a-patch-over-all-time-steps/12035)

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**Author:** [@A\_E](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/A_E)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-plot-pressure-and-force-of-single-or-multiple-points-on-a-patch-over-all-time-steps/12035 "2023-05-23T10:03:46Z")

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Hi I have a multiphase case (VOF) and simulated it using interFoam. Using ExtractBlock filter I have selected a patch I need and I have got the patch normals using GenerateSurfaceNormals filter. My first question is ho…

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## [How to use multi-process on Dell PowerEdge T640 server?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-use-multi-process-on-dell-poweredge-t640-server/153)

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**Author:** [@Zhongwei\_Yang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Zhongwei_Yang)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-use-multi-process-on-dell-poweredge-t640-server/153 "2018-06-12T13:37:40Z")

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Dear developers, I have installed the paraview on a linux system for the DELL PowerEdge T640 Tower server (http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/servers-storage-and-networking/poweredge-t640-tower-server/spd/poweredge-t64…

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## [Is this possible to plot one point representing the average for n points instead of all points](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-this-possible-to-plot-one-point-representing-the-average-for-n-points-instead-of-all-points/8625)

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**Author:** [@Butanium](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Butanium)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-this-possible-to-plot-one-point-representing-the-average-for-n-points-instead-of-all-points/8625 "2022-01-26T16:36:33Z")

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Hello, I’m making a project in which I have a huge CSV (~1M entries) representing timestamp and length. Plotting it with no processing is unreadable : I already made some test with python and Matplotlib and if inste…

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## [vtu/xdmf synchronisation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtu-xdmf-synchronisation/1775)

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**Author:** [@begou](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/begou)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtu-xdmf-synchronisation/1775 "2022-09-09T16:49:29Z")

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Hi paraview users, I’m using two coupled applications. One save vtu files, the other save hdf5/xdmf files. Is there a way to synchronize these files when viewing them in a paraview session and building an animation ? I …

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## [EvenlySpacedStreamlines2D not working properly](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/evenlyspacedstreamlines2d-not-working-properly/9776)

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**Author:** [@Trinxo123](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Trinxo123)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [June 18, 2022, 8:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/evenlyspacedstreamlines2d-not-working-properly/9776 "2022-06-18T08:06:52Z")

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Hi, I’m completely new in Paraview so let me first apologize if the problem I’m presenting is trivial. I would like to represent a velocity field with streamlines in a plane, just as this picture I found in a similar w…

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## [Proposal: replacing UserVoice with GitLab issues for feature requests](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/proposal-replacing-uservoice-with-gitlab-issues-for-feature-requests/6844)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/proposal-replacing-uservoice-with-gitlab-issues-for-feature-requests/6844 "2021-04-26T14:07:02Z")

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Dear ParaView community, For years, we have had the ParaView User Voice for tracking popular feature requests for ParaView. The site is difficult to administer, it is not often checked, and there has recently been a sur…

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## [clean Paraview build link for plugin development](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clean-paraview-build-link-for-plugin-development/235)

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**Author:** [@wil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wil)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 1:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clean-paraview-build-link-for-plugin-development/235 "2018-12-11T01:37:59Z")

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Could anyone give a link to a clean Paraview build (and is depdencies : vtk, qt) working for plugin development ? (builded with ninja or visual studio)

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## [Opening h5 file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opening-h5-file/15758)

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**Author:** [@zhangyi2012](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/zhangyi2012)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/opening-h5-file/15758 "2024-11-28T01:32:33Z")

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Hi, Julien, I use the ParaView v5.13.1, which should has already support the Fluent CFF I think. Here are xxx.cas.h5 and xxx.dat.h5 generated from fluent, now I try to post them by ParaView. When I load the xxx.cas.ht…

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## [How to change axis in surface plot from Cartesian to logarithmic](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-change-axis-in-surface-plot-from-cartesian-to-logarithmic/7227)

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**Author:** [@Refaat\_Galal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Refaat_Galal)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-change-axis-in-surface-plot-from-cartesian-to-logarithmic/7227 "2021-05-20T17:17:51Z")

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Hi everyone, I am new user of Paraview. I have the following surface plot in which the x- and y-axis are in Cartesian scale. I would like to know how to change the scale of x-axis to logarithmic.

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## [Can vtkDataArraySelection be used with custom plug-in filter that is based on the VTKPythonAlgorithmBase approach?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-vtkdataarrayselection-be-used-with-custom-plug-in-filter-that-is-based-on-the-vtkpythonalgorithmbase-approach/2509)

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**Author:** [@vchan1186](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vchan1186)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-vtkdataarrayselection-be-used-with-custom-plug-in-filter-that-is-based-on-the-vtkpythonalgorithmbase-approach/2509 "2020-01-07T09:30:44Z")

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I am trying to write a ParaView Python custom plug-in filter that appends to data in the ParaView pipeline with data that is read in from a file. Since files can have multiple datasets, I am hoping to allow users to sele…

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## [A quick question about plotting points (x, y, z, time)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/a-quick-question-about-plotting-points-x-y-z-time/4945)

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**Author:** [@Sungho\_Lee](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sungho_Lee)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/a-quick-question-about-plotting-points-x-y-z-time/4945 "2022-09-01T16:06:47Z")

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Hello. I am a beginner of Paraview. I have a point data set which has spatial and temporal information. I plotted all points without the time stamp. I’d like to plot the time evolution of scatters. I don’t know how …

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## [How to correctly add a reader plugin?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-correctly-add-a-reader-plugin/1789)

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**Author:** [@caobaolu](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/caobaolu)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2019, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-correctly-add-a-reader-plugin/1789 "2019-05-09T12:43:44Z")

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Dear all, I’ve tried several days to build my own plugin and resulted in no success. I managed to compile ParaView from source and tried the sample plugin called mypngreader. After I load the plugin and try to open the …

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## [How to do an animation from a fluent .cas & .dat (steady simulation) in Paraview 5.10.1?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-do-an-animation-from-a-fluent-cas-dat-steady-simulation-in-paraview-5-10-1/12632)

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**Author:** [@Leckie](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Leckie)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 5:10am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-do-an-animation-from-a-fluent-cas-dat-steady-simulation-in-paraview-5-10-1/12632 "2023-08-21T05:10:36Z")

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Hello everyone! I’m fairly new to Paraview, and I’m having some challenges with doing a simulation when importing fluent data. I have done my fair share of reading, but I just cannot make it work! flow.case.cas (458.4 …

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## [Missing methods in generated Catalyst v2 pipeline or wrong usage ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/missing-methods-in-generated-catalyst-v2-pipeline-or-wrong-usage/5850)

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**Author:** [@YvanFournier](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/YvanFournier)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/missing-methods-in-generated-catalyst-v2-pipeline-or-wrong-usage/5850 "2020-11-24T17:39:09Z")

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Hello, I tried to test the Catalyst changes in ParaView master (recompiled yesterday), but when I extract a catalyst script using File/Save Catalyst state, the file I obtain does not contain the methods mentioned in com…

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## [This VTU file can be loaded into Linux, but not Windows](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/this-vtu-file-can-be-loaded-into-linux-but-not-windows/12380)

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**Author:** [@cfd\_ow](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cfd_ow)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/this-vtu-file-can-be-loaded-into-linux-but-not-windows/12380 "2023-06-28T07:07:55Z")

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The VTU file was generated from a in-house CFD solver based on the High Lift Workshop benchmark case. It contains 26M grid points and ~65M cells. The files are placed at Google drive: volumes\_hlcrm\_medium.tar - Google Dr…

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## [Can ParaView process composite datasets in parallel?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-process-composite-datasets-in-parallel/6254)

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**Author:** [@jaswantp](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jaswantp)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-process-composite-datasets-in-parallel/6254 "2021-01-20T12:42:07Z")

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I have a simple filter (let’s suppose it’s similar to vtkTriangleFilter) w/ 1 in, 1 out port. I derive from vtkPointSetAlgorithm so it supports both vtkPolyData and vtkUnstructuredGridBase With the necessary CMake infra…

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## [Latex compiler in Paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/latex-compiler-in-paraview/10727)

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**Author:** [@Captain\_Convergence](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Captain_Convergence)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 1:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/latex-compiler-in-paraview/10727 "2023-04-24T01:41:53Z")

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Dear support, I have been playing with the compilation of different versions of Paraview and now it seems that my latex interpreter stopped working. It seems that it comes from a shared configuration among the Paraview …

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## [Clipping bug when changing representation of data from surface to volume](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-bug-when-changing-representation-of-data-from-surface-to-volume/3381)

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**Author:** [@Pat](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pat)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-bug-when-changing-representation-of-data-from-surface-to-volume/3381 "2020-03-20T08:05:20Z")

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Hello, I have noticed an annoying bug when rendering my data in both Paraview v5.7.0 and the nightly builds. My data which is stored in a HDF5 format is being read into Paraview through a XDMF file which I think could b…

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## [Nightly 5.6.0 1408 seems to fail to load OpenFOAM polyhedral mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nightly-5-6-0-1408-seems-to-fail-to-load-openfoam-polyhedral-mesh/1727)

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**Author:** [@gridley](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/gridley)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nightly-5-6-0-1408-seems-to-fail-to-load-openfoam-polyhedral-mesh/1727 "2019-05-16T15:52:17Z")

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Hi all, I’ve recently tried the second latest nightly build of paraview, and found it to not successfully work on OpenFOAM polyhedral meshes. It seems to work on a problem of mine I ran with hexahedral cells. When I loa…

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