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**Author:** [@Massimiliano\_Leoni](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Massimiliano_Leoni)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-fidesreader-on-windows/13434 "2024-01-09T15:47:26Z")
Hello everyone! I have a student who is running Paraview on Windows and needs to use a FidesReader. From the documentation it seems to me that he needs to manually compile ADIOS2 in order to be able to use the FidesReade… --- ## [Error blockMesh Loguru caught a signal: SIGSEGV](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-blockmesh-loguru-caught-a-signal-sigsegv/16858)
**Author:** [@pedro1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/pedro1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-blockmesh-loguru-caught-a-signal-sigsegv/16858 "2025-07-01T17:49:16Z")
After running the blockMesh of a tutorial of openFoam it showed this error: Created temporary ‘pitzDailySteady.OpenFOAM’ Loguru caught a signal: SIGSEGV Stack trace: 0 0x7974fdc45330 /usr/lib/x86\_64-linux-gnu/l… --- ## [Paraview GUI not connecting](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-gui-not-connecting/13782)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Krasnoff](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sam_Krasnoff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-gui-not-connecting/13782 "2024-02-06T15:42:57Z")
Hi All, Ill try to give as many details as possible. I’m currently working on a JupyterHub running a pretty standard version of Ubuntu 22.04. We are using TigerVNC to connect to an XFCE4 desktop environment. I have trie… --- ## [Temporal statistics crashes with thousands of timesteps](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporal-statistics-crashes-with-thousands-of-timesteps/15633)
**Author:** [@Rbemi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Rbemi)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporal-statistics-crashes-with-thousands-of-timesteps/15633 "2024-11-06T08:44:44Z")
Hello everyone, I am working on a dataset of around 8,000 VTP files each representing a timestep. I wish to cumulate their data over time, but when using Temporal Statistics filter, Paraview crashes. The best I could d… --- ## [Poor performance for high number of timesteps](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/poor-performance-for-high-number-of-timesteps/13815)
**Author:** [@SchnFlo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/SchnFlo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/poor-performance-for-high-number-of-timesteps/13815 "2024-01-29T18:34:06Z")
Hello! I am new to ParaView/Vtk and am looking for some guidance. Currently I am testing vtk-xmlUnstructuredGrids as a possible output format for a project. I tested the following sets in the paraview Render-View: 7000… --- ## [Issues Using Server GPU for Rendering with ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issues-using-server-gpu-for-rendering-with-paraview/15619)
**Author:** [@Sh\_K](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Sh_K)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issues-using-server-gpu-for-rendering-with-paraview/15619 "2024-10-24T01:32:32Z")
Hello, I am experiencing issues when attempting to use the server’s GPU for rendering while utilizing ParaView’s server functionality. 1. Goal: I am trying to use the server-side data and leverage the server’s GPU for… --- ## [Python algorithm does not render in 3D](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-algorithm-does-not-render-in-3d/14583)
**Author:** [@lucasmyers97](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lucasmyers97)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/python-algorithm-does-not-render-in-3d/14583 "2024-06-04T15:11:58Z")
I’m currently using Paraview 5.12.0 and I cannot get the default Python Algorithm filter to render. My data is a .pvtu file along with the accompanying .vtu files for an unstructured grid. I’ve copied and pasted the fini… --- ## [Menu goes black](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703)
**Author:** [@ak05he1ev](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ak05he1ev)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/menu-goes-black/15703 "2024-11-11T23:05:32Z")
For Paraview 5.11-5.13 on ubuntu, hardware and software info is below. When I move the mouse, menu area goes black. Menu still works but I do not see it. Hardware Information: Hardware Model: M… --- ## [Failling to build ParaView-Superbuild](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failling-to-build-paraview-superbuild/16268)
**Author:** [@ar-valdez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ar-valdez)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/failling-to-build-paraview-superbuild/16268 "2025-04-08T22:41:52Z")
Hi, I am trying to build ParaView-Superbuild from scratch. I want to install two plugins, (i) superquadrics to render and visualize sphero cylinders \[MercuryDPM: Visualising Superquadrics in Paraview\], and (ii) I want to… --- ## [Triangular grid into paraview](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/triangular-grid-into-paraview/16598)
**Author:** [@dramauh](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dramauh)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/triangular-grid-into-paraview/16598 "2025-05-21T01:11:26Z")
Dear Community, I am new user in paraview. I would like to process triangular unstructured mesh data in paraview. I am struggling loading correctly the data in paraview. The netcdf data loads perfectly fine. Paraview u… --- ## [create single custom filter in python](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-single-custom-filter-in-python/16916)
**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2025, 9:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-single-custom-filter-in-python/16916 "2025-07-11T09:04:08Z")
Hello, I am creating some small simple functions in python that I will re utilise. so for example: slice1 = Slice(registrationName='Clip\_upperBound\_extractFreeSurface', Input=filterForData , Triangulateth… --- ## [Where to find vtp files describing a scene ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-to-find-vtp-files-describing-a-scene/14439)
**Author:** [@a\_p1](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/a_p1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/where-to-find-vtp-files-describing-a-scene/14439 "2024-04-19T17:57:44Z")
Hi, Apart from the examples delivered within Paraview, where can I find scenes decomposed with vtp file ? Thank you. --- ## [no fields are rendered after opening OpenPMD file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/no-fields-are-rendered-after-opening-openpmd-file/15533)
**Author:** [@BenWibking](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/BenWibking)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/no-fields-are-rendered-after-opening-openpmd-file/15533 "2024-11-11T15:40:00Z")
I opened an OpenPMD file in Paraview 5.13.1 on MacOS Sequoia 15.0.1, but nothing is rendered (no box representing the simulation volume). I also don’t see any options to change the coloring of the geometry representation… --- ## [Release testing](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/release-testing/15569)
**Author:** [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/release-testing/15569 "2024-10-30T16:21:14Z")
We need better testing procedures for releases. This would replace our current ambiguous statement to test some of the features in the classroom tutorials. These tests are designed to catch issues that are not found in… --- ## [Support storing an animation and interactive playback](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/support-storing-an-animation-and-interactive-playback/16700)
**Author:** [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/support-storing-an-animation-and-interactive-playback/16700 "2025-05-24T20:37:52Z")
This is another feature request / idea that I shared with @Francois\_Mazen this past week. I commonly have files, and pipelines, that can take several minutes – even hours – to play from start to finish. Even with geome… --- ## [Writing a Plugin to LidarView (Ubuntu 20.04)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/writing-a-plugin-to-lidarview-ubuntu-20-04/15160)
**Author:** [@Nerd](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nerd)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2024, 4:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/writing-a-plugin-to-lidarview-ubuntu-20-04/15160 "2024-08-13T04:41:59Z")
I’ve installed LidarView 4.5.0 using the superbuild method, including the SLAM plugin. I have a LiDAR device for which there is no existing support in LidarView. I want to create a new plugin to integrate my LiDAR device… --- ## [VTKHDF file unloading on Paraview 5.13 & 6.0](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkhdf-file-unloading-on-paraview-5-13-6-0/17074)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Burgreen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Greg_Burgreen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtkhdf-file-unloading-on-paraview-5-13-6-0/17074 "2025-08-29T18:21:07Z")
I am writing my own VTKHDF files. After a file is read into Paraview and later the display model is deleted from the display, I cannot write to the same VTKHDF file unit again until Paraview is completely shutdown. So, t… --- ## [git lfs throws "expected OID error"](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/git-lfs-throws-expected-oid-error/17305)
**Author:** [@JIERSHAO](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JIERSHAO)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/git-lfs-throws-expected-oid-error/17305 "2025-11-14T13:54:57Z")
Hello, Everyone! I using Microsoft Windows to building ParaView in version5.13.0 I am getting the following error when trying to clone the repository Error downloading object: data/README.md (b30a14a): Smudge error: E… --- ## [Generating a mesh from noisy medical data](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/generating-a-mesh-from-noisy-medical-data/17300)
**Author:** [@wsherman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wsherman)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 9:19am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/generating-a-mesh-from-noisy-medical-data/17300 "2025-11-13T09:19:41Z")
Hello everyone, I have some rather noisy medical data (from a 3D Microscope), and I’ve been exploring it with ParaView, and I’d like to export some data into another application that I have that is able to render OBJ fil… --- ## [Stat Paraview from Python script](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stat-paraview-from-python-script/14207)
**Author:** [@Marvin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Marvin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 6:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/stat-paraview-from-python-script/14207 "2024-03-22T06:00:03Z")
Hi ! I am trying to launch Paraview from a Python script (Windows) but I got this message : I have not problem to start the program from a .bat file but I don’t find any solution from python. Do you have any solutio… --- ## [Select Color Dialog not working ..](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/select-color-dialog-not-working/17221)
**Author:** [@Niklas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Niklas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/select-color-dialog-not-working/17221 "2025-09-30T17:27:07Z")
I do have an issue with the Set Color Dialog, that opens up when you double-click the circles in the Color Map Editor to specify a transfer function. It does not open and show, and nothing happens. I can add new nodes, o… --- ## [enabling wss for paraview visualiser](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/enabling-wss-for-paraview-visualiser/15692)
**Author:** [@roka2024](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/roka2024)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/enabling-wss-for-paraview-visualiser/15692 "2024-11-08T21:46:06Z")
Hi, I’m accessing paraview visualizer via ngrok using https. I have to allow mixed content in Chrome bc visualizer uses apparently ws:/ and not wss:/ Is there a way to enable wss for visualizer? Or what’s your recomm… --- ## [Error whenever loading from state file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-whenever-loading-from-state-file/15319)
**Author:** [@deanwormer](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/deanwormer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-whenever-loading-from-state-file/15319 "2024-09-03T17:44:15Z")
Hi everyone. I’m getting the following error loading on Paraview\_5.13.0-RC1 on OSX 14.6. Then Paraview hangs and I cannot proceed. When I load from state when I have already opened a file, it loads, but I receive the … --- ## [Error in PLY files when exported](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-in-ply-files-when-exported/16168)
**Author:** [@GKH](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GKH)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-in-ply-files-when-exported/16168 "2025-02-24T16:11:08Z")
Hello everyone! I have a VTK file from a FastFARM simulation of a wind turbine and the air flow around it. I used the Stream Tracer function with a point cloud as seed type, and then the Tube function to increase its wi… --- ## [Flow visualization.(Forward/Backward)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/flow-visualization-forward-backward/16344)
**Author:** [@secret5514](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/secret5514)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/flow-visualization-forward-backward/16344 "2025-03-19T00:33:14Z")
Hello, I have been using ParaView for three months. I am currently loading an Ensight file and working on the visualization of the aorta, the forward and backward flow. I separated and visualized the forward and bac… --- ## [Pvpython for paraview 5.13 and python3.10.12 gives me segmentation fault](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvpython-for-paraview-5-13-and-python3-10-12-gives-me-segmentation-fault/16349)
**Author:** [@RaniaYian](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/RaniaYian)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvpython-for-paraview-5-13-and-python3-10-12-gives-me-segmentation-fault/16349 "2025-03-24T11:33:02Z")
Hi all, I am trying to automate a process for many .vtk files. The problem is that I cannot make my script work since when i run pvpython myscript.py from terminal, the line from paraview.simple import \* gives m… --- ## [Problem visualizing VTK HDF file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-visualizing-vtk-hdf-file/16308)
**Author:** [@Suman\_Vajjala](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Suman_Vajjala)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/problem-visualizing-vtk-hdf-file/16308 "2025-03-18T16:00:02Z")
Hi. I have developed a code which writes a VTKHDF file. I have visualized the file when it is generated using 20/30 cores. However, with 420 cores, paraview takes a lot of time and even then I am unable to visualize my f… --- ## [MEDReader reload](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/medreader-reload/17001)
**Author:** [@K\_Zurawski](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/K_Zurawski)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/medreader-reload/17001 "2025-08-20T15:23:19Z")
Hello. Windows version of RC2 doesn’t store any settings. Every time I run it, I have default settings of all I changed before. Integration with MED reader has the same bugs a two versions before. --- ## [from 5.9.0 to 5.12.0, behavior of open directory has changed?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/from-5-9-0-to-5-12-0-behavior-of-open-directory-has-changed/13763)
**Author:** [@mahb](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mahb)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2024, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/from-5-9-0-to-5-12-0-behavior-of-open-directory-has-changed/13763 "2024-01-25T11:52:59Z")
when I use 5.9.0 and click file -\>open, when I choose a file In the dialogue , the ‘OK’ button is actived to click; when I choose a directory In the diaglogue ,the ‘Ok’ buttuon is also activated. After I click ‘Ok’, th… --- ## [6.1.1 is broken for legends](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/6-1-1-is-broken-for-legends/17662)
**Author:** [@PetrKryslUCSD](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PetrKryslUCSD)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/6-1-1-is-broken-for-legends/17662 "2026-09-13T14:41:46Z")
The legend minimum and maximum are displayed as the same (they are not), and when the color map is switched, the old legend stays on the plot, together with the new legend. Win 11. I had to get back to 5.13, this was a … --- ## [Bounds&SetPosition](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bounds-setposition/16572)
**Author:** [@Silver](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Silver)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bounds-setposition/16572 "2025-06-02T14:03:35Z")
Hi, I met two issues here. My data (512x512x512 volume) is stored in .vti. My paraview version is 5.12.1, python 3.10 I tried to print the bounds by print(reader.GetDataInformation().GetBounds()). But sometimes I got… --- ## [Efficiently Visualizing Trajectory Data from NetCDF in ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/efficiently-visualizing-trajectory-data-from-netcdf-in-paraview/16449)
**Author:** [@\_Marco](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/_Marco)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2025, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/efficiently-visualizing-trajectory-data-from-netcdf-in-paraview/16449 "2025-04-11T14:35:40Z")
Hi all, I’m working with a NetCDF file that contains trajectory data — x, y, z as a function of time. Problem Description: The NetCDF file uses custom dimensions (not standard lat, lon, time, level), and ParaView ra… --- ## [possibility to use multithread/multiprocessor ?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/possibility-to-use-multithread-multiprocessor/17639)
**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/possibility-to-use-multithread-multiprocessor/17639 "2026-08-19T15:49:53Z")
Hello, I have a list of filters which are independent one from the other, and right now I am appliying a function to each of this filter sequentially. The function itself, uses some paraview filters BUT at the end of th… --- ## [identify cells on original filter from filter applied to](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/identify-cells-on-original-filter-from-filter-applied-to/17272)
**Author:** [@otaolafr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/otaolafr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/identify-cells-on-original-filter-from-filter-applied-to/17272 "2026-05-11T12:36:32Z")
Hello, I have the following situation: I import a surface mesh I smooth it out I generate curvature on the smoothed surface I extract with threshold some cells (faces) Now i would like to identiy the extracted cells … --- ## [Support question](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/support-question/17363)
**Author:** [@Jumpy\_Cow](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jumpy_Cow)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 8:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/support-question/17363 "2025-12-15T08:36:05Z")
--- ## [Not responding when using pvpython](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/not-responding-when-using-pvpython/14416)
**Author:** [@Ali\_Abbas](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ali_Abbas)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/not-responding-when-using-pvpython/14416 "2024-04-16T18:37:06Z")
Hello, I have been following this guide: https://docs.paraview.org/en/latest/UsersGuide/introduction.html I’m using my Microsoft Surface Pro 9 running Windows 11. When I use the pvpython in the terminal to create the s… --- ## [Error reading PolyData VTKHDF file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-polydata-vtkhdf-file/13834)
**Author:** [@Juan\_Jose\_Casafranca](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Juan_Jose_Casafranca)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/error-reading-polydata-vtkhdf-file/13834 "2024-01-31T13:32:42Z")
I am trying to read a VTKHDF file storing a PolyData dataset. However, is complaining that I haven’t defined the Vertices, Lines and Strips groups. I only want to represent the polygons, so I dont really need Vertices, L… --- ## [Programmable filter with vtkProbeFilter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-with-vtkprobefilter/17392)
**Author:** [@Captain\_Convergence](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Captain_Convergence)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/programmable-filter-with-vtkprobefilter/17392 "2026-01-12T10:50:08Z")
Dear support, I am trying to resample my dataset in a programable filter using the vtkProbeFilter as a part of a much more complex final objective. However I couldn’t find any example to use it within ParaView and the v… --- ## [Using VR device add a crop plane to crop a 3D model, the remained model is not solid](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-vr-device-add-a-crop-plane-to-crop-a-3d-model-the-remained-model-is-not-solid/16312)
**Author:** [@JIERSHAO](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/JIERSHAO)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/using-vr-device-add-a-crop-plane-to-crop-a-3d-model-the-remained-model-is-not-solid/16312 "2025-04-17T01:31:51Z")
Hello Everyone i want to Add a crop plane through the VR device, and the cropped model is solid I’m using ParaView 3.13.0 to visualize a model.vtu file with the XRInterface plugin, steamVR is runtime, HMD is HTC vive u… --- ## [How to plot time series at a fixed point for SPH simulation (.vtu) in ParaView](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-plot-time-series-at-a-fixed-point-for-sph-simulation-vtu-in-paraview/16565)
**Author:** [@Nour\_Touil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nour_Touil)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2025, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-plot-time-series-at-a-fixed-point-for-sph-simulation-vtu-in-paraview/16565 "2025-05-07T16:49:38Z")
Hi, I’m visualizing an SPH simulation in ParaView using .vtu files with multiple time steps. I would like to plot the time evolution of a variable ( like pressure or Z-variation because it’s a fluid simulation) at a fi… --- ## [How to update values in python paraview?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-update-values-in-python-paraview/15251)
**Author:** [@joint](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/joint)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-update-values-in-python-paraview/15251 "2024-08-19T14:05:24Z")
Hello dear ParaView developers! I have a filter, and I call from python some functions for it (via command in xml) Some of filter’s fields are modified How can I update the value of filter’s field on the client then ? … --- ## [Can't animate \*.cas.h5 files from ANSYS](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-animate-cas-h5-files-from-ansys/15555)
**Author:** [@as4934](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/as4934)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cant-animate-cas-h5-files-from-ansys/15555 "2024-10-18T18:08:04Z")
Hello all, I am trying to animate the output files from ANSYS but the video is weird. I have attached both what it is supposed to look like and what it looks like and how I am doing it. I have also attached the data fil… --- ## [Bring wind speed data to an imported surface](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bring-wind-speed-data-to-an-imported-surface/16407)
**Author:** [@Julio\_Fernandez\_Amod](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Julio_Fernandez_Amod)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bring-wind-speed-data-to-an-imported-surface/16407 "2025-04-02T16:59:08Z")
Hi there, I am new in Paraview. I am strugling to extract field data from an analysis carried out in Simscale. I have the case file which i could open and observe the region of interest as a bounding box, i can do secti… --- ## [Treating multiple .xmf files as a time series](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/treating-multiple-xmf-files-as-a-time-series/14594)
**Author:** [@hsheldon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hsheldon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/treating-multiple-xmf-files-as-a-time-series/14594 "2024-05-31T11:46:44Z")
I have a series of .xmf files (\*-000.xmf, \*-001.xmf, \*-002.xmf etc), each of which reads 1 timestep from a corresponding .h5 file. Paraview is not recognising these xmf files as a time series, nor does it recognise the t… --- ## [.VTU files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtu-files/17548)
**Author:** [@jvcsantos](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jvcsantos)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtu-files/17548 "2026-05-21T17:02:19Z")
Hi! I’m a new user of Paraview and trying to visualize some files in .vtu format, but I don’t know how. Best regards, João --- ## [Can paraview load .mpg/.mscl files](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140)
**Author:** [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/can-paraview-load-mpg-mscl-files/17140 "2025-08-28T10:48:28Z")
Hi My simulation outputs .mpg and .mscl files. Can i use paraview to open these files? I am trying but it is not able to open these files. thanks --- ## [Grouping several data corresponding to different time instants in a single file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/grouping-several-data-corresponding-to-different-time-instants-in-a-single-file/16536)
**Author:** [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/grouping-several-data-corresponding-to-different-time-instants-in-a-single-file/16536 "2025-04-28T08:13:21Z")
Hi I have exported from fluent in .encase format the different data files that correspond to different time instants. They are loading as separate files but i want to see the transient animation and the time averaged pl… --- ## [Fluent dat file export on gold-ensight Paraview format creating mesh lines](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/fluent-dat-file-export-on-gold-ensight-paraview-format-creating-mesh-lines/16500)
**Author:** [@scabo](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/scabo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/fluent-dat-file-export-on-gold-ensight-paraview-format-creating-mesh-lines/16500 "2025-05-20T07:24:19Z")
Hi, I am exporting fluent results in gold-ensight format to open in paraview. After opening the 3D pipe case in paraview .encase, when i am taking a slice of the pipe cross-section, it is showing the mesh lines even when… --- ## [Center Colourmap to Zero](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/center-colourmap-to-zero/17587)
**Author:** [@Buggs\_Bunny](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Buggs_Bunny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/center-colourmap-to-zero/17587 "2026-06-10T08:39:24Z")
Hey, I have a dataset that is uneven about zero, I want to use a diverging color map. Is there a way I can set my zero velocity to be at the center of the color map? I have several datasets and timesteps so I would prefe… --- ## [Particle Tracer in athmospheric data: points don't move](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/particle-tracer-in-athmospheric-data-points-dont-move/16947)
**Author:** [@Corinna](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Corinna)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 11:01am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/particle-tracer-in-athmospheric-data-points-dont-move/16947 "2025-07-18T11:01:33Z")
Hello support and community, I have a data set of athmospheric winds and want to trace a measured event. The data is on a longitude, latitude grid. I used the equidistant cylindrical projection as I read here that the p… [Previous page](https://discourse.paraview.org/top.md?page=19&per_page=50&period=all) [Next page](https://discourse.paraview.org/top.md?page=21&per_page=50&period=all)