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## [Build paraview 5.11 with VISIT Bridge on ubuntu](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-paraview-5-11-with-visit-bridge-on-ubuntu/11325)

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**Author:** [@sherrifbro](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sherrifbro)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2023, 9:42am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/build-paraview-5-11-with-visit-bridge-on-ubuntu/11325 "2023-02-03T09:42:56Z")

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I use paraview5.11 on windows and it works flawlessly with my tecplot files as it comes all setup with the VisIT readers. I want to achieve the same on an ubuntu machine. However, the default ubuntu comes with only parav…

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## [Trouble Building External Plugins with Superbuild](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-building-external-plugins-with-superbuild/4851)

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**Author:** [@npillai2](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/npillai2)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/trouble-building-external-plugins-with-superbuild/4851 "2021-02-10T14:57:07Z")

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When I configure a build using the paraview-superbuild (v5.8.0), I don’t see any external plugins built, despite configuring them as follows: cmake -make \\ -DENABLE\_paraviewpluginsexternal=ON \\ -Dparaview\_PLUGINS\_AUTO…

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## [Resample to Image on point cloud?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/resample-to-image-on-point-cloud/10979)

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**Author:** [@Devin\_Richard\_Bayly](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Devin_Richard_Bayly)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2022, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/resample-to-image-on-point-cloud/10979 "2022-12-20T15:55:22Z")

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I’m trying to use volumetric rendering with data that comes in as a collection of 24million 3d points. I searched through the documentation and it seems like resample to image is a way to do it if I had a mesh that had a…

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## [Paraview texture buffer size (or driver) issue](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-texture-buffer-size-or-driver-issue/9575)

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**Author:** [@Umutcc](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Umutcc)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2024, 12:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-texture-buffer-size-or-driver-issue/9575 "2024-07-15T00:33:53Z")

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Hello, I installed paraview using “sudo apt install paraview” command on ubuntu 20.04 which is installed on windows 11 pro wsl. It was working well for several weeks and since today when I try to load an openfoam case, …

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## [pvserver rendering on "Quadro P4000"](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvserver-rendering-on-quadro-p4000/3099)

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**Author:** [@hungryfish](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/hungryfish)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pvserver-rendering-on-quadro-p4000/3099 "2019-12-02T14:40:16Z")

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Thanks again to Mathieu! running client/server in parallel works mpirun -np 4 --mca btl\_openib\_allow\_ib 1 bin/pvserver -display localhost:0 but remote rendering of pvserver still disabled (Display not accessible on…

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## [Scale bar for small numbers](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/scale-bar-for-small-numbers/4741)

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**Author:** [@Hokon\_Kim](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Hokon_Kim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/scale-bar-for-small-numbers/4741 "2020-07-02T18:15:35Z")

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Numbers from my data are small. I applied “Rescale to Data Range” and it showed as attached. What I want is "I do not want the rounded numbers for top and bottom values." I also applied “Rescale to Custom Data Range…

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## [Patchy appearance of zoomed in surfaces](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/patchy-appearance-of-zoomed-in-surfaces/6479)

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**Author:** [@GomerOfDoom](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GomerOfDoom)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/patchy-appearance-of-zoomed-in-surfaces/6479 "2021-02-17T23:05:22Z")

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Hello, I have been seeing this issue for a while on the last few releases of Paraview. I just downloaded and installed 5.9, and I’m still seeing it, so I figured it was finally time to address it. Zoomed out, things lo…

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## [Remove additional edges to export correctly the mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/remove-additional-edges-to-export-correctly-the-mesh/8730)

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**Author:** [@Chris90](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Chris90)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/remove-additional-edges-to-export-correctly-the-mesh/8730 "2022-01-14T14:34:50Z")

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Dear all, I have this problem. The following mesh in cgns format, has the following structure and it is plotted with “Surface With Edges” If I plot the mesh with “Feature Edges”, the mesh is different, triangular in…

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## [PV4Readers don't compile correctly into OpenFOAM](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pv4readers-dont-compile-correctly-into-openfoam/902)

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**Author:** [@Spurius](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Spurius)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pv4readers-dont-compile-correctly-into-openfoam/902 "2018-12-04T11:00:15Z")

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Greetings, I am trying to do some OpenFOAM simulations with the assistance of ParaView. Beforehand: I am new to all of these applications, so excuse me, please, if my terminology (and knowledge) isn’t always on point O…

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## [Building Paraview from source is missing pvbatch](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-paraview-from-source-is-missing-pvbatch/5050)

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**Author:** [@R.B](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/R.B)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-paraview-from-source-is-missing-pvbatch/5050 "2020-08-14T17:20:41Z")

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Hello, I’m built Paraview from source with osmesa on a Linux cluster that has no graphics card. I had MPI enabled. After building and installing with make install the directory install/bin/ does not have pvbatch or pvpy…

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## [How to plot streamwise vorticity](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-plot-streamwise-vorticity/12434)

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**Author:** [@Nasrollah\_H](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Nasrollah_H)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-plot-streamwise-vorticity/12434 "2023-07-05T18:32:34Z")

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Dear Paraview developer, I am simulating the flow within a U-shape tube. I am going to visualize the streamwise vorticity contour in a plane normal to tube axis. However, the velocity components are in the Cartesian coo…

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## [How to access information from source to Programmable Filter?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-access-information-from-source-to-programmable-filter/3519)

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**Author:** [@wsherman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wsherman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-access-information-from-source-to-programmable-filter/3519 "2020-02-14T01:07:16Z")

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Hello everyone, In a programmable filter, I’d like to be able to get the name of the source that feeds the programmable filter. But I’m having trouble figuring out how to get to the actual source through the filter. I…

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## [mean value for every slice in a certain direction](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mean-value-for-every-slice-in-a-certain-direction/11414)

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**Author:** [@jludorf](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jludorf)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/mean-value-for-every-slice-in-a-certain-direction/11414 "2023-02-17T18:16:00Z")

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Hi there, I have a finished OpenFOAM Simulation of a pipe which extrudes on the y axis. Since it’s a turbulent simulation plotting over line doesn’t make sense because of the occurrence of Kármán vortex street. So I wa…

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## [Transform about axis](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-about-axis/8423)

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**Author:** [@eb1064](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/eb1064)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 16, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/transform-about-axis/8423 "2021-11-16T22:10:34Z")

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I have a 3D model that looks like: I am trying to get my model to rotate 180 degrees to look like: However when I use the transform filter, my model also translates, even though I only specify rotation 180 in Y. …

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## [Piping system stress plot](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/piping-system-stress-plot/4531)

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**Author:** [@PaintedBread](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/PaintedBread)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/piping-system-stress-plot/4531 "2021-03-26T13:37:51Z")

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Hi to everyone, I’m wondering if it’s possible to create a plot similar to the attached one (piping system) with Paraview. I need to represent 3D pipe with colored map starting from nodal coordinates (X,Y,Z), pipe diame…

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## [White background/font color bug?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/white-background-font-color-bug/1046)

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**Author:** [@RED](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/RED)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/white-background-font-color-bug/1046 "2018-12-19T22:18:50Z")

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I ran into the following problem today: If a time annotation is rendered in white font color in a render window and the image is saved with the white background option, the font is turned into black at save time. I gue…

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## [About Microsoft C++ exception: std::out\_of\_range](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/about-microsoft-c-exception-std-out-of-range/10494)

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**Author:** [@Cam](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Cam)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/about-microsoft-c-exception-std-out-of-range/10494 "2022-10-13T23:37:17Z")

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I built ParaView on Windows using MSVC and Ninja. When I ran it in debug mode, I noticed there are a lot of exceptions. If I have objects in the scene and rotate my camera, I will get a lot of Exception thrown at 0x0000…

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## [Picture in picture bug in OSPRay Animation Export](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/picture-in-picture-bug-in-ospray-animation-export/2180)

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**Author:** [@mconti](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mconti)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/picture-in-picture-bug-in-ospray-animation-export/2180 "2020-10-21T12:20:22Z")

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Hey all, I’ve been doing a bunch of rendering using the OSPRay Pathtracing engine. One rather annoying bug that I have found is that when exporting an animation, occasionally you will get a smaller version of the image y…

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## [Building ParaView superbuild in windows 10](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-paraview-superbuild-in-windows-10/3020)

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**Author:** [@alo\_gon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/alo_gon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/building-paraview-superbuild-in-windows-10/3020 "2019-11-22T17:22:39Z")

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I have fallow this answer to build ParaView Superbuild But I’m stuck after cmake-gui I assume there is where I “configure paraview-superfield accordingly to your need” and “ENABLE\_qt5 and USE\_SYSTEM\_qt should be…

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## [Split mesh filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/split-mesh-filter/9371)

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**Author:** [@garcfd](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/garcfd)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 8, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/split-mesh-filter/9371 "2022-04-08T15:09:02Z")

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Is there any way to split a mesh? Like the clip filter but keeping both sides of the clip. Essentially just want to be able to split a mesh using my distance field scalar.

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## [Regarding the xdmf file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/regarding-the-xdmf-file/5264)

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**Author:** [@dark](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dark)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/regarding-the-xdmf-file/5264 "2020-09-07T10:00:59Z")

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Hello! Full disclosure, I do not know much about Paraview. I started learning FEniCS 2-3 days ago, and have been studying the related tutorials. So I tried the Navie\_stokes\_cylinder example, and made it work! But now I\`…

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## [Unwrapping a cylinder](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unwrapping-a-cylinder/8731)

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**Author:** [@heisenmech](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/heisenmech)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/unwrapping-a-cylinder/8731 "2022-01-06T11:11:01Z")

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Hi all, I’m trying to unwrap a cylindrical surface. I managed to unwrap it using “coordsX\*iHat+(atan(coordsY/coordsZ) + (coordsZ/abs(coordsZ))1.570796326)(coordsZ^2+coordsY^2)^(1/2)jHat+0kHat”. However, when I plot some…

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## [Clip interpolated points with stl](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-interpolated-points-with-stl/4669)

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**Author:** [@Jouv](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Jouv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 25, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-interpolated-points-with-stl/4669 "2020-06-25T12:45:15Z")

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Hi, I’m a new Paraview user and am completely stuck on how to perform the following: I have generated interpolated points for a volume of which I would like to create an isosurface for a specific value. The interpolated…

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## [VTK file (\*.vtu) not being correctly read](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-file-vtu-not-being-correctly-read/9129)

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**Author:** [@jpmorr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jpmorr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vtk-file-vtu-not-being-correctly-read/9129 "2022-03-06T14:28:46Z")

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Hi, I’m having a problem with creating VTK data files for use with ParaView. I’m writing out point data as an unstructured grid but ParaView can’t seem to read it. Here’s an example of my .vtu file for 20 points with so…

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## [Modifying Kitware/visualizer but resetCamera is not working...](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/modifying-kitware-visualizer-but-resetcamera-is-not-working/6318)

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**Author:** [@lbs1163](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lbs1163)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/modifying-kitware-visualizer-but-resetcamera-is-not-working/6318 "2021-02-01T16:12:42Z")

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Hello! I’m working on making single rendering view with paraview backend. I successed with running python launcher included in Kitware/visualizer. I changed the renderer of visualizer from React/Renderers/VtkRenderer …

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## [LidarView how to switch from mutiple Interpreters](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/lidarview-how-to-switch-from-mutiple-interpreters/5679)

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**Author:** [@debupt](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/debupt)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/lidarview-how-to-switch-from-mutiple-interpreters/5679 "2022-11-18T16:39:52Z")

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I have implemented different lidar drivers in LidarView, as different PacketInterpreter, such as hesai and robosense. So, where should I switch to different Interpreter and instantiation it

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## [Animation View - rotation around coordinates axis at an angle](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-view-rotation-around-coordinates-axis-at-an-angle/1605)

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**Author:** [@nicj](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nicj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 8:28am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/animation-view-rotation-around-coordinates-axis-at-an-angle/1605 "2019-04-10T08:28:50Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to make an animation of data around sphere (earth model). I’ve made rotation around z-axis, using animation view -\> camera-\>orbit: example animation. What I’m trying to do is the same animation, arou…

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## [reset Paraview using a command line](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reset-paraview-using-a-command-line/7637)

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**Author:** [@Hussein\_Kokash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Hussein_Kokash)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/reset-paraview-using-a-command-line/7637 "2021-07-20T16:16:57Z")

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Dear, I am using Paraview 5.9.0 on Ubuntu, I have made a change in the settings where I activated the parallel processing with min of 32 processors and now I can’t open paraview. Is there a way to reset the setting usi…

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## [pv-5.8 build fails with protobuf\_generate](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pv-5-8-build-fails-with-protobuf-generate/4250)

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**Author:** [@olesenm](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/olesenm)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/pv-5-8-build-fails-with-protobuf-generate/4250 "2020-05-07T17:21:29Z")

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The SUSE builds on leap15.1 keep failing with this type of error: CMake Error at build/ThirdParty/protobuf/lib64/cmake/paraview-5.8/protobuf-function.cmake:2 (protobuf\_generate): Unknown CMake command "protobuf\_generate…

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## [\[Symbol lookup error\] undefined symbol: mca\_coll\_base\_colltype\_to\_str](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/symbol-lookup-error-undefined-symbol-mca-coll-base-colltype-to-str/9975)

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**Author:** [@Changwan\_Sun](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Changwan_Sun)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/symbol-lookup-error-undefined-symbol-mca-coll-base-colltype-to-str/9975 "2022-07-08T21:56:54Z")

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Dear all, OS Name: Ubuntu 20.04.4 I installed Paraview by downloading in the official website and also installed openmpi. After that, I meet this issue when type paraview in the terminal. Before installing the openmpi…

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## [Point Sprite plug-in](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/point-sprite-plug-in/5109)

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**Author:** [@bjadidi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bjadidi)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/point-sprite-plug-in/5109 "2020-09-10T00:46:23Z")

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Hi I want to add Point Sprite plug-in in my Paraview version 5. How can I do that?

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## [performing some mathematical operation on each time steps separately and then subtract the two time steps datas.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/performing-some-mathematical-operation-on-each-time-steps-separately-and-then-subtract-the-two-time-steps-datas/5625)

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**Author:** [@nvdmt](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/nvdmt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/performing-some-mathematical-operation-on-each-time-steps-separately-and-then-subtract-the-two-time-steps-datas/5625 "2020-10-22T15:06:30Z")

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Hi everyone, First of all, I need to mention that I am totally new on this forum and a bit newbie in using ParaView. So please forgive me if I am not writing professionally. My question is how can I load a single mesh …

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## [How to extrude a surface in paraview and export stl format](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extrude-a-surface-in-paraview-and-export-stl-format/14843)

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**Author:** [@Maryam\_Mgh](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Maryam_Mgh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extrude-a-surface-in-paraview-and-export-stl-format/14843 "2024-06-19T18:03:35Z")

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Hi, I have my results in vtu format and it is in 2D. how can I extrude this surface? and then export the stl file? thank you

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## [2D Surface Airfoil NACA0012](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2d-surface-airfoil-naca0012/6462)

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**Author:** [@disco\_brocc](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/disco_brocc)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/2d-surface-airfoil-naca0012/6462 "2021-02-16T16:54:40Z")

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Hi everyone, I am using ParaView for a simple 2D NACA0012 project. I am trying to analyze the coefficient of lift and drag. But for that, I need the surface. I found some useful steps: https://discourse.paraview.org/t/h…

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## [Temporal derivative](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporal-derivative/10741)

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**Author:** [@ebreard](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ebreard)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/temporal-derivative/10741 "2026-04-25T05:36:54Z")

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Hi, I have velocity field data, is there a way to use existing filters to calculate the acceleration field?

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## [Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS, , qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found.](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ubuntu-20-04-3-lts-qt-qpa-plugin-could-not-load-the-qt-platform-plugin-xcb-in-even-though-it-was-found/8203)

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**Author:** [@proxy](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/proxy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ubuntu-20-04-3-lts-qt-qpa-plugin-could-not-load-the-qt-platform-plugin-xcb-in-even-though-it-was-found/8203 "2022-09-20T19:12:07Z")

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Hello Experts, Previously, the Paraview was working nicely some days ago and suddenly it stopped with the following errors: qt.qpa.plugin: Could not load the Qt platform plugin "xcb" in "" even though it was found. Thi…

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## [Ideas to implement a view's zoom on a single axis (dimension) \[Solved\]](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ideas-to-implement-a-views-zoom-on-a-single-axis-dimension-solved/430)

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**Author:** [@embeddedmz](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/embeddedmz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2018, 9:21am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ideas-to-implement-a-views-zoom-on-a-single-axis-dimension-solved/430 "2018-08-23T09:21:31Z")

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Hello, I want to add a button to the render view (or elsewhere) that will allow me to zoom on a single axis (X or Y dimension). I have a filter that can output a very long vtkImageData (on the Y axis), and I want to zoo…

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## [Formatting issue in annotate time](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/formatting-issue-in-annotate-time/9777)

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**Author:** [@Anand\_Jebakumar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Anand_Jebakumar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/formatting-issue-in-annotate-time/9777 "2022-06-10T01:09:38Z")

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I am trying to format how time is shown in annotate time. When I have %f, time is shown: When I have %2.0f, it doesn’t appear Any thoughts on why this happens/how to fix this?

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## [Different animation time for different render view](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-animation-time-for-different-render-view/6870)

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**Author:** [@proxy](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/proxy)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/different-animation-time-for-different-render-view/6870 "2021-04-06T08:30:17Z")

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Hello again, In continuation to the previous post https://discourse.paraview.org/t/help-in-scripting-to-produce-2d-slices-plot-in-eps-at-different-time/6867 I was trying to get the render view option to be used for my …

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## [Issues about .pvd file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issues-about-pvd-file/1930)

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**Author:** [@wl032](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wl032)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2019, 9:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/issues-about-pvd-file/1930 "2019-05-31T09:23:01Z")

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Hello, I produced a bunch of .vtu files, and all these guys work well. Now, I need to link them in time sequence. My .pvd file looks like this. \<?xml version="1.0"?\> \<VTKFile type="Collection" version="0.1" byte\_order…

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## [Plotting x, y, z, resistivity (csv)](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plotting-x-y-z-resistivity-csv/9275)

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**Author:** [@Crown](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Crown)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plotting-x-y-z-resistivity-csv/9275 "2022-03-30T01:37:29Z")

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Hello All, I have a file in csv format which has x, y, z, and resistivity. I want to display this data in 3D in paraview. I will appreciate if anyone can help me out. Thank you. Here is the example of the data: Resis…

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## [Nodes id on a 2D mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nodes-id-on-a-2d-mesh/7002)

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**Author:** [@Hrishikesh\_Das](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Hrishikesh_Das)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 3:27am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/nodes-id-on-a-2d-mesh/7002 "2021-04-21T03:27:04Z")

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Hello friends this is my first post. I am trying to view the nodes and elements numbers of a 2d mesh. Earlier I was successful in doing that. see picture below, but now when I am trying to do it I am unable to do so, May…

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## [Anyone tried Python 3.7?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/anyone-tried-python-3-7/830)

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**Author:** [@dcthomp](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dcthomp)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/anyone-tried-python-3-7/830 "2018-11-07T15:00:43Z")

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Hi all, When I built recently with python 3.7 (macos, homebrew python), the python shell in ParaView works, but pvpython crashes on startup with: % ./bin/pvpython Fatal Python error: \_Py\_InitializeCore: main interpret…

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## [ParaView 5.7.0 Release Candidate 4 available for download](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-0-release-candidate-4-available-for-download/2567)

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**Author:** [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-5-7-0-release-candidate-4-available-for-download/2567 "2019-09-16T15:31:54Z")

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The ParaView team is pleased to announce that ParaView 5.7.0-RC4 (Release Candidate 4) is available for download at https://www.paraview.org/download/ In addition, ParaView’s git repository and superbuild repository n…

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## [Create and merge data array](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-and-merge-data-array/8513)

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**Author:** [@fdekerme](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/fdekerme)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/create-and-merge-data-array/8513 "2021-12-01T08:29:57Z")

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Hello, (Paraview 5.10.0-RC1 on Windows10) I’m trying to use the LagrangianParticleTrancker, and I’m wondering how to set the “Flow Density” and “Flow Dynamic Viscosity” parameters. In my simulation (in SimVascular), t…

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## [High quality animation](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/high-quality-animation/4028)

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**Author:** [@Samanvith\_A](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Samanvith_A)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2020, 4:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/high-quality-animation/4028 "2020-04-13T04:58:57Z")

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Hello everyone, I am trying to save my animation, but want to keep the size small, and quality of the simulation good. Whenever I use lock view size the resolution of the video goes down, which I don’t want to. Here i…

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## [ParaView: How to import into ParaView a csv-file exported from ParaView (reverse procedure of "Save Data")](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-how-to-import-into-paraview-a-csv-file-exported-from-paraview-reverse-procedure-of-save-data/8711)

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**Author:** [@stonebe](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/stonebe)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-how-to-import-into-paraview-a-csv-file-exported-from-paraview-reverse-procedure-of-save-data/8711 "2021-12-30T05:34:20Z")

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My attempt is to import cylinder geometries for boreholes. Unfortunately, I have not found a guideline how to do this. Therefore, I have created a cylinder within ParaView and exported the cylinder with File \> Save Data….…

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## [How to image 2D data in txt file](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-image-2d-data-in-txt-file/9660)

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**Author:** [@Changwan\_Sun](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Changwan_Sun)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2022, 5:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-image-2d-data-in-txt-file/9660 "2022-09-05T05:43:07Z")

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Dear all, I can read a 2D text file with your kind answers for many questions. But, I do not know the next step, how to visualize the matrix in the Paraview. My data has this structure, 81 x 4096 matrix. I followed thi…

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## [Feature Request: Bulk-reload files in pipeline](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-bulk-reload-files-in-pipeline/5948)

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**Author:** [@bastian](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bastian)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/feature-request-bulk-reload-files-in-pipeline/5948 "2020-12-04T20:47:03Z")

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Dear Santa, it would be absolutely fabulous to be able to press F5 and have multiple input objects reload at once; e.g. all the objects below of what is currently selected in the pipeline or those that are currently sel…

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## [CGNSSeriesReader usage with Python](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cgnsseriesreader-usage-with-python/2673)

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**Author:** [@MicK7](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/MicK7)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/cgnsseriesreader-usage-with-python/2673 "2020-09-17T22:23:04Z")

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Hi, in paraview 5.4.1 it was possible to do a selection of base and family to read from CGNS file from python (It was an “AND” operator between base and family). Code looked like this: myreader = CGNSSeriesReader() m…

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