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ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application.

ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application. ParaView users can quickly build visualizations to analyze their data using qualitative and quantitative techniques. The data exploration can be done interactively in 3D or programmatically using ParaView’s batch processing capabilities.

ParaView was developed to analyze extremely large datasets using distributed memory computing resources. It can be run on supercomputers to analyze datasets of exascale size as well as on laptops for smaller data.

It uses as the visualization engine.

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Paraview visualization too dark

I'm plotting some water column data in Paraview. I used delauney3D to go from a set of points to a 3D solid. Everything works fine, but for some reason the color of the resulting solid is very dark. As you can see in the screen shot, the actual…
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Paraview and Python on Mac OSX

I've installed the binary distribution of paraview on OSX. When running this I can access the python interpreter from the Tools -> Python Shell. However I cannot figure out which libraries I need to add to PYTHONPATH in order to access VTK and…
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Paraview user input popup-window

I have programmed some filters for python, that I always have to modify according to my problem - for example: I have a version, that reads in all the data and focuses on x directon, one for y direction .. and so on. What I would wish for, would be…
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In Python script for Paraview, can I specify the resolution when I do a SaveScreenshot()?

When working ParaView's gui, I can click File > Save Screenshot to create a .png file of my work. With this procedure, I can specify whatever resolution that I want. I want to automate the generation of screenshots in a python script, but I don't…
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How to show internal lines in Paraview?

I made a picture of a blob in VTK. Blob consists of many triangular pyramids with their vertices in the centre of the blob. I would like to see all lines, but Paraview hid all internal lines of the blob. Is it possible to make these lines visible?
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How to resolve cmake directory libz.so.1 conflict with library in implicit directories of anaconda python? python

I'm trying to build an example using cmake which needs python and mpi.I have several python versions installed, pvpython python ipython and anaconda python. I set normal python in my PATH variable (I'm working in ubuntu-linux) I'm new to cmake…
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create multiple polylines given a set of points using vtk

I need to display the trajectories in space of 50 particles using vtk and paraview. Currently my data is pos(x,y,t,n) where n is the label of the n-th particle. I have saved all my data in a vtk file which is organized as: # vtk DataFile Version…
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Save Animation via Python Script in ParaView

I am trying to save an .avi animation in ParaView via python script. The script I wrote works, nonetheless, the animation corresponds to a steady frame. What should I change in order to obtain an animation with all 10 frames from my ParaView…
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Paraview "possible mismatch of datasize with declaration" error

Paraview (v4.1.0 64-bit, OSX 10.9.2) is giving me the following error: Generic Warning: In /Users/kitware/Dashboards/MyTests/NightlyMaster/ParaViewSuperbuild-Release/paraview/src/paraview/VTK/IO/Legacy/vtkDataReader.cxx, line 1388 Error reading…
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Converting a 3D array in ASCII to a file Paraview can read

I am trying to get a data file of mine converted to something that Paraview can read. What I have found so far is that it needs to be converted to a VTK but I am not sure how to begin this. I have seen a bunch of answers but nothing relating to what…
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Cartesian <--> Cylindrical conversion in Paraview

With VisIt, I use OppAtts -> Transforms -> Transform -> Coordinate to change the data from Cartesian to cylindrical coordinates (or vice versa). Is there an Option like this in Paraview?
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pvd: time series with multiple datasets

I am using .pvd file to load multiple files to Paraviw simultaneously. The file looks like this for time-series with a a single dataset:
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Writing Fortran unformatted files with Python

I have some single-precision little-endian unformatted data files written by Fortran77. I am reading these files using Python using the following commands: import numpy as np original_data = np.dtype('float32') f = open(file_name,'rb') …
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simple graph visualisation with coloring via paraview using vtk

I want to visualize some graph in paraview: a bunch of points with coordinates with a bunch of edges between them. I also want to color points and edges lines. I think this is not something hard to do with vtk format since i found that vtk format…
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Creating a contour plot in paraview from a numpy array

I have a large binary file that contains all the information I want to plot. The data is ordered in such a way that its easiest to read into a 3D numpy array, this worked fine when I was using Mayavi to plot it using the contour3d() function. Now…
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