Welcome to ParaView
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 petascale size as well as on laptops for smaller data, has become an integral tool in many national laboratories, universities and industry, and has won several awards related to high performance computation.
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ParaView version 5.10.1. is now available for download.
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ParaView Platform in Action
Climate Research
The Climate Data Analysis Tools (CDAT) project leverages ParaView with other open-source tools to enable analysts to track, monitor, and predict climate changes.
CFD Simulations
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations with ParaView enable aviation teams to study lift and drag, and thereby improve design efficiency.
Immersive Data
By immersing themselves in the data with ParaView, researchers can interactively explore data in a more intuitive manner.
Cloud-resolving simulation
Cloud-resolving simulation over Germany using ICON HighRes
PHASTA and ParaView Catalyst
a high-fidelity CFD simulation of flow control applied to realistic wing profiles using PHASTA and ParaView Catalyst.
Shaped Charge Jet Penetration
ALEGRA simulation for shaped charge jet penetration in ceramic plates.
Visualizing a Twin Earth
NVIDIA Omniverse ParaView Connector allows scientists to interactively analyze weather and climate data and its impact on the Earth in high-resolution 3D.
From our blog
Motivation HDF is a widely used data format which consists of n-dimensional named arrays (datasets) organized in a directory structure (groups). Storing VTK data in HDF is complicated because HDF does not have a standard way to attach meaning to its arrays – so a reader does not know which array represents points, cells, and other attributes. Traditionally, […] Previous versions of ParaView supported the creation and editing of 1-dimensional color and opacity transfer functions for volume rendering. With the upcoming version 5.11, ParaView’s user interface will allow you to define and edit 2-dimensional transfer functions for volume visualization of structured data. 2D transfer functions enable the color and opacity of a data sample […] Introduction Volumetric Rendering in VTK and ParaView offers many possibilities to users wishing to visualize volumetric data. Specifically, medical and climate data can benefit from these rich visualizations. This article describes recent development in this domain to enhance volumetric rendering in VTK and ParaView. Context Volumetric mappers in VTK use ray marching algorithms to render […]
VTK HDF Reader
New in ParaView 5.11: Advanced Multi-Channel Volume Visualization
Volumetric Rendering in VTK and ParaView: Introducing the Scattering Model on GPU