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 5.5. 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.
From our blog
ParaView (VTK) provides two readers for point cloud data. LAS Reader (vtkLASReader) uses libLAS to create the point cloud data into a VTK format in … Read More ParaView comes packed with a wide range of tools directly out of the box which are more than enough for many applications. Nevertheless, sometimes you … Read More Kitware has been exploring web visualization for almost a decade. We have built web-based libraries and toolkits for data visualization and image processing, tools for data management and analysis, and full simulation environments. Our example applications demonstrate how these tools and applications can be customized for specific workflows. … Read More
Reading point cloud (LiDAR) data in ParaView (VTK)
Make Any Screen 3D: Real-Time View Tracking In ParaView With Python And OpenCV
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