Glossary

Key Points

Introduction to Paraview	Paraview is open-source visualization software It loads in structured and unstructured 3D datasets of scalar and vector data. It is available for Windows, MacOS and Linux
Opening Paraview and viewing a dataset	Paraview supports many types of formats It can view 2- and 3-dimensional data The mouse can be used change the view
Introducing filters	Paraview can use filters to highlight specific aspects of the data Multiple filters can be used on one set of data Different views can be created to display different filters Colourmaps tell Paraview how to colour data fields
Saving your work	Paraview can save its entire state for later
Resuming a session	Session states can be loaded in. Take your sessions elsewhere, with caution
Introduction to working with real data	Paraview can work with other analysis tools by exporting data to file These files can be in a variety of formats used by other software (eg. CSV)
Working with large datasets on a cluster	Running Paraview in client/server mode allows remote visualization of large data sets. The Paraview client connects to the Paraview server processes on the cluster. The size of these datasets is only limited by server-side resources.
Concluding remarks	Paraview is well documented. The ParaView Users’s Guide has extensive information.

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