---
name: "paraview"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "paraview"
version: "5.13.2+dfsg-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/paraview"
---

# paraview(1)

Rendering and displaying program for small and large, three dimensional datasets.

## NAME

Paraview - Rendering and displaying program for small and large,
 three dimensional datasets.

## SYNOPSIS

**paraview** 
 \[**-cc** \| **--cave-configuration** *FILE*\]
 \[**--compare-view** *OPT*\]
 \[**--connect-id** *ID*\]
 \[**--data** *DATA*\]
 \[**--data-directory** *DIR*\]
 \[**-dr** \| **--disable-registry**\]
 \[**--exit**\]
 \[**/?** \| **--help**\]
 \[**--image-threshold** *THRESH*\]
 \[**-m** \| **--machines** *FILE*\]
 \[**--run-test** *CASE*\]
 \[**--run-test-init** *CASE*\]
 \[**-s** \| **--server** *NAME*\]
 \[**--stereo**\]
 \[**--test-directory** *DIR*\]
 \[**-V** \| **--version**\]

## DESCRIPTION

**Paraview is a program for displaying and rendering of small to**
 **large datasets in two or three dimensions.  It runs on a single**
 **computer or on a cluster of nodes with distributed or shared**
 **memory. The Visualization Toolkit (VTK) is used as processing and**
 **rendering machine.**

## Options

**-cc** \| **--cave-configuration** *FILE*
 Specify the file *FILE* that defines the displays for a cave. It is used only
 with CaveRenderModule.

**--compare-view** *OPT*
 Compare the viewport to a reference image, and exit.

**--connect-id** *ID*
 Set the *ID* of the server and client to make sure they match.

**--data** *DATA*
 Load the specified *DATA*.

**--data-directory** *DIR*
 Set the data *DIR* directory where test-case data are.

**-dr** \| **--disable-registry**
 Do not use registry when running ParaView (for testing).

**--exit**
 Exit application when testing is done. Use for testing.

**/?** \| **--help**
 Displays available command line arguments.

**--image-threshold** *THRESH*
 Set the threshold *THRESH* beyond which viewport-image comparisons fail.

**-m** \| **--machines** *FILE*
 Specify the network configurations file *FILE* for the render server.

**--run-test** *CASE*
 Run a recorded test case *CASE*.

**--run-test-init** *CASE*
 Run a recorded test initialization case *CASE*.

**-s** \| **--server** *NAME*
 Set the name *NAME* of the server resource to connect with when the client starts.

**--stereo**
 Tell the application to enable stereo rendering (only when running on
 a single process).

**--test-directory** *DIR*
 Set the temporary directory *DIR* where test-case output will be stored.

**-V** \| **--version**
 Give the version number and exit.

## SEE ALSO

On-line documentation from the program help menu, wiki pages at
 http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView, FAQ at
 http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:FAQ and mailing list at
 http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/paraview

## AUTHOR

Gerber van der Graaf