Choosing a ParaView version (pvpython)

Usually VifPara always tries to fetch the default installed ParaView version for launching.

It first checks if there is an executable in path called pvpython, or pvpython.exe.

On Windows, if the previous step failed, it tries to fetch the highest version of ParaView installed in C:\Program Files.

If none of those methods work, or if you want to use a custom ParaView version (for example if you have version conflicts with your Python version), you can override the used pvpython executable by setting an environment variable.

On Windows:

$env:PVPYTHON_PATH = "path/to/pvpython.exe"

On Linux:

export PVPYTHON_PATH="path/to/pvpython"

Supported ParaView - Python Versions

Because ParaView comes with its own baked-in Python version, you must use the same Python version for your VifPara projects. The following ParaView - Python version combinations are tested and supported:

• ParaView 5.11 - Python 3.12

• ParaView 5.12 - Python 3.10

• ParaView 5.13 - Python 3.10