# Error in opening 3D plots in fenics and .pvd files in Paraview 5.8.0 in Ubuntu 19.04

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**Created:** [February 14, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/error-in-opening-3d-plots-in-fenics-and-pvd-files-in-paraview-5-8-0-in-ubuntu-19-04/2442 "2020-02-14T00:07:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![dokken](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/fenicsproject.discourse.group/dokken/32/1560_2.png) [@dokken](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/u/dokken)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/error-in-opening-3d-plots-in-fenics-and-pvd-files-in-paraview-5-8-0-in-ubuntu-19-04/2442/2 "2020-02-14T00:19:53Z")

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This is fixed in the development version of FEniCS, with the following [commit](https://bitbucket.org/fenics-project/dolfin/commits/5e86e7e3409a8d9ec4b1f40aa2b361d5de84d2a0). You can alternatively use [vtkplotter](https://fenicsproject.discourse.group/t/new-vtkplotter-module-for-visualization/449) to visualize the data.  
Could you share how you saved it to pvd, as older versions of paraview seem to work fine. (Latest release of paraview 5.8 is just one day old.)

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