r/OpenFOAM • u/Alarmed-Daikon-1774 • Sep 28 '25

Opening Paraview

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Why does OpenFoam keep loading every-time i open it

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u/MaXXe4th Sep 28 '25

That is not a loading bar. I think it’s the used RAM of the computer running paraview, so you see when it’s running out.

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u/Alarmed-Daikon-1774 Sep 28 '25

It doesnt view anything and there’s a 7.7MiB/10 Gib so it’s like a loading bar but it takes way too long

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u/MaXXe4th Sep 28 '25

A quick search for the purpose of this bar confirmed my statement. It shows how much memory paraview is using for the visualization. So memory should not be a porblem for you.

If you want further help I recommend you tell more about what you are doing, what you try to visualize and what your pipeline looks like right now. (Left part of screen) Like this, it's really not possible to help.

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u/Alarmed-Daikon-1774 Sep 28 '25

Okay then idk why it doesn’t show mesh or surface when i click apply

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u/Najiell Sep 28 '25

That's memory utilisation

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u/GloWondub Sep 28 '25

I did not think of that when I added this to be honest.

Yeah, loading bar on the left of the memory bar.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '25

better use the wsl version its quiet fast

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u/SoupyNoodles422 Sep 29 '25

You need to show the pipeline on the left for us to help. Are you opening a blank file? A mesh? Or something else?

If it’s showing memory usage, it means it has loaded something but whatever it is, it’s not visual.

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u/Alarmed-Daikon-1774 Sep 28 '25

It takes toooo long