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ParaView is a powerful open-source turnkey application for analyzing and visualizing large data sets in parallel. ParaView is regularly used by Sandia National Laboratories analysts to visualize simulations run on the Red Storm and ASC Purple supercomputers and by thousands of other users in worldwide. Designed to be configurable, extendible, and scalable, ParaView is built upon the Visualization Toolkit (VTK) to allow rapid deployment of visualization components. ParaView’s client-server architecture allows it to seamlessly transition from computing on a desktop or laptop to interactive processing on clusters of any size. This tutorial presents the architecture of ParaView and the fundamentals of parallel visualization. Attendees will learn the basics of using ParaView for scientific visualization. The tutorial features guidance on compiling, installing, and using ParaView on typical cluster computers.