The following two files cannot be opened properly in the binary that is distributed on the paraview.org website: dump_chute.tar.gz The system this test has been performed on is a bulk standard Ubuntu 16.04 on an HP ProDesk 490 G2. If I open the file with the distributed binary, go to the second time step and rescale the data I get the following: I also have the same version (5.2) compiled myself and there I get the proper output: Note that the Spreadsheet view indicates that the file was correctly loaded and that all data is present in both cases.