# appropriate representation and settings for screenshot of 3d mesh

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**Created:** [March 1, 2024, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/appropriate-representation-and-settings-for-screenshot-of-3d-mesh/14071 "2024-03-01T16:52:08Z")
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### Author: ![GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gregvernon/32/1494_2.png) [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/appropriate-representation-and-settings-for-screenshot-of-3d-mesh/14071/2 "2024-03-02T04:52:16Z")

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For some reason, your file renders with edges even when using a `Surface` representation (I’m using ParaView 5.12.0-RC3):

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8cb8e7f89cf0383d6c4e108d83af9d653ae6c0f2.png)

My guess is that when you apply the `Surface with Edges` representation that then the Edges are clashing with the white edges.

If, however, you use the `ExtractCellsByType` filter and choose `Hexahedron` for the `Cell Type` option then the `Surface` representation doesn’t render the edges:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1f33702d1ea012208b0e8be4388ade052e3c7295.png)

From there you can then apply the `Surface with Edges` representation to recover “normal-looking” edges:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0e74204d3e9bee128442af4ba5afefc6b9dd51d9.png)

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NOTE: I see your mesh contains linear hexahedra, but if you ever wish to use higher-order elements, ParaView has a [bug](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/higher-order-meshes-render-speckled/6108) / [design choice](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/funny-rendering-of-edges-what-is-the-fix/9989) that results in “broken” edges.

If you wish to render higher-order (deg 2+) elements with edges, then for your dataset you would apply an additional `ExtractCellsByType` filter on the original dataset, this time choosing the `Line` cell type. Then you would draw the first of these filters as a `Surface` and the second as a `Wireframe`:

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9fa0cf2e6a383f18465d0796e2486a35fe90dbba.png)

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