# box slice

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/box-slice/7170
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 7, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/box-slice/7170 "2021-05-07T13:22:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/aquanaut/32/1302_2.png) [@aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aquanaut)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/box-slice/7170/1 "2021-05-07T13:22:03Z")

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I need a box slice but the box is not a rectangle like the white frame.  
What’s wrong?

 ![Screenshot 2021-05-07 132126](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd179c381887364efe950064ba23172e096dfffb.png)

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### Author: ![coreman](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@coreman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/coreman)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/box-slice/7170/2 "2021-05-07T13:31:49Z")

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Could you post a picture of the “previous” filter? Pretty sure its something there and not box filter

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### Author: ![aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/aquanaut/32/1302_2.png) [@aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aquanaut)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/box-slice/7170/3 "2021-05-07T13:37:36Z")

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“Previous” filters are AppendAttributes and Calculator.

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### Author: ![coreman](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@coreman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/coreman)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/box-slice/7170/4 "2021-05-07T13:38:53Z")

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I mean, picture of the View before you apply the filter, also include the previous filter.

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### Author: ![aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/aquanaut/32/1302_2.png) [@aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aquanaut)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/box-slice/7170/5 "2021-05-07T13:40:20Z")

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![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8e415fc8d530142a501711ca9b9549abc920475b.png)

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### Author: ![coreman](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@coreman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/coreman)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/box-slice/7170/6 "2021-05-07T14:36:23Z")

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Υeah, to cut a “Box” and be like the white frame shows, you have to take care that the “white box” is TOTALLY included in the “colored” pixels. If you include whitespace, then you can only get those kind of results.

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### Author: ![aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/aquanaut/32/1302_2.png) [@aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aquanaut)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/box-slice/7170/7 "2021-05-07T14:48:44Z")

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So it’s possible that the data can’t meet the requirements of the corresponding pixels, right？

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### Author: ![coreman](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@coreman](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/coreman)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2021, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/box-slice/7170/8 "2021-05-07T14:50:31Z")

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Either the data, or the “Filter” you are applying the box onto it.

You are basically giving data on Box filter that are “spaced” on a grid , smaller than the box itself.