# Clip and slice filters not working with 3D Glyphs
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-and-slice-filters-not-working-with-3d-glyphs/2729
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [October 8, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-and-slice-filters-not-working-with-3d-glyphs/2729 "2019-10-08T16:07:12Z")
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### Author:  [@wansing](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wansing)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-and-slice-filters-not-working-with-3d-glyphs/2729/1 "2019-10-08T16:07:12Z")
Hi, I’m rendering 3D Glyphs from a VTP file and would like to create a cross section of them. However the “Clip” and “Slice” filters have no effect. My ParaView version is 5.4.1. Do you have any advice?
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-and-slice-filters-not-working-with-3d-glyphs/2729/2 "2019-10-08T19:59:07Z")
Welcome to ParaView, @wansing
It sounds like you are using the **3D Glyphs** representation to represent the mesh from your VTP file. To get the effect you are looking for, you will need to instead apply a **Glyph** filter to the VTP file. The difference is that the first one shows glyphs but does not generate geometry you can work with, whereas the **Glyph** filter actually generates geometry you can **Clip** and **Slice**.
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### Author:  [@wansing](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wansing)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-and-slice-filters-not-working-with-3d-glyphs/2729/3 "2019-10-17T12:31:38Z")
That worked. Thank you very much!