# Clip filter not working

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-filter-not-working/7545
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [July 4, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-filter-not-working/7545 "2021-07-04T16:32:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![bnwlkr](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/bnwlkr/32/7046_2.png) [@bnwlkr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bnwlkr)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-filter-not-working/7545/1 "2021-07-04T16:32:47Z")

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Hello,  
I have a dataset with a bunch of cells that I’m trying to use a Clip filter on.  
The cells are being represented as ‘Point Gaussian’. When I add the clip filter and then click ‘Apply’ it just does nothing. Any hints?

 ![Screen Shot 2021-07-04 at 9.29.10 AM](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1c42b1bca6bb8788360e4a36692f39afbb8f3199.jpeg)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-filter-not-working/7545/2 "2021-07-05T07:24:31Z")

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Click on the eye juste on the left of “out\_out0540-cells.vtk” to hide it.

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### Author: ![bnwlkr](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/bnwlkr/32/7046_2.png) [@bnwlkr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bnwlkr)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-filter-not-working/7545/3 "2021-07-06T01:20:24Z")

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Thanks for the response Mathieu. When I do that, all of the cells disappear…

 ![Screen Shot 2021-07-05 at 6.21.29 PM](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a3d63a38dbc8790ef35dc0cb32b920d6334cfb8b.png)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-filter-not-working/7545/4 "2021-07-06T07:44:50Z")

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Right, because your dataset does not contains any cells. There is a filter in master for that (`ConvertToPointCloud`) but I suppose you are using a release.

Can you share your dataset ?

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### Author: ![bnwlkr](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/bnwlkr/32/7046_2.png) [@bnwlkr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bnwlkr)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-filter-not-working/7545/5 "2021-07-06T16:33:38Z")

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Here is the dataset:

> **[iCloud.com](https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0AZlwKE9o1-nTOnSjlGWFeMdw#tumor-cells)**

Thanks

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2021, 7:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-filter-not-working/7545/6 "2021-07-07T07:39:39Z")

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Use the following to generate vertex cells:

- Add a Glyph filter
- GylphType: 2D Glyph
- GlyphType: Vertex
- Apply

Now all other filters will applies correctly.

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### Author: ![bnwlkr](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/bnwlkr/32/7046_2.png) [@bnwlkr](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/bnwlkr)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clip-filter-not-working/7545/7 "2021-07-20T20:24:22Z")

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Thanks Mathieu, that did the trick. For anyone arriving via Google, here’s a screen recording of the steps I took: [Paraview tumor clip - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_QevkqEni4)