# Clipping into annulus by subtracting two cylindrical Clips
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-into-annulus-by-subtracting-two-cylindrical-clips/9869
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 21, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-into-annulus-by-subtracting-two-cylindrical-clips/9869 "2022-06-21T17:32:28Z")
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### Author:  [@Alireza](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Alireza)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-into-annulus-by-subtracting-two-cylindrical-clips/9869/1 "2022-06-21T17:32:28Z")
Hi there,
I have a rectangular box of fluid. I use a cylindrical Clip and a Slice to create a disk shaped plane of the data. My question is how I can create an annulus shaped plane? I tried creating two cylindrical Clips with one having a bigger radius than the other, but I can not find an option to subtract the Clips in order to get to the annulus region in between of them. Thank you!
P.S. I use ParaView 5.9.0 on Ubuntu 20.04
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### Author:  [@Kenichiro-Yoshimi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenichiro-Yoshimi)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-into-annulus-by-subtracting-two-cylindrical-clips/9869/2 "2022-06-21T23:45:20Z")
Hi,
An annulus can be created using the **Disk** source.
`Sources > Geometric Shapes > Disk`
Next, you may want to use the **ResampleWithDataset** filter to map the fluid domain values to the created annulus.
`Filters > Alphabetical > Resample With Dataset`
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### Author:  [@Alireza](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Alireza)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-into-annulus-by-subtracting-two-cylindrical-clips/9869/3 "2022-06-22T15:26:32Z")
Hi Kyoshimi,
I tried to do the same to my data but it does not seem to work correctly for me. I am attaching a few screenshots hoping they can help you understanding the issue. Thank you!
The first image is a simple Slice just to make sure that some velocity gradient does exist at the location that I intend to create an annulus. The next two images show the steps that I take to create it.
Best,
Alireza
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### Author:  [@Kenichiro-Yoshimi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenichiro-Yoshimi)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-into-annulus-by-subtracting-two-cylindrical-clips/9869/4 "2022-06-22T20:31:01Z")
Hi,
**Transforming** in the Properties tab is only an apparent transformation, so to really transform, you need to apply a **Transform** filter.
`Filters > Alphabetical > Transform`
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### Author:  [@Alireza](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Alireza)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-into-annulus-by-subtracting-two-cylindrical-clips/9869/5 "2022-06-22T21:27:41Z")
Hi Kyoshimi,
It works now. Thank you very much!
Cheers,
Alireza