# Compute the surface area inside of a sphere clip

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compute-the-surface-area-inside-of-a-sphere-clip/3998
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 8, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compute-the-surface-area-inside-of-a-sphere-clip/3998 "2020-04-08T09:58:58Z")
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### Author: ![Resa](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@Resa](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Resa)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2020, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/compute-the-surface-area-inside-of-a-sphere-clip/3998/1 "2020-04-08T09:58:58Z")

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Hello everybody!

I’d like to know if it is possible to extract the surface area contained inside of a 10mm sphere clip like you can see in the picture.

If I apply the filter “integrate variables” on my clip, an area value e.g. [325.282, 325.282] shows up. How can I interpret that?

Thank you!