# contact area

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/contact-area/8035
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk, python
**Created:** [September 20, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/contact-area/8035 "2021-09-20T16:45:53Z")
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### Author: ![Baraa\_Daher](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/baraa_daher/32/7621_2.png) [@Baraa\_Daher](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Baraa_Daher)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/contact-area/8035/1 "2021-09-20T16:45:53Z")

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Hey! I have contact maps of two models in which I’m trying to measure the contact centre location of by calculating the centroid of the closest 200mm^2. Any idea how to set the area of contact to 200mm^2?