# Difference in visualisation between point and point gaussian

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/difference-in-visualisation-between-point-and-point-gaussian/17515
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 8, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/difference-in-visualisation-between-point-and-point-gaussian/17515 "2026-04-08T11:30:28Z")
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### Author: ![cdelavegamartin](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cdelavegamartin/32/17566_2.png) [@cdelavegamartin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cdelavegamartin)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2026, 12:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/difference-in-visualisation-between-point-and-point-gaussian/17515/11 "2026-04-08T12:47:58Z")

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I can move the following to a new topic, but as it is on the same data, thought would be easier to quicky ask:

The other thing I noticed is that for both points and gaussian point, when I change the threshold value of the clip, let’s say to 1e-6, the value displayed is different, eg:  
Clip1  
Id: 33791  
Coords: (-0.0023582, 0.044474, 0.00207574)  
level\_set: 0.00020381  
unit\_normal: (-0.497853, -0.867204, 0.00662276)  
velocity: 1e-06  
velocity\_overhang: 1e-06  
velocity\_curv: 0

Clip1  
Id: 34187  
Coords: (-0.0023582, 0.044474, 0.00207574)  
level\_set: 0.00020381  
unit\_normal: (-0.497884, -0.867218, 0.00664792)  
velocity: 1e-08  
velocity\_overhang: 1e-08  
velocity\_curv: 0

They are being showed in the clip, so I assume that the value has to be at least over 1e-6, but why would the hover on point dialogue show different values? Is there a way to print the full precision valu for the fields at that point?

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