# Distance calculation between points

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/distance-calculation-between-points/6531
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 23, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/distance-calculation-between-points/6531 "2021-02-23T00:04:14Z")
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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/distance-calculation-between-points/6531/1 "2021-02-23T00:04:14Z")

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I know how to calculate distance between points (the Sources/ Ruler). Is there a way to calculate the distance between two points for many timesteps? Thanks!

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2021, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/distance-calculation-between-points/6531/2 "2021-02-25T17:08:23Z")

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@cory.quammen @utkarsh.ayachit Ping. This is for a customer.

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/distance-calculation-between-points/6531/3 "2021-02-25T17:09:06Z")

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@Kenneth_Moreland

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### Author: ![utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/utkarsh.ayachit/32/39_2.png) [@utkarsh.ayachit](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/utkarsh.ayachit)
#### Post date: [February 25, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/distance-calculation-between-points/6531/4 "2021-02-25T17:42:00Z")

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One option is to the select and extract the “two points” ever which way you like ant then use **Bounding Ruler**.

We shuold really make the filter output the distance as a cell-data variable too (currently, it only shows it on screen). That way one could use **Plot Over Time** for example to see how the distance changes over time.

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/distance-calculation-between-points/6531/5 "2021-03-30T22:56:24Z")

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[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20604](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20604)