# Export vtk in ascii
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-vtk-in-ascii/15432
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [September 24, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-vtk-in-ascii/15432 "2024-09-24T18:25:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@lydie](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lydie)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2024, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-vtk-in-ascii/15432/1 "2024-09-24T18:25:23Z")
Is it possible to export 3D vtk model directly in ascii (X Y Z scalar) to visualize in other softwares?
csv has note the same number of data from points to field data
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-vtk-in-ascii/15432/2 "2024-09-25T08:40:32Z")
Saving to .csv is what you are looking for, is this not working as expected ?
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### Author:  [@lydie](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/lydie)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-vtk-in-ascii/15432/3 "2024-09-25T16:45:47Z")
Thank you for your reply! Well, data.csv and point.csv does not have the same number of lines (as expected) and I’d like to export cells coordinates and associated scalar values directly (field.csv is empty when I try to export it).
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2024, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/export-vtk-in-ascii/15432/4 "2024-09-26T09:34:41Z")
cells coordinates ?
There are points coordinates, no such things as cells coordinates.