# Extract exact glyph locations
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-exact-glyph-locations/6347
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 30, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-exact-glyph-locations/6347 "2021-01-30T15:30:50Z")
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### Author:  [@kamilova-maths](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kamilova-maths)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-exact-glyph-locations/6347/1 "2021-01-30T15:30:50Z")
Hi everyone,
I am using the Glyph filter in Paraview, and with a lot of experimenting I managed to find the precise number and location of glyphs that look good for my image. However, when I export the csv file to plot with pgfplots, the file has a lot more glyph points defined, which is not ideal. Below I attach the glyphs that I would like to have, that I can represent in Paraview:
and then the glyphs that I get when I export them and re-plot, where I have been careful to rescale it the same way I did in Paraview:
As you can see, the directions seem to match, but there are so many more arrows in the exported data. Is there any way to export the exact glyphs that I visualise with Paraview? I am currently selecting the filter --\> File --\> Save --\> OK
I have also tried subsampling the resulting .csv file, but I don’t have a lot of experience with this. I end up altering the actual arrow distribution, so for example, some areas become less dense than others.
Any help would be much appreciated!
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/extract-exact-glyph-locations/6347/2 "2021-02-01T09:34:18Z")
Use:
GlyphType = 2DGlyphs -\> Vertex
before saving the .csv