# finding the coordinates of 1 particle in the system

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/finding-the-coordinates-of-1-particle-in-the-system/5851
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 20, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/finding-the-coordinates-of-1-particle-in-the-system/5851 "2020-11-20T14:02:12Z")
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### Author: ![sgcgrif3](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/sgcgrif3/32/5316_2.png) [@sgcgrif3](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/sgcgrif3)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/finding-the-coordinates-of-1-particle-in-the-system/5851/1 "2020-11-20T14:02:12Z")

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I have a model of particles falling from a hopper into a box.  
I have paused the model at a certain time step and I want to find the coordinates of one particular particle in the model, in order to use these coordinates in a separate code.  
Can i do this in paraview?

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/finding-the-coordinates-of-1-particle-in-the-system/5851/2 "2020-11-20T15:04:08Z")

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Yes, using the “Hover points on” selection feature.