# How can I active the triangulate filter

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-active-the-triangulate-filter/3974
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 6, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-active-the-triangulate-filter/3974 "2020-04-06T07:37:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![A\_Alper\_AKIS](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/a_alper_akis/32/3328_2.png) [@A\_Alper\_AKIS](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/A_Alper_AKIS)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-active-the-triangulate-filter/3974/1 "2020-04-06T07:37:58Z")

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Hello,

I am using paraview with d3plot (lsdyna). But, The triangulate filter is not active on part. I tried both the solid body and surface body. How can I use this filter on my study?

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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: [April 6, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-active-the-triangulate-filter/3974/2 "2020-04-06T07:38:59Z")

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please share your dataset.

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### Author: ![A\_Alper\_AKIS](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/a_alper_akis/32/3328_2.png) [@A\_Alper\_AKIS](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/A_Alper_AKIS)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 7:45am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-active-the-triangulate-filter/3974/3 "2020-04-06T07:45:14Z")

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I have uploaded the my data. My version is 5.8  
[1.pvd](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/2UuxqCmyuaV2eKxbtYzLZl9RTGK.pvd) (278 Bytes)  
[MECH.rar](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/short-url/lRJpZ2o6Wmp8dzWoIskbaLwdzGh.rar) (690.6 KB)

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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: [April 6, 2020, 7:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-active-the-triangulate-filter/3974/4 "2020-04-06T07:52:08Z")

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Your dataset is volumic and contains hexahedron.

Use Extract Surface filter first.

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### Author: ![A\_Alper\_AKIS](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/a_alper_akis/32/3328_2.png) [@A\_Alper\_AKIS](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/A_Alper_AKIS)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-active-the-triangulate-filter/3974/5 "2020-04-06T07:54:47Z")

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Hello Mathieu,  
Your support is very fast… Thank you for your support. I solved this problem…  
Regards