# How can I map distances between joint areas in contact using ParaView 5.9.0 ?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-map-distances-between-joint-areas-in-contact-using-paraview-5-9-0/6559
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** deprecation, exodus, python, releases, vtk
**Created:** [February 26, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-map-distances-between-joint-areas-in-contact-using-paraview-5-9-0/6559 "2021-02-26T11:12:34Z")
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### Author: ![Pppp](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Pppp](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Pppp)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2021, 11:12am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-map-distances-between-joint-areas-in-contact-using-paraview-5-9-0/6559/1 "2021-02-26T11:12:34Z")

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How can I map distances between joint areas in contact using ParaView 5.9.0 ?

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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: [February 26, 2021, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-map-distances-between-joint-areas-in-contact-using-paraview-5-9-0/6559/2 "2021-02-26T11:23:33Z")

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Ruler source ?

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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: [February 26, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-can-i-map-distances-between-joint-areas-in-contact-using-paraview-5-9-0/6559/4 "2021-02-26T13:52:33Z")

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I’m afraid there is no tool to compute that directly in ParaView. This sound more like a job for a simulation, unless you know the details of the computation to be done, which could be implemented in a ProgrammableFilter.