# How to deal with highly anisotropic mesh
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-deal-with-highly-anisotropic-mesh/13558
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 19, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-deal-with-highly-anisotropic-mesh/13558 "2023-12-19T08:38:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Methil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Methil)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 8:38am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-deal-with-highly-anisotropic-mesh/13558/1 "2023-12-19T08:38:27Z")
Good morning everyone,
I am new with paraview and watching tutorials but I have an issue that is not frequently tackled in these.
My mesh is highly anisotropic as you can see. I have way more points in the horizontal than in the vertical but the vertical dimension is way bigger than the horizontal dimension. All i get when I display my data is a long long line with small squares in it when i zoom a lot.
I have tryed to enter 1E-4 in the “Vertical scale” category but it doesn’t change anything.
Does anyone knows what to do here?
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-deal-with-highly-anisotropic-mesh/13558/2 "2023-12-19T08:49:36Z")
Hi @Methil
Please share your data
Best,
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### Author:  [@Methil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Methil)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 8:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-deal-with-highly-anisotropic-mesh/13558/3 "2023-12-19T08:55:41Z")
Hi Mathieu,
My file is too big to be sent online.
I’m sorry for the inconvenience.
Methil
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-deal-with-highly-anisotropic-mesh/13558/4 "2023-12-19T08:57:15Z")
You can send 5Gb online: [https://www.sendtransfer.com/](https://www.sendtransfer.com/)
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### Author:  [@Methil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Methil)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-deal-with-highly-anisotropic-mesh/13558/5 "2023-12-19T09:36:11Z")
Your e-mail is requested. Or maybe I didn’t get it.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 9:39am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-deal-with-highly-anisotropic-mesh/13558/6 "2023-12-19T09:39:06Z")
[mathieu.westphal@kitware.com](mailto:mathieu.westphal@kitware.com)
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### Author:  [@Methil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Methil)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-deal-with-highly-anisotropic-mesh/13558/7 "2023-12-19T09:55:01Z")
I sent you the data.
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### Author:  [@Methil](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Methil)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-deal-with-highly-anisotropic-mesh/13558/8 "2023-12-19T14:44:14Z")
I found that you can use the “transform” filter.
> [@Axis Scale Factor or vertical exaggeration of Z axis?](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/axis-scale-factor-or-vertical-exaggeration-of-z-axis/4808/6):
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> In order to exaggerate Z-axis, you have to go three steps: Apply “Transform” filter to your data which you want to exaggerate Z-axis At the properties panel of Transform filter, you change the scale of Z-axis [pic1] At the same properties panel, go down to Axes Grid, click Edit to open Edit window (note: click Edit at Axes Grid, not Data Axes Grid) [pic2] In Edit window, go down to section: Data Transform. At this section, you have to change the scale of Z-axis again with the same va…