# How to display results for shell elements

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-display-results-for-shell-elements/14335
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [April 4, 2024, 12:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-display-results-for-shell-elements/14335 "2024-04-04T12:54:35Z")
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When stress results are output by FEM, plane elements give different results for the front and back.  
In Nastran, they are expressed as TOPSIDE and BOTSIDE.  
In Paleview, can both top and bot stresses be automatically contoured on the same plot?  
top and bottom stresses on the same plot.