# How to extract cell coordinates in python
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-cell-coordinates-in-python/2894
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 2, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-cell-coordinates-in-python/2894 "2019-11-02T18:51:03Z")
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### Author:  [@Miguel\_Angel\_Salazar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Miguel_Angel_Salazar)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-cell-coordinates-in-python/2894/1 "2019-11-02T18:51:03Z")
I have got a PVD file which contains a mesh of hexahedra with a simple scalar field. The PVD file is a collection that links to VTU file. This VTU file is a VTKFile of type UnstructuredGrid. I would like to be able to iterate over each hexahedra and obtain its vertex coordinates. How can I do that in the python interface? Thanks.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-cell-coordinates-in-python/2894/2 "2019-11-04T07:07:36Z")
If you want to obtain them in the python shell, you will need to use `servermanager.Fetch` method then use standard VTKPython wrapping.
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### Author:  [@vector](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/vector)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-cell-coordinates-in-python/2894/4 "2019-11-05T15:06:05Z")
You can try this:
cell id:0 --\> cell id: max
pCell = gridActor.GetMapper().GetInput().GetCell(cellId)
mypoints = pCell.GetPoints()
coordinate = mypoints.GetBounds()