# How to Extract Stress Tensor from FEA Von Mises Results in Paraview?
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-stress-tensor-from-fea-von-mises-results-in-paraview/6377
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 3, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-stress-tensor-from-fea-von-mises-results-in-paraview/6377 "2021-02-03T15:07:59Z")
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### Author:  [@az5333](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/az5333)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-stress-tensor-from-fea-von-mises-results-in-paraview/6377/1 "2021-02-03T15:07:59Z")
Hi. I wanted to ask how can I extract the stress tensor (containing 6 stress components) for the points on a “Plot Over Line”? I want to use these values for calculating the membrane and bending stresses and then find an equivalent membrane and bending Von Mises stresses respectively. Greatly appreciate the help and support.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-stress-tensor-from-fea-von-mises-results-in-paraview/6377/2 "2021-02-03T15:09:01Z")
What do you mean by extract ? Plot over line already extract it.
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### Author:  [@az5333](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/az5333)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-stress-tensor-from-fea-von-mises-results-in-paraview/6377/3 "2021-02-03T15:13:12Z")
Hi Mathieu. Thanks for the response. Right now Point over Line is giving me Von Mises Stresses only. I wanted to find the individual stress components that were used to calculate that Von Mises stress value.
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### Author:  [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-stress-tensor-from-fea-von-mises-results-in-paraview/6377/4 "2021-02-03T15:19:55Z")
Von Mises stress is a scalar value… if all you have is von Mises stress there’s no way to extract the stress tensor. You need to output the stress tensor from your FEM code.
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### Author:  [@az5333](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/az5333)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-extract-stress-tensor-from-fea-von-mises-results-in-paraview/6377/5 "2021-02-03T15:23:13Z")
Hi Greg. Thanks for your response. I had the option to download the outputs from the FEA as a “.pvd” file which I did. I am viewing the results in Paraview. There is no way I can extract stress tensor at nodes if I wanted to?