# How to generate a 3d plot from a surface

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-generate-a-3d-plot-from-a-surface/10921
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 5, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-generate-a-3d-plot-from-a-surface/10921 "2022-12-05T13:23:06Z")
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### Author: ![olgidos](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@olgidos](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/olgidos)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-generate-a-3d-plot-from-a-surface/10921/1 "2022-12-05T13:23:06Z")

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Hello 🙂

probably a quite dumb question, however, I can’t find a solution and I do not know how to search for this problem.

From a book, I found the following image:

![grafik](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/ec9ac8d86bbf71a50d21bc57d596d9d0ad8c81ed.png)

I now try to replicate it, but I can’t find a solution on how to make a 2d splice into a 3d plot.

Best regards

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### Author: ![Christos\_Tsolakis](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/christos_tsolakis/32/4450_2.png) [@Christos\_Tsolakis](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Christos_Tsolakis)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-generate-a-3d-plot-from-a-surface/10921/2 "2022-12-05T13:35:45Z")

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Check `WarpByScalar` filter to get the 3D warped surface. For contour lines you can use the `Contour` Filter.