# How to get the origin and normal from Clip?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-the-origin-and-normal-from-clip/9119
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 5, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-the-origin-and-normal-from-clip/9119 "2022-03-05T03:24:34Z")
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### Author: ![Cam](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cam/32/8343_2.png) [@Cam](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Cam)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-the-origin-and-normal-from-clip/9119/1 "2022-03-05T03:24:34Z")

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Hi,

I have a filter which needs to operate on a Clip/Slice. I need to extract the plane information, i.e., origin and normal and pass them to the my own filter. Is it possible to do that?

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f7a1d0819f495389994baf2aea4244807051113f.png)

Thanks,  
Cam

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### Author: ![Cam](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cam/32/8343_2.png) [@Cam](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Cam)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-get-the-origin-and-normal-from-clip/9119/2 "2022-03-05T04:02:11Z")

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Found a workaround which is to use use camera orientation after reset the camera to the normal of the Clip/Slice.