# How to Increase Slice Thickness?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-increase-slice-thickness/12840
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 11, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-increase-slice-thickness/12840 "2023-09-11T07:37:33Z")
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### Author: ![mardar](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mardar/32/12337_2.png) [@mardar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mardar)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-increase-slice-thickness/12840/1 "2023-09-11T07:37:33Z")

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I’m using the “Slice” filter to cut through it and visualize specific regions. However, the resulting slice is quite thin, and I’d like to make it thicker for better visualization. How can I do that?

 ![Annotation 2023-09-11 103555](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e3fce26a2f5d6323ac20258d83ee2134ba3e62a5.png)

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your help!

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### Author: ![spyridon97](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/spyridon97/32/11569_2.png) [@spyridon97](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/spyridon97)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2023, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-increase-slice-thickness/12840/2 "2023-09-12T13:08:31Z")

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In your particular case, you can use the tube filter to make the lines, tubes