# How to subtract overlapping STL surfaces in ParaView?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-subtract-overlapping-stl-surfaces-in-paraview/16086
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [January 31, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-subtract-overlapping-stl-surfaces-in-paraview/16086 "2025-01-31T01:06:55Z")
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### Author: ![dcthomp](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/dcthomp/32/20_2.png) [@dcthomp](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dcthomp)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-subtract-overlapping-stl-surfaces-in-paraview/16086/2 "2025-01-31T03:04:05Z")

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You might check out the response by @Charles_Gueunet on [this thread](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/clipping-based-on-stl-or-obj-file/11735/3).

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