# How to widen the line size with .shp reader?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-widen-the-line-size-with-shp-reader/7976
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 11, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-widen-the-line-size-with-shp-reader/7976 "2021-09-11T09:03:16Z")
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### Author: ![aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/aquanaut/32/1302_2.png) [@aquanaut](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/aquanaut)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2021, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-widen-the-line-size-with-shp-reader/7976/1 "2021-09-11T09:03:16Z")

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hi I import a .shp file data but don’t know how to widen the line size?  
If I move the graph as a whole and then add other shp data, will their relative positions change?

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d8c42d76479ab6961d123f3271f6a36bd4f60f30.png)

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### Author: ![Kenichiro-Yoshimi](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/ecc23a/32.png) [@Kenichiro-Yoshimi](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenichiro-Yoshimi)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2021, 10:32am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/how-to-widen-the-line-size-with-shp-reader/7976/2 "2021-09-13T10:32:09Z")

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Normally, the width of the line is set in **Line Width** under **Styling**.

 ![line_width](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/73ffcc4ba0ceea1c04fe3ed169dae1fb2314b421.png)