# If I want to know the stress of a node of the element, such as when AVG is set to 0% in ABAQUS, can paraview do it and how

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**Created:** [September 27, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/if-i-want-to-know-the-stress-of-a-node-of-the-element-such-as-when-avg-is-set-to-0-in-abaqus-can-paraview-do-it-and-how/8084 "2021-09-27T08:43:41Z")
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### Author: ![flow\_zhang](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/2bfe46/32.png) [@flow\_zhang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/flow_zhang)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/if-i-want-to-know-the-stress-of-a-node-of-the-element-such-as-when-avg-is-set-to-0-in-abaqus-can-paraview-do-it-and-how/8084/1 "2021-09-27T08:43:41Z")

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As we know, stress and strain are calculated through the derivatives of displacement and shape function. Therefore, the stress extrapolated from different elements at the same node is different. How to render if I want to know the stress of a node in different cells?