# Imposing periodicity in Gradient calculations.

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/imposing-periodicity-in-gradient-calculations/4355
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 18, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/imposing-periodicity-in-gradient-calculations/4355 "2020-05-18T13:00:36Z")
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### Author: ![kvishal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/kvishal/32/3765_2.png) [@kvishal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/kvishal)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2020, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/imposing-periodicity-in-gradient-calculations/4355/1 "2020-05-18T13:00:37Z")

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Hello All,  
By any chance, is there a way in Paraview to impose boundary conditions (specifically periodicity) for gradient calculations?  
My data is 3D, unstructured, and in Ensight Gold format.

regards,  
Vishal