# Is there a filter that can be used to average slices?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-there-a-filter-that-can-be-used-to-average-slices/6203
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**Created:** [January 11, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-there-a-filter-that-can-be-used-to-average-slices/6203 "2021-01-11T19:28:03Z")
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### Author: ![randomwangran](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/randomwangran/32/5929_2.png) [@randomwangran](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/randomwangran)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-there-a-filter-that-can-be-used-to-average-slices/6203/1 "2021-01-11T19:28:03Z")

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In the following example, a user would be expected to have such a  
filter. It takes the slices objects as input arguments the output  
would be the spatial mean of them.

This filter would be good for scientific researchers who want to see  
the spatial mean of some variables.

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/19d81d25262f8dbe229f531a6b19a7c7b7f745f6.jpeg)