# is there a smoothing filter (e.g. Savitzky Golay) for finite element fields?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-there-a-smoothing-filter-e-g-savitzky-golay-for-finite-element-fields/11513
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 27, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-there-a-smoothing-filter-e-g-savitzky-golay-for-finite-element-fields/11513 "2023-02-27T16:54:11Z")
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### Author: ![simonw](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@simonw](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/simonw)
#### Post date: [February 27, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/is-there-a-smoothing-filter-e-g-savitzky-golay-for-finite-element-fields/11513/1 "2023-02-27T16:54:11Z")

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I am working with noisy a displacement field (two components) computed via the FEM.

Is there a filter in Paraview that can smooth finite element fields, i.e. given a solution vector, returns the smoothed solution vector?

Thank you!