# Limiting streamlines - Surface LIC
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/limiting-streamlines-surface-lic/1903
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 22, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/limiting-streamlines-surface-lic/1903 "2019-05-22T14:08:47Z")
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### Author:  [@romina](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/romina)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/limiting-streamlines-surface-lic/1903/1 "2019-05-22T14:08:47Z")
Hi,
I am completely new to Paraview, so apologies in advance if the question is trivial.
I would like to view streamlines from the WSS vector on a 3D surface. I have the 3D mesh (in stl), and a data file of 6 columns where the first 3 are x,y,z coordinates and the remaining 3 the WSS vector on those points. I was advised to use the Surface LIC Plugin, however I can’t find my WSS vector in the drop-down menu. Here is what I am doing atm:
- Load the surface LIC plugin
- Open my data (.csv)
- Apply TabletoPoints filter and select the first three columns (x,y,z coordinates)
- Apply Calculator filter to the remaining three to create a vector (WSSx_iHat+WSSy_jHat+WSSz\*kHat)
- Import my stl geometry, and select Surface LIC from the representations menu. I should select my WSS vector as the input in the SurfaceLIC integrator, however it does not appear in my drop-down menu.
Any tips and help will be highly appreciated,
Thanks in advance,
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### Author:  [@romina](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/romina)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/limiting-streamlines-surface-lic/1903/2 "2019-05-22T15:38:50Z")
I forgot to mention that the x,y,z coordinates are the mesh nodes coordinates. So basically my WSS vectors are defined in the mesh nodes.