# Making Isosurfaces

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-isosurfaces/9933
**Category:** In Situ Support
**Tags:** vtk
**Created:** [June 28, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-isosurfaces/9933 "2022-06-28T15:56:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author: ![Ash](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ash)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-isosurfaces/9933/1 "2022-06-28T15:56:17Z")

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I posted the following question on stackoverflow. However, I thought it would be better to share it with ParaView community directly.

[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72789087/is-there-any-feature-in-paraview-to-plot-isotemperature-and-isodensity-surfaces](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72789087/is-there-any-feature-in-paraview-to-plot-isotemperature-and-isodensity-surfaces)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-isosurfaces/9933/2 "2022-06-28T19:02:11Z")

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Hi @Ash ,

Use `Contour` filter.

Best,

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### Author: ![Ash](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ash)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-isosurfaces/9933/3 "2022-06-28T19:08:13Z")

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Thanks Mathieu, But Contour filter is not available in my software despite the fact that I installed it from the website.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-isosurfaces/9933/4 "2022-06-28T19:17:02Z")

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Please share a screenshot or your data.

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### Author: ![Ash](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ash)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-isosurfaces/9933/5 "2022-06-28T19:26:11Z")

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![Picture1](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/7/778944869b7b56c91081c217cec056a73df2806a.png)

This is the cgns file that I am studying. Unfortunately, I cannot share the actual data arrays.

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-isosurfaces/9933/6 "2022-06-28T19:27:08Z")

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Please share a screenshot of ParaView when trying to use contour.

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### Author: ![Ash](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ash)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2022, 7:41pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-isosurfaces/9933/7 "2022-06-28T19:41:00Z")

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![Picture1](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a433738ba27057f075ddd686e56fec6406eb674c.png)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-isosurfaces/9933/8 "2022-06-28T19:44:23Z")

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You need to add a CellDataToPointData filter.

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### Author: ![Ash](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ash](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Ash)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/making-isosurfaces/9933/9 "2022-06-28T19:48:19Z")

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Great! It worked! thank you