# Measure water surface elevation in d3plot

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/measure-water-surface-elevation-in-d3plot/3764
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [March 6, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/measure-water-surface-elevation-in-d3plot/3764 "2020-03-06T16:28:36Z")
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#### Post date: [March 6, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/measure-water-surface-elevation-in-d3plot/3764/1 "2020-03-06T16:28:37Z")

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Dear all,

I’m trying to obtain water level data at fixed locations in an SPH domain (LS-Dyna). The format of the results is d3plot. I’ve read about how to do it for OpenFoam results, but this doesn’t seem to work for a d3plot format. Does anyone know the steps how to measure the water level, with the only variable being the upward y coordinate like a probe/wave gauge?

Thank you and regards.