# Plot a vector on a mesh

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-a-vector-on-a-mesh/9923
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [June 27, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-a-vector-on-a-mesh/9923 "2022-06-27T15:27:40Z")
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### Author: ![Lorenzo11](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Lorenzo11](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Lorenzo11)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-a-vector-on-a-mesh/9923/1 "2022-06-27T15:27:41Z")

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I have to draw a vector centered in a point. I know both the coordinates of the point and the coordinates of the vector. how can I do?  
Specifically I have to plot an image where I can see both a 3d mesh and this vector.

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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 27, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-a-vector-on-a-mesh/9923/2 "2022-06-27T15:32:53Z")

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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 27, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-a-vector-on-a-mesh/9923/3 "2022-06-27T15:33:16Z")

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> [@Plot a single vector on top of a 3d mesh](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/plot-a-single-vector-on-top-of-a-3d-mesh/9915/6):
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> With point source I can represent the vector (even if I struggle to see it in the mesh), I didn’t understand then how to use Calculator and Glyph