# PLY export with color with Scalar
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ply-export-with-color-with-scalar/1804
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ply-export-with-color-with-scalar/1804 "2019-05-09T07:16:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ply-export-with-color-with-scalar/1804/21 "2019-05-09T10:00:31Z")
Here is a solution. Instead of using “Save Data”, add a programmable filter with this code:
```
import vtk as VTK
input=self.GetPolyDataInput()
writer=VTK.vtkPLYWriter()
writer.SetInputData(input)
writer.SetFileName("/path/to/test.ply")
writer.SetArrayName("color")
writer.Write()
```
---
### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2019, 10:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ply-export-with-color-with-scalar/1804/22 "2019-05-09T10:57:38Z")
FYI:[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/19011](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/19011)
---
### Author:  [@Gerald\_Lodron](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Gerald_Lodron)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2019, 8:37am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ply-export-with-color-with-scalar/1804/23 "2019-05-10T08:37:22Z")
thanks i did it like this on own code, could not respond anymore yesterday because of account restrictions (max of 22 posts exceeded), lol
---
### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ply-export-with-color-with-scalar/1804/24 "2019-05-10T08:41:40Z")
Thanks for your feedback.
[Previous page](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/ply-export-with-color-with-scalar/1804.md?page=1)