# Questions about changing clip values

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/questions-about-changing-clip-values/13569
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Tags:** catalyst, python
**Created:** [December 19, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/questions-about-changing-clip-values/13569 "2023-12-19T21:34:36Z")
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### Author: ![Andrew\_Cook](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/andrew_cook/32/11958_2.png) [@Andrew\_Cook](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Andrew_Cook)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/questions-about-changing-clip-values/13569/1 "2023-12-19T21:34:36Z")

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I have a windows 10 computer, using paraview 5.2.10, I downloaded paraview from the official site.

I know that in paraview it is possible to script. I have had troubles doing this though with what I want. Specifically, I have a state file I want to load in. Then I want to loop through 2 things. Namely, changing a clip and then changing a calculator data filter. finally I want to get the variable named denominator in the integrateVariables2 table. I don’t know how’d I would access these things remotely in the python shell or in a script. I have done it by hand, but I want to automate this process  
another problem I have ran into, I have tried to load the state file I am talking about with the Load State command but that didn’t work  
I type LoadState(‘C:\Program Files\ParaView 5.12.0\bin\Week 2\Material\paraview\_statefile\_material\_sweep.pvsm’) in the python shell in  
paraview and paraview crashes, the input is the file path to the state file I was mentioning

below is the what the pipeline looks like in the state file I want to load

 ![Pipeline](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/2/264f6a71ae46460fb451f7001c4e7fa6129a0c40.png)  
for further context I want to change thing’s properties  
 ![calc1](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/3/36e1204475c897b696c184de001788d3a0c17d7c.png)  
 ![clip1](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/9/941c09d5593aac0f6675e631e39d9fbcbec14200.png)  
I’d like to be able to change the radius and change Frad\_x.