# save an extracted surface to vtp format

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-an-extracted-surface-to-vtp-format/2595
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [September 19, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-an-extracted-surface-to-vtp-format/2595 "2019-09-19T18:29:45Z")
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### Author: ![Haiyan](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@Haiyan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Haiyan)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-an-extracted-surface-to-vtp-format/2595/1 "2019-09-19T18:29:45Z")

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Hi ParaView team,

I tried to extract surface and save it to a vtp format. However, when I load the saved .vtp file, I lose the surface but only the outline. Please see below for the figures. The first figure shows the extractsurface based on the ‘TH\_Dutch\_ates\_new.h5’. It looks good. I export the scene and save it as ‘test.vtp’. Then I load the vtp file but it does not show properly (the second figure).

I am new to ParaView and would appreciate any help for this.

Best,

Haiyan

ps. I am using ParaView 5.7 on a Linux system.

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### Author: ![Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/kenneth_moreland/32/15033_2.png) [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-an-extracted-surface-to-vtp-format/2595/2 "2019-09-19T19:07:11Z")

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Try `Save Data` instead of `Export Scene`.

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### Author: ![Haiyan](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@Haiyan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Haiyan)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-an-extracted-surface-to-vtp-format/2595/3 "2019-09-19T19:21:58Z")

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Hi Kenneth,

Thanks for your reply.

But I do need the format of \*.vtp which I do not find from the available types in ‘save data’.

Is there any other way to obtain a \*.vtp file?

Best,

Haiyan

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### Author: ![jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/jourdain/32/11_2.png) [@jourdain](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/jourdain)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-an-extracted-surface-to-vtp-format/2595/4 "2019-09-19T20:13:32Z")

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If your dataset is a multi-block before running the extract surface, you will need to run `Merge bocks`.

The information tab will tell you the type of data you have and indeed the `Save Data` is the way to go. Just make sure the `Extract Surface` filter is selected when you trigger the `Save Data`.

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### Author: ![Haiyan](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@Haiyan](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Haiyan)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/save-an-extracted-surface-to-vtp-format/2595/5 "2019-09-19T20:21:35Z")

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Thank you so much, Sebastien. It works!

Haiyan