# Slice/Clip with a surface

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-clip-with-a-surface/9436
**Category:** Tips and Tricks
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [April 15, 2022, 9:33am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-clip-with-a-surface/9436 "2022-04-15T09:33:03Z")
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### Author: ![cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/cory.quammen/32/11193_2.png) [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/slice-clip-with-a-surface/9436/4 "2025-06-05T23:18:07Z")

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If your volume is partitioned across ranks, you should be able to use these scripts as written. You just need to make sure copy of the entire surface is duplicated on each rank, which can be done with the **Append Reduce** filter with the **Reduction Mode** set to “Reduce all data to all processors”

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