# Smooth filter Usage

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/smooth-filter-usage/13559
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 19, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/smooth-filter-usage/13559 "2023-12-19T08:53:12Z")
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### Author: ![OMTin](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/omtin/32/13218_2.png) [@OMTin](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/OMTin)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/smooth-filter-usage/13559/1 "2023-12-19T08:53:12Z")

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I first used ExtractSurface filter in Paraview, and then used Smooth filter for surface smoothing. However, there are partition boundaries for each kernel, and I don’t want it to have partition boundaries. What should I do?

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