# Total surface area using MeshQuality Filter
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/total-surface-area-using-meshquality-filter/4726
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [July 1, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/total-surface-area-using-meshquality-filter/4726 "2020-07-01T07:09:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@dutta-alankar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dutta-alankar)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2020, 7:09am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/total-surface-area-using-meshquality-filter/4726/1 "2020-07-01T07:09:52Z")
I want to use `Mesh Quality` filter to calculate the total surface area of a surface. Any help on how I may be able to do that?
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### Author:  [@dcthomp](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dcthomp)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/total-surface-area-using-meshquality-filter/4726/2 "2020-07-01T12:08:04Z")
If you set the quality metric to surface area for all the surface cell types present, you can then run the `Integrate Variables` filter after `Mesh Quality` and it will add field data to your dataset containing the sum (discretized integral) of surface area over all the cells.
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### Author:  [@dutta-alankar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dutta-alankar)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/total-surface-area-using-meshquality-filter/4726/4 "2020-07-01T13:40:02Z")
Field data in `Integrate Variables` filter section showed me the integrated area. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/total-surface-area-using-meshquality-filter/4726/5 "2020-07-01T13:51:17Z")
It’s worth noting that recent versions of ParaView also have a `Cell Size` filter that can also compute the surface of cells. Because it is less general than `Mesh Quality`, you might find it easier to use. It also has a convenient feature to compute the `Sum`, which allows you to also get the total surface area without having to run `Integrate Variables`. (It shows up as a “global” field. Go to the `Information` panel to see the total surface area.)
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### Author:  [@dutta-alankar](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/dutta-alankar)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/total-surface-area-using-meshquality-filter/4726/6 "2020-07-01T14:16:17Z")
Yes I’m aware of that but on choosing the `Cell Size` filter, Paraview is crashing. That is why I’m preferring to use `Mesh Quality` filter.