# velocity component glyph
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/velocity-component-glyph/5158
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [August 22, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/velocity-component-glyph/5158 "2020-08-22T05:14:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@yashika\_dhote](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/yashika_dhote)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/velocity-component-glyph/5158/1 "2020-08-22T05:14:47Z")
Dear All,
How to plot y-component of velocity vector in paraview? I have a 2D surface with x and y component of velocity. I tried to plot it using glyph but resultant velocity vector is plotting.
Yashika
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### Author:  [@patchett2002](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/patchett2002)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/velocity-component-glyph/5158/2 "2020-08-23T01:19:01Z")
Hello Yashika,
I’m not a 100% clear what you want to do, but I think you have a vector and you want to extract one of the components from the vector. Slicing and dicing vectors. I asked a similar question a while ago: [scalars from a vector in the calculator filter](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/scalars-from-a-vector-in-the-calculator-filter/568) . In short you can use the calculator to get a single element from a vector. Use the scalars combo box in the calculator filter right below the functions pad and the components for each vector are listed. Pick the one you want, and click apply.
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### Author:  [@yashika\_dhote](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/yashika_dhote)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/velocity-component-glyph/5158/3 "2020-09-01T11:54:23Z")
Hello John,
Yes I wanted to see only y-velocity component from velocity vector. And thank you for help, it worked for me.
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### Author:  [@katherine\_1104](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/katherine_1104)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/velocity-component-glyph/5158/4 "2022-10-19T00:35:57Z")
Hi Yashika,
I have a similar question. Were you able to get the y component and plot it as arrow only in the y direction?
I now have a 3D model, I want to plot the velocity vector but only in the Y-Z plane. I tried with calculator, but it does not seem right. Do you have any idea how should I do this?
Thanks,
Katherine
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/velocity-component-glyph/5158/5 "2022-10-19T00:43:21Z")
Answered here: [Glyph- Plot velocity vector on a 2D plane in a 3D model - #2 by mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/glyph-plot-velocity-vector-on-a-2d-plane-in-a-3d-model/10547/2)
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/velocity-component-glyph/5158/6 "2023-08-25T08:49:18Z")
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