# VKF model to 2d plane

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vkf-model-to-2d-plane/14935
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 27, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vkf-model-to-2d-plane/14935 "2024-06-27T08:08:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Amio192](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/amio192/32/12559_2.png) [@Amio192](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Amio192)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vkf-model-to-2d-plane/14935/1 "2024-06-27T08:08:40Z")

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I have a newbie question, hopefully you can help me…

I have the following 3d vkf model (attached) and I need to convert it to a 2d plane, to look like the second picure.

How can I do this in Paraview?

Thank you!

 ![image](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/1/1619a26b58228a7e666525680e99f5a99f9fa975.jpeg)  
 ![IMG_1504](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/8/806f023eae82db260043016ad864aa30ee51b333.png)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vkf-model-to-2d-plane/14935/2 "2024-06-27T11:46:50Z")

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So you want to project your data into a 2D plane, is that correct ?

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### Author: ![Amio192](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/amio192/32/12559_2.png) [@Amio192](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Amio192)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vkf-model-to-2d-plane/14935/3 "2024-06-27T11:50:37Z")

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Yes, that is right!

I tried extract surface-\> resample to image, but it is still 3d…

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vkf-model-to-2d-plane/14935/4 "2024-06-27T11:51:52Z")

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an “Image” in that context is a 3D image.

Do you want to project in the Z == 0 plane ?

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### Author: ![Amio192](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/amio192/32/12559_2.png) [@Amio192](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Amio192)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vkf-model-to-2d-plane/14935/5 "2024-06-27T11:53:40Z")

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Yes!

Thank you!

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### Author: ![Amio192](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/amio192/32/12559_2.png) [@Amio192](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Amio192)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vkf-model-to-2d-plane/14935/6 "2024-06-27T13:00:06Z")

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Is this the equivalent of isosurface extraction? I don’t know if it is possible in Paraview

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/vkf-model-to-2d-plane/14935/7 "2024-08-20T15:45:35Z")

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A simple calculator should do the trick with:

`coordsX*iHat+coordsY*jHat` and “CoordinatesResults” to on.