# GetBounds() fails with NaN points in VTK9

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/getbounds-fails-with-nan-points-in-vtk9/4351
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 4, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/getbounds-fails-with-nan-points-in-vtk9/4351 "2020-10-04T17:13:58Z")
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### Author: ![lassoan](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/lassoan/32/50_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/lassoan)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/getbounds-fails-with-nan-points-in-vtk9/4351/9 "2022-11-02T21:02:06Z")

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According to VTK core developers [NaN point coordinates do not make sense](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/nan-support/8287/6) and the advice is to not add them to the point cloud.

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