# How to order the points of a line that has been cut?

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-order-the-points-of-a-line-that-has-been-cut/12807
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** python
**Created:** [November 29, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-order-the-points-of-a-line-that-has-been-cut/12807 "2023-11-29T15:56:12Z")
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### Author: ![Jaafar\_Nasrabadi](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/jaafar_nasrabadi/32/1387_2.png) [@Jaafar\_Nasrabadi](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Jaafar_Nasrabadi)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/how-to-order-the-points-of-a-line-that-has-been-cut/12807/1 "2023-11-29T15:56:12Z")

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Hi. I have cut a closed curve with a plane, but the order of the cut curve points is not in the order of the start and end of the cut curve, but starts from where the original curve started.  
I used the vtkstripper but still the order of points is not correct.